MTC 2012/13 season: 2 further works announced

Two additional productions have been announced for Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming 2012-2013 theatrical season.

The Broadway season at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre will include the Broadway premiere of The Other Place by Sharr White, directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, and starring three-time Emmy Award winner and Tony nominee Laurie Metcalf.

The Off-Broadway season at New York City Center - Stage I will include the world premiere of The Explorers Club, the new comedy by Tony Award nominee Nell Benjamin.

The Other Place joins MTC's previously announced Broadway production of Rebecca Lenkiewicz's new version of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes, and starring four-time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines and Emmy Award winner Richard Thomas. MTC will announce a third Broadway production for the Friedman Theatre in the coming weeks.

The Explorers Club joins MTC's Off-Broadway season which will also include the New York premiere of Golden Age, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie and the world premiere of The Madrid, the new play by Liz Flahive, directed by two-time Obie Award winner Leigh Silverman starring four-time Emmy Award winner and Tony nominee Edie Falco.

The productions so far announced for MTC's 2012 - 2013 season are listed below in chronological order.

Broadway: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

American Premiere
An Enemy Of The People
Playwright: Henrik Ibsen. A new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Director: Doug Hughes
Cast: Boyd Gaines, Richard Thomas, with further cast tba
Synopsis: When Dr. Thomas Stockmann (Boyd Gaines) discovers toxic contamination in the water used at the local baths, he expects to be hailed as a hero. But since the baths are the town's main source of revenue, the community fights to silence him... and Dr. Stockmann learns that there are forces more powerful than truth.
Previews: 4 Sep 2012
Opens: 27 Sep 2012
Closes: tba

Broadway Premiere
The Other Place
Playwright: Sharr White
Director: Joe Mantello
Cast: Laurie Metcalf, with further cast tba
Synopsis: Juliana Smithton (Laurie Metcalf) is a successful neurologist whose life seems to be coming unhinged. Her husband has filed for divorce, her daughter has eloped with a much older man and her own health is in jeopardy.
Previews: 11 Dec 2012
Opens: 10 Jan 2013
Closes: tba

The Other Place had its world premiere at MCC Theater, opening 28 Mar 2011 where it extended due to popular demand. The show was nominated for three Lucille Lortel Awards. Laurie Metcalf won an Obie Award and a Lucille Lortel Award for her performance as 'Juliana Smithton' in the production.

Off-Broadway: NY City Center Stage I

New York Premiere
Golden Age
Playwright: Terrence McNally
Director: Walter Bobbie
Synopsis:It's opening night of Vincenzo Bellini's new opera I Puritani in Paris in 1835. The Italian composer is determined to win the adulation of not only his French audience, but his colleagues and rivals as well. Everything depends on it.
Cast: tba
Previews: 13 Nov 2012
Opens: 4 Dec 2012
Closes: tba

World Premiere
The Madrid
Playwright: Liz Flahive
Director: Leigh Silverman
Synopsis: Martha is a kindergarten teacher with a life many would want: a loving husband, a devoted daughter. But when she leaves it all behind, it's up to her daughter Sarah to pick up the pieces.
Cast: Edie Falco, with further cast tba
Previews: 5 Feb 2013
Opens: 26 Feb 2013
Closes: tba

World Premiere
The Explorers Club
Playwright: Nell Benjamin
Director: tba
Synopsis:London, 1879. The prestigious Explorers Club faces the worst crisis in their history: their acting president wants to admit a woman, and their bartender is terrible. True, the female candidate is brilliant, beautiful, and has discovered a legendary Lost City, but the decision to let in a woman could shake the very foundation of the British Empire, and how do you make such a decision without a decent drink?
Cast: tba
Previews: 14 May 2013
Opens: 04 Jun 2013
Closes: tba

Laurie Metcalf as Juliana Smithton