The TEMPERAMENTALS Begins New Summer Schedule July 6th

A new summer schedule begins July 6th for the hit show "The Temperamentals" by Jon Marans, which due to critical and popular acclaimed has been extend for the summer -8/23. Performances will be Friday - Tuesday at 8:00 pm and Saturday & Sunday a 3:00 pm matinee. "The Temperamentals" reopened on June 10th for what was announced to be a limited four week run Off Broadway at the larger (same location) TBG Theater, 312 West 36 Street 3rd Floor, NYC. The original showcase production began previews on April 30, 2009 for that limited engagement through May 18th in the intimate Studio Theatre. All performances were sold out in advance with a waiting list for all the shows. MAN underdog and Daryl Roth are presenting the new American play. Thomas Jay Ryan plays Harry Hay and Michael Urie (TV's "Ugly Betty") is Rudi Gernreich, with Tom Beckett, Matthew Schneck, & Sam Breslin Wright completing the cast. The acclaimed play is directed by Jonathan Silverstein. Set & Costume design is by Clint Ramos, lighting by Josh Bradford and Daniel Kluger is the sound designer.

"The Temperamentals" tells the story of two men - the communist Harry Hay and the Viennese refugee and designer Rudi Gernreich - as they fall in love while building the first gay rights organization in the United States pre Stonewall. The play weaves together the personal and political to tell a relatively unknown chapter in gay history. It explores the love between two complex men, as their impossible dream of forming such an unheard of organization becomes a reality in this perilous, unpredictable world. It is an intimate portrayal of the men who created history and the epic struggles they overcame. The characters consist of the actual men who founded the Mattachine Society (Harry Hay, Rudi Gernreich, Chuck Rowland, Bob Hull, and Dale Jennings), as well as other prominent figures of the time.

Jon Marans' "Old Wicked Songs" was a 1996 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama, winner of New York Drama League, L.A. Drama Logue Award, and included in Otis Guernsey's Best Plays of 1996-97. It has been produced in over a dozen countries including in London's West End with Bob Hoskins and James Callis. Jon and Yuri Sivo were hired by Universal Pictures and Tribeca Films to write a political/war screenplay based on the acclaimed book CHASING THE DRAGON. Robert DeNiro is slated to play the role of Henry Luce.

Jonathan Silverstein recent credits are the acclaimed Off Broadway revivals of "The Dining Room" (Drama Desk nomination; Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble) and "Tea and Sympathy", both for the Keen Company, where he serves as Resident Director. Some other NYC credits include: Cocteau's "Indiscretions", "Red Herring" (New York International Fringe Festival; "Outstanding Direction" award), "The Hasty Heart" to name a few. Some regional credits are: "The Fantasticks", "Urinetown", "Tick, Tick, BOOM!", "Much Ado About Nothing", and "Cymbeline". www.jonnysilver.com

Currently performances of the Off Broadway engagement are: Wednesday - Monday at 8 pm and matinees on Sunday at 3 pm; no show this Sun 6/28 3 pm matinee & July 4th and a special matinee this Saturday 6/27 & next Wednesday 7/1 at 3 pm . A new summer schedule begins July 6th with performances: Friday - Tuesday 8:00 pm and Saturday & Sunday 3:00 pm. Tickets are only $50 through Smarttix: online at www.smarttix.com or by phone at (212) 868-4444. Theatre is air-conditioned and there is an elevator.

For more information visit www.thetemperamentals.com.

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