MTC 2011/12 Season: three plays announced

Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) have announced three world premiere productions for their upcoming 2011-2012 theatrical season.

At MTC's Broadway theatre, the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, the company will produce the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Auburn's The Columnist .

Off-Broadway at New York City Center - Stage I, led by Artistic Producer Mandy Greenfield, the company will produce: We Live Here, a world premiere play by Zoe Kazan and Close Up Space, a world premiere play by Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Leigh Silverman, featuring Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce. Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are finalizing plans for three more MTC productions for the 2011-2012 season (two additional productions at the Friedman and one additional production on Stage I) and will announce those plays in the coming weeks.

Broadway: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

The Columnist
Playwright: David Auburn
Director: tba
Synopsis: Columnists are kings in midcentury America and Joseph Alsop wears the crown. Joe is beloved, feared and courted in equal measure by the Washington political world at whose center he sits. But as the '60s dawn and America undergoes dizzying change, the intense political drama Joe is embroiled in becomes deeply personal as well.
Cast: tba
Previews: 4 Jan 2012
Opens: 26 Jan 2012
Closes: tba

Off-Broadway: NY City Center Stage I

We Live Here
Playwright: Zoe Kazan
Director: tba
Synopsis: Allie Bateman's wedding is Sunday. When Dinah, her precocious younger sister, returns to their parents' home for the festivities, she brings more than anyone expected: a new boyfriend, whose hidden history resurrects passions and painful memories for the whole family. Over one emotionally charged weekend, The Batemans must acknowledge and accept loss to gain hope for regeneration.
Cast: tba
Previews: 22 Sep 2011
Opens: 12 Oct 2011
Closes: tba

Close Up Space
Playwright: Molly Smith Metzler
Director: Leigh Silverman
Synopsis: Paul Barrow is an obsessive book editor on a major deadline. With an assistant who's been camping in the office, a famous author threatening to bail on him and an intern who is no help at all, Paul's just about had it! But when his fiery daughter shows up and lambasts him in Russian, Paul faces a glaring personal error that can't be corrected with red ink.
Cast: David Hyde Pierce (Paul Barrow), with further cast tba
Previews: 1 Dec 2011
Opens: 19 Dec 2011
Closes: tba

David Hyde Pierce