Todd Michael's Hollywood Parody THE BIG UNCUT FLICK Begins Tonight at Theatre Row

Gracye Productions presents Todd Michael's loving parody of Hollywood films THE BIG UNCUT FLICK at Theatre Row's Studio Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street, NYC, beginning tonight, December 1st, through December 17th with the press opening on Saturday, December 3 at 8 PM. The limited engagement will be directed by Synge Maher and feature Timothy J. Cox, Melissa Firlit, Craig MacArthur, Meg Mark, Todd Michael, Dan Morrison, J. Richey Nash and David L. Zweirs.

The year is 1953. As Senator Joseph McCarthy battles the red menace in Washington, DC, the rest of America tunes into TV's top rated midday show, The Big Uncut Flick, with Mr & Mrs. Matinee, where the 1934 crime drama Say Your Prayers, Ya Mug, comes to life on stage.

Playwright TODD MICHAEL, who plays Arlene Lewis, is the author of and appeared in Bad Dames Go To Hell, The Poverty Row Double Horror Show, The Cobra Lady Strikes, Say Your Prayers, Mug!, Right Cross Rhapsody (Horse Trade Theatre Co.), The Greatest B-Movie Ever Told (FringeNYC/Access Theatre), Vice Girl Confidential (FringeNYC/Studio at Cherry Lane), which won the FringeNYC 2006 Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Ensemble, and The Asphalt Christmas. He played Saul in NYC's first revival of William Hoffman's As Is (The Studio Theatre/Theatre Row). Todd's plays are available on www.indietheaternow.com.

Director Synge Maher's recent directing credits include Don't Dress for Dinner, The Children's Hour and Tartuffe. Synge is the founder of www.voicesinsideout.com, a program dedicated to the artistic exchange of those inside and outside prison.

The cast includes Timothy J. Cox (The Asphalt Christmas, Talk Radio), Melissa Firlit (National Theatre Institute), Craig MacArthur (The 1s and the 2s, Midsummer Night's Dream, Auto Graphic Novel), Meg Mark (Everscape, The Asphalt Christmas, Don't Dress for Dinner), Todd Michael (The Asphalt Christmas, As Is), Dan Morrison (A Lie of the Mind, Steve Got Raped/NY Fringe), J. Richey Nash (Burning/Rattlesnake, Hoopz, Hitting the Cycle) and David L. Zweirs (Psycho Sorority Girl, Bad Dames Go To Hell, The Cobra Lady Strikes), who also designed the costumes. The technical and Sound Designer is Louis Lopardi.

$25 tickets for THE BIG UNCUT FLICK at the Studio Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, NYC are available through Telecharge at www.telecharge.com or (212) 239-6200. Discounts are available for some performances at www.telechargeoffers.com or (212) 947-8844. The performance schedule Dec 1-17 is Thursday-Saturday at 8 PM with matinees Saturday at 2 PM and Sunday at 3 pm. For more info visit www.thebiguncutflick.com.

Pictured: Meg Mark & Melissa Firlit. Photo by Jamie Cox.

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