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nothingunrealistic · 2 years

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“I’m the type of actor who won’t take up the most space in the room,” Daniel K. Isaac said.

This was on a weekday morning, at the Public Theater, an hour or so before Isaac would begin rehearsal for “The Chinese Lady,” a play by Lloyd Suh that runs through March 27. Isaac perched at the edge of his chair — arms crossed, legs crossed, chest concave, occupying the bare minimum of leather upholstery.

“It’s a big chair,” he said.

Isaac, 33, a theater actor and an ensemble player on the Showtime drama “Billions,” combines that reticence with intelligence and warmth, qualities that enlarge every character he plays. (On this day, he was dressed as a New Yorker, all in navy and black, but his socks were printed with black-and-white happy faces.) With his sad eyes and resonant voice, he is an actor you remember, no matter how much or little screen time or stage time he receives.

“The Chinese Lady,” is inspired by the life of Afong Moy, a Chinese woman who came to America as a teenager in 1834 and was exhibited as a curiosity before disappearing from the popular imagination. Isaac plays Atung, her translator, who made even less of a dent in the historical record. “He exists as a side note,” Isaac said.

Isaac created the role, in 2018, in a production from Barrington Stage and the Ma-Yi Theater Company. Even in a two-hander, he rarely takes center stage, ceding that space to Shannon Tyo’s Afong Moy.

“I am irrelevant,” Atung says in the play’s opening scene.

Isaac relates. In the first decade of his career, he felt ancillary, in part because of the roles available to Asian American men. He still feels that way. But now, in his 30s — and with his debut as a playwright coming later this year — he is trying to be the main character in his own life.

“I don’t think I’ve ever had the big break or the large, hugely visible or recognizable thing,” he said. “My life has been a slow burn, a marathon rather than immediate sprint.” Isaac ought to know: He recently trained for his first marathon, and then posted cheerful selfies — of him in his NipGuards — to Twitter.

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Seven years, some Off Broadway plays and a few episodes of television later, he landed a small part in the “Billions” pilot. He didn’t think much of it. He knew that plenty of pilots didn’t take. And he’d been killed or written off in ones that did. But “Billions” took, and his character, Ben Kim, an analyst who became a portfolio manager, remains alive. Isaac has appeared in every episode. (Still he didn’t quit his restaurant job until midway through Season 2. And technically, the restaurant told him to go.)

The showrunners of “Billions,” Brian Koppelman and David Levien, hadn’t had huge plans for the Ben character. Once they understood Isaac’s intelligence and versatility, they expanded the role. “Daniel is a fearless actor, and that gives us huge freedom,” they wrote in a joint email.

There’s a sweetness to his “Billions” character, which contrasts with the macho posturing of his colleagues at an asset management company. And that sweetness, as his co-star Kelly AuCoin said during a recent phone conversation, is all Isaac. “He could not be a more lovely or positive person,” he said. “He emanates love.” AuCoin broke off, worrying that his praise sounded fake. Which it wasn’t, he assured me. Then he broke off again. Isaac had just texted to wish him a happy birthday.

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quipxotic · 3 years

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It is embarrassing how much I squeed when I heard Marc Thompson voicing both Sskeer and Marchion Ro in Cavan Scott’s new High Republic audio drama, Tempest Runner.

And we get to hear other High Republic characters voiced for the first time, like Jessica Almasy who does a fantastic job with Lourna Dee, ditto Saskia Maarleveld as Avar Kriss, Soneela Nankani as Keeve Trennis, and Shannon Tyo as Nib Assek.

But the biggest question of all is, of course, who is doing Burryaga?

#I tease...It's probably Marc Thompson again #The High Republic #star wars #Tempest Runner #Cavan Scott #I haven't finished it yet but so far it's pretty good

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politicalsubversities · 4 years

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Election Night Detox Party!

October 25, 2020

Political Subversities

Political Subversities Presents: Election Night Detox Party!

Let us take care of you for an hour.

WHEN: Election Night 2020, November 3rd at 5 PM PT/ 8 PM ET

WHERE: Streamed live on YouTube! Get your ticket on Eventbrite here!

WHAT: This year has been really (f*cking) hard. So put on your spa clothes, grab a drink, and let us help you unwind with an hour of musical comedy, special guests, and reflections from community organizers and activists. Come exfoliate 2020 while we raise a toast to all the work we’ve done and will continue to do. The sauna is hot and the chat is open. Let’s take care of each other y’all.

Tickets are pay-what-you-can, from free to a-gagillion dollars! All proceeds will be split among the community and activism organizations joining us for the evening. Your ticket price will support their incredible ongoing work! (tix are not tax-deductible)

WHO: Guests include:

Ryan Haddad

New York State Senator Elect Jabari Brisport

Running River Collective*

Be An Arts Hero*

Social DisDance

Cocoon Central Dance Team

James Harrison Monaco of Jerome & James

and more TBA

With musical contributions from Troy Anthony!

*community and activism organizations!

Political Subversities is:

nicHi douglas

Preston Martin

Stephanie Hsu

Chanel Carroll

Matt Gehring

Shannon Tyo

Cyndi Perczek

Emma Tattenbaum-Fine

Nicole Weiss

Jenna Dioguardi

Andrew Farmer

Jason Veasey

Andrew Neisler

Annie Tippe

Ian Axness

Dominique Toney

Kim Blanck

Shaina Taub

Ismael Cruz Córdova

Fernando Contreras

Jabari Brisport

Andrew R. Butler

The stream is produced by Cowboy Bear Ninja Production Stage Managed by Matthew Douglas Lewis

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popentertainment-moviereviews · 5 years

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THE LAST (2019)

Starring Rebecca Schull, Jill Durso, AJ Cedeno, Reed Birney, Julie Fain Lawrence, Sami Bray, Jagger Nelson, Russell Koplin, Ariel Eliaz, Cara Yeates, David E. Gottfried, Madelyn Barkocy, Amir Royale, Brandon Damiano, Jacob Goodhart, Josh Lerner, Adam Naimoli, Shannon Tyo, Haskiri Velazquez, Grace Woosley, Carolyn Baeumler, Jerry Matz, Elaine Bromka and Nimo Gandhi.

Screenplay by Jeff Lipsky.

Directed by Jeff Lipsky.

Distributed by Plainview Pictures. 123 minutes. Not Rated.

Every family has secrets. No one can know everything about anyone else, and that is probably for the best. There are things about your grandmother, or your mother, or even your child, which you will never be let into. Again, perhaps that is the way it should be.

The Last rides on one hellacious doozy of a family secret – the type of thing that can potentially destroy the family. At the very least it will cause tremors of disappointment, anger and recrimination which will throw them all off of their access, and make the clan believe that all they have thought in their lives may be wrong.

This particular family is a middle-classed Jewish clan that live close to the sea in the Hamptons in New York. It looks at four generations of the group. All of the members have differing levels of reverence to their religion, but all of them do believe in faith and goodness.

The secret belongs to the matriarch of the clan. Claire is a sweet and somewhat doting 90-something concentration camp survivor. She is long widowed, but is loved and respected by her son, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. When she learns that she has a terminal illness, she decides to tell her family something that she has not told anyone in over 70 years.

Claire is not actually Jewish. She was in the concentration camps – but as a nurse in the medical experimentation, not as a prisoner. She was a young girl who was saved by a doctor who gave her safe passage to Poland. Eventually he becomes one of the top doctors in the camps, and she works as his nurse. As it becomes obvious that the Nazis are going to lose the war, the doctor got her transport to the United States, setting up a fake identity as a camp survivor.

More than that, even after all these years, Claire is completely unrepentant. She is not sad about what she has done, she is only sad that her side lost.

So, how is a nice Jewish clan going to react to the fact that their sweet little bubbe is actually a Nazi war criminal?

Quite a conundrum.

It is made doubly confounding due to an amazing performance by Rebecca Schull – who is probably best known for a long run as airport worker Fay on the 90s sitcom Wings. Schull makes Claire wonderfully human. She is lovable and hateful, sad and scary, smart and weak, faithful and inscrutable, all at the same time.

As the poster asks: What would you do?

This quietly intense (and very talky) film explores that question. Full of lots of passion, but not so much action, The Last shows a family coming apart at the seams and trying to figure out how to react to the bomb that has been metaphorically tossed into their world.

It’s an intriguing premise, and it is handled by some fine actors. Beyond Schull, Jill Durso really stands out as the grandson’s fiancée who is very serious about converting to Judaism. Reed Birney is also terrific as the woman’s son and AJ Cedeno as the grandson.

Full of intelligent wordplay, philosophical debate and a very disturbing premise, this small film is surprisingly moving.

Jay S. Jacobs

#The Last #2019 #movie review #Rebecca Schull #Jay S. Jacobs

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citylifeorg · 2 years

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Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater Announce Complete Casting for The Chinese Lady

By Lloyd Suh The Barrington Stage Company and Ma-Yi Theater Company ProductionDirected by Ralph B. PeñaPresented by The Public Theater Featuring Cindy Im, Daniel K. Isaac, Jon Norman Schneider, and Shannon Tyo Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater have announced complete casting for the upcoming presentation of THE CHINESE LADY, written by Lloyd Suh and directed by Obie Award winning…

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newyorktheater · 5 years

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Stephanie J. Block as “Star” Cher

Bryan Cranston

Lauren Ridloff from Children of a Lesser God

My ten favorite individual human performances in New York stage shows that opened in 2018 are listed alphabetically, with explanations for my choices largely excerpted from my reviews, but let’s begin with a few noteworthy ensembles:

The cast of Dance Nation showed us what it’s like to be an adolescent girl, though the actresses were as old as 60.

Noah Robbins and Edmund Donovan in Clarkston

The six performers of Lewiston/Clarkston confess, kiss and fight literally inches away from the audience

The two dozen actors of The Ferryman, most making their Broadway debuts, are all terrific, believable even when the play takes a turn into fantasy, especially the ones charged with taking care of the live baby, bunny, and goose that accompanies them on stage nightly.

The 1,000 performers of the Mile-Long Opera, stood in their position along the entire 30 block length of the High Line elevated park, singing snippets or reciting short monologues over and over and over again about life in New York City. It was an astonishing, spectacular, moving, and deeply odd work of theater that required a massive collaborative effort.

Broadway veteran Stephanie J. Block goes beyond just a spot-on impersonation of the mature Cher, called Star, in The Cher Show. As one of the three actresses portraying the entertainer at different stages of her life, she captures not just her look, her mannerisms, her moves, and her voice, but her attitudes and even her aura.

Nobody can do a nervous breakdown like Bryan Cranston. As Howard Beale, long-time network news anchor gone mad, he sits in front of the camera, unable to speak, his face a dramatic repertoire expressing varying shades of reddened desperation. And that’s just one of Cranston’s many memorable moments in the Broadway production of Network. Cranston became a star thanks to his Emmy-winning performance as chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin on AMC’s Breaking Bad, but convinced Broadway of his theater chops in his Tony-winning turn as LBJ in “All The Way.” His performance in “Network” is further proof.

Johnny Flynn portrayed Mooney, the mysterious, sly, sexy intruder in Martin McDonough’s Hangmen. Flynn, who originated the role in England, and played the lead in the bingeable Netflix series “Lovesick,” seems a likely candidate for larger stardom.

In The House That Will Not Stand, Lynda Gravátt portrayed Beartrice, the matriarch of an all-female African-American household in 19th century New Orleans, giving the gravitas it required, but with her character deepened by the suggestion of a willfully suppressed vulnerability. It’s one of the three distinctive roles she performed on New York stages this year – a prophetic cellist in This Flat Earth, a scheming funeral director in The Revolving Cycles Truly and Steadily Roll’d. She keeps her sense of dignity even when playing a con artist.

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander carried Travesties. His energetic clowning never wavered, but he also managed to bring clarity and feeling to Tom Stoppard’s mind-boggling collage of a play.

Glenda Jackson

Glenda Jackson returned to Broadway in Albee’s Three Tall Women after an absence of thirty years to portray a rich, regal old lady who’s become a monster, and is also dying, a performance that manages to be simultaneously ferocious and vulnerable. Although Jackson herself is now 82 years old, she has that ability that great actresses have of convincing us that her portrayal of a dying 92-year-old is an act; that the actress herself is fully in command of an endless depth and power. In other hands, Albee’s play might seem cold. Jackson’s meditation on facing death finds the heartbreak in it.

Liz Mikel in Fruit Trilogy

In Eve Ensler’s Fruit Trilogy, Liz Mikel gave a final, breathtaking monologue that suggested to me something close to Molly Bloom’s monologue at the end of Joyce’s Ulysses, a passionate outburst about the pleasure a woman’s body can give her – but in Ensler’s play laced with a decidedly feminist message. Mikel completely disrobes, but immediately admonishes the audience not to give her labels like exhibitionist. “What if you were there not to be titillated but instead to watch, learn, appreciate, to perceive and understand my pleasure but not in a lascivious way.”

In what was (incredibly) her professional stage debut, Lauren Ridloff portrayed Sarah Norman in “Children of a Lesser God,” whose language (like the actress’s) was American Sign Language. The actress proved passionate, eloquent and graceful in the upper body ballet that is ASL.

Anika Noni Rose as Carmen Jones

Anika Noni Rose conquers in the title role of Carmen Jones, from the moment she enters wearing that red dress and carrying a red rose, and inspects her silk stockings. It is a subtle gesture that shows us a woman out for herself. Sultry, seductive and destructive, her Carmen Jones is an operatic character of outsized appetites, and Rose’s voice one of operatic force and beauty. But her performance, rooted in her training as a Tony-winning actress in both plays and musicals, offers no hint of the stilted formality we might associate with opera stars.

In her timely and informative play, What the Constitution Means to Me, Heidi Schreck plays herself at age 15 and at her current age. As winning as her play is, her performance as herself is remarkable. There is a certain slyness in her depiction of a teenager, but when she’s herself talking candidly about the history of domestic abuse in her family, or about her abortion, her emotions feel real. It’s bracing to realize she does this eight times a week

One thing about New York City: There’s no end to the stage talent. I could easily fill another Top 10 list of performances in 2018 And so here it is (again alphabetical):

Lauren Ambrose in My Fair Lady, Anthony Boyle in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Nathan Lane in Angels in America, Elaine May in the Waverly Gallery, Lindsay Mendez in Carousel, Laurie Metcalfe in Three Tall Women, Chris Perfetti in The Low Road, Angie Schworer in The Prom, Shannon Tyo in The Chinese Lady, Michael Urie in Torch Song

And, it doesn’t feel right to leave out the puppets of 2018.Behind every successful puppet is a person – usually many people.

King Kong

King Kong in King Kong (Manipulated by Mike Baerga , Rhaamell Burke-Missouri , Jovan Dansberry , Casey Garvin, Gabriel Hyman, Marty Lawson, Robeto Olvero, Khadija Tariyan, Lauren Yalango-Grant , David Yijae — collectively referred to as King’s Company)

Jelani Alladin as Kristoff and Andrew Pirozzi as Sven

Sven the reindeer in Frozen (Adam Jepsen and Andrew Pirozzi)

Frozen: Greg Hildreth as Olaf

Olaf in Frozen (Greg Hildreth)

Jester, dragon, prince and princess finger puppets by Una Clancy in The Jester and the Dragon

The seventy-five puppets (or one thousand depending on how you cat) amoeba-looking plastic cut-outs and pieces of tinsel , psychedelic pinwheels etc. – in Symphonie Fantastique (Kate Brehm, Ben Elling, Andy Gaukel, Jonothon Lyons, and Rachael Shane, with Basil Twist)

20 Favorite New York Stage Performances in 2018, and 5 Top Puppet Performances My ten favorite individual human performances in New York stage shows that opened in 2018 are listed alphabetically, with explanations for my choices largely excerpted from my reviews, but let’s begin with a few noteworthy ensembles:

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heckyeahmisssaigon · 9 years

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Ma-Anne Dionisio, Melanie Tojio & Shannon Tyo - Sun and Moon

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larryland · 6 years

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Barrington Stage Presents the World Premiere of “The Chinese Lady” (Pittsfield, MA) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in the Berkshires (Pittsfield, MA) under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, is proud to present the world premiere of…

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newyorktheater · 5 years

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In celebration of the Blue Wave – which has grown steadily in the week since Election Day — a silly observation: There have been 51 Broadway shows with “Blue” in the title.

Theda Bara and unidentified actor in the stage production The Blue Flame, 1920

The Blue Bird

I’m reluctant to point out there have been just about the same number with “Red” in the title. I prefer to think of the shows that had both in the title, though it’s been a while – the 1898 drama “The Red, White and Blue” and the 1936 Cole Porter musical, Red, Hot and Blue,, starring Ethel Merman, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante, which introduced the song “It’s De-Lovely” – It’s delightful, it’s delicious, It’s delectable, it’s delirious….

Not silly: Sample Broadway’s Most Entertaining Shows About Serious Social Issues

Week in Theater below: News of the new Evan Hansen, the full cast of Ain’t Too Proud, Fiddler fiddles on, a video taste of Mary Poppins returns. And: Separated at Birth?

The Week in New York Theater Reviews

Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan

American Son

While anxiously waiting in a Miami police station for word of what happened to her son Jamal, an educated African-American woman named Kendra (Kerry Washington) talks with her estranged white husband Scott (Steven Pasquale) about the nightmares she’s had over the years about Jamal – of “nooses and crosses,” but, far worse and far more often, “getting stopped by a cop.”

That nightmare has turned into Kendra’s reality in American Son, a timely if flawed drama whose power comes largely from Kerry Washington’s intense performance.

The Chinese Lady

AFong Moy was the first Chinese woman in the United States. Brought to New York in 1834, she was put on display in a museum.

Out of this true story, playwright Lloyd Suh has fashioned “The Chinese Lady,” an often amusing but pointed and instructive play that is as deceptively simple as calligraphy. Its bold strokes are masterfully etched by actors Shannon Tyo as Afong and Daniel K. Isaac as Atung, her interpreter.

The Female Role Model Project

“The Female Role Model Project” is a pioneering work of theater by a new company called Transforma, in which artists and scientists collaborate to explore attitudes about women, and questions of female identity. The 90 minute show, which is running at 3-Legged Dog Art and Technology Center through December 2, is a mad mix of tones and activities, from game-playing to storytelling to electroencephalogram analysis. If it’s too uneven, abstruse, and ultimately too scattershot to work as a whole, “The Female Role Model Project” is an intriguing experiment, with moments that are engaging, entertaining, and just plain cool.

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The New One

“The New One “isn’t literally new. Mike Birbiglia’s solo show debuted Off-Broadway three months ago – where it sold out quickly. It’s now on Broadway – same cast (i.e. Mike Birbiglia), same creative team, a bigger stage, a few new producers. I liked it when it was at the Cherry Lane. I’m happy that Birbiglia is making his Broadway debut. I feel no need to see the show again…Here’s my old review of that show and two other transfers: “Daniel’s Husband,” and “School Girls, or the African Mean Girls Play.”

The Week in New York Theater News

Casting for “Aint Too Proud,” which is scheduled to open on Broadway on March 21, 2019: Derrick Baskin as Otis Williams, James Harkness as Paul Williams, Jawan M. Jackson as Melvin Franklin, Jeremy Pope as Eddie Kendricks and Ephraim Sykesas David Ruffin.

The ensemble will feature Esther Antoine, Saint Aubyn, Shawn Bowers, E. Clayton Cornelious, Rodney Earl Jackson Jr.,Taylor Symone Jackson, Jahi Kearse, Jarvis B. Manning Jr., Joshua Morgan, Rashidra Scott, Nasia Thomas, Christian Thompson, Curtis Wiley and Candice Marie Woods.

Steven Skybell as Tevya and Ensemble sing “Tradition” (“Traditsye” טראַדיציע)

Fiddler plays on The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s revival in Yiddish of Fiddler on the Roof at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, which extended four times and ran for more than 100 performances, will end at the museum in December – and transfer in January to off-Broadway’s Stage 42, formerly the Little Shubert Theatre

2019 Kids’ Night on Broadway will take place on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. Tickets will available for purchase in early December. Kids’ Night on Broadway is an annual event where children 18 and under can attend participating Broadway shows for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult.

Jimmy Award-winner Andrew Barth Feldman, a 16-year-old high school junior, will make his Broadway debut as Evan in “Dear Evan Hansen” starting January 30, 2019

Austin Pendleton will briefly bring back his Wars of the Roses: Henry VI & Richard III. December 3–5 at Theater for the New City

“Arcade Amerikana,” which combines rave culture, cinema and performance art, will immerse audiences in a Las Vegas rehab retreat for the virtually addicted, December 4 – 16, at Industry City in Brooklyn.

“‘Celebrity Autobiography,’ a comedy show in which celebrities act out the memoirs of other celebrities, will perform four Monday night performances at the Marquis Theatre on Nov. 26, Dec. 3, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17.

The Bat Out of Hell national tour has been “postponed”

Ian McKellen to celebrate 80th Birthday with 80-venue U.K. tour of new solo show, raising money for British theaters.

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Separated at birth? Actor @will_roland and writer/showrunner @WriterRAS Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa pic.twitter.com/xxr1WHcjAg

— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) November 9, 2018

REST IN PEACE

Paula Wayne, 84, the golden-voiced leading lady of Broadway’s Golden Boy opposite Sammy Davis Jr.

Douglas Rain, 90, Shakespearean actor who performed for 32 seasons t the Stratford Festival, but was best known as the voice of the computer HAL In ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’

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Dorothy Bruns, 44, the driver of the car that killed two children in Brooklyn, including Ruthie Ann Miles’, was discovered by a friend dead in her apartment, a bottle of prescription pills and a suicide note near her body

Blue Wave on Broadway. #Stageworthy News In celebration of the Blue Wave – which has grown steadily in the week since Election Day -- a silly observation: There have been 51 Broadway shows with “Blue” in the title.

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larryland · 5 years

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(Pittsfield, MA– November 1, 2018) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in the Berkshires under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, is honored that two plays that premiered at BSC – American Son and The Chinese Lady – can now be seen in New York.

“We’re thrilled that both American Son and The Chinese Lady are reaching wider audiences in NYC this fall,” said Julianne Boyd. “In the case of American Son, it’s extremely rewarding to know that a play we commissioned, developed and premiered at Barrington Stage has found a home on Broadway. The collaboration with the Ma-Yi Theatre Company on The Chinese Lady has been a true partnership, and we are excited to be following this important play to its new home on Theatre Row in NYC.”

American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown was commissioned by BSC and won the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award for its world premiere at BSC in 2016. Directed by Julianne Boyd, the BSC production starred Tamara Tunie and Michael Hayden.

“Barrington Stage is a phenomenal place to develop new work,” said playwright Christopher Demos-Brown. “It’s a beautiful place to spend time in the summer, there’s a sophisticated audience and Julie Boyd is a fantastic director who pours her heart and soul into the process.”

The Broadway production starring Kerry Washington and Steven Pasquale began previews October 6 for a November 4 opening at the Booth Theatre.

Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady had its world premiere at BSC July 20 through August 11 earlier this year in a co-production with Ma-Yi Theater Company and will arrive Off Broadway at The Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row from November 7 – 18.

Daniel K. Isaac and Shannon Tyo in “The Chinese Lady” at Barrington Stage in 2018. Photo by Eloy Garcia.

Tamara Tunie and Michael Hayden as Scott Connor in “American Son” at Barrington Stage in 2016. Photo by Scott Barrow.

“Opening The Chinese Lady at Barrington Stage this summer gave us a chance to play before enthusiastic, savvy theatergoers —not unlike what we would have in New York,” said director Ralph Peña. “We learned a lot there, and we’ve made tweaks for the Off Broadway run that help the storytelling a bit more.”

Barrington Stage Company recently announced three productions for its upcoming 25th season – Into the Woods, the musical classic by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine; the world premiere new musical Fall Springs, by Niko Tsakalakos and Peter Sinn Nachtrieb; and Gertrude and Claudius, a new play by Mark St. Germain.

2019 Season Passes are now on sale and available at www.barringtonstageco.org or by calling 413-236-8888 or visiting the Wolfson Box Office (122 North Street, Pittsfield, MA). Single tickets for Into the Woods, Fall Springs and Gertrude and Claudius will be available in March 2019.

ABOUT BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY

Barrington Stage Company (BSC) is an award-winning regional theatre located in Pittsfield, MA, in the heart of the Berkshires. Co-founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, BSC has a three-fold mission: to present top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways of bringing new audiences into the theatre—especially young people. Barrington Stage garnered national attention in 2004 when it premiered William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which later transferred to Broadway where it won two Tony Awards. In 2009, BSC premiered Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session, which later moved Off Broadway and played for two years. St. Germain’s Becoming Dr. Ruth (which premiered at BSC as Dr. Ruth, All the Way) played Off Broadway at the Westside Theatre. BSC’s all-time record-breaking musical On the Town was originally produced at BSC in 2013 before transferring to Broadway, where it was nominated for four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival. In 2016, Barrington Stage swept the first annual Berkshire Theatre Awards by winning 20 out of the 25 awards. Also in 2016, BSC produced the world premiere of American Son, which won the Laurents/Hatcher Award for Best New Play and opens on Broadway in November 2018. In 2017, BSC produced the much-lauded revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company, starring Aaron Tveit. In 2018, BSC produced the critically-acclaimed production of West Side Story in honor of Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins’ 100th birthdays. BSC has won the Best of the Berkshires Readers’ Choice for Best Live Theatre for the past two years. 2019 marks BSC’s 25th Season Anniversary.

Barrington Stage Company is Pleased to Announce Two Plays Now in New York – “American Son” and “The Chinese Lady” (Pittsfield, MA– November 1, 2018) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in the Berkshires under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, is honored that two plays that premiered at BSC - …

#American Son #Barrington Stage Company #Booth Theatre #BSC #Christopher Demos-Brown #Julianne Boyd #Julie Boyd #Kerry Washington #Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award #Lloyd Suh #Ma-Yi Theatre Company #Ralph Peña #Steven Pasquale #The Beckett Theatre #The Chinese Lady

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