My Name is Asher Lev extends by 12 weeks

Aaron Posner's new play My Name is Asher Lev, based on the novel by Chaim Potok (The Chosen), has extended its run by twelve weeks, and will now play through to 26 May 2013.

The play opened at the Westside Theatre on 28 Nov 2012, following previews from 8 Nov 2012, and was originally scheduled to close on 3 Mar 2013.

The show opened to mostly excellent reviews: Warm, worthwhile and well-acted (NY Daily News); Intense and heartfelt (Back Stage); A thoroughly satisfying production (Newsroom Jersey).

Set in post-war Brooklyn, My Name is Asher Lev tells the story of Asher Lev, a boy prodigy who must paint at any cost - against the will of family, community and tradition.

The play's New York premiere follows an engagement at the Long Wharf Theatre earlier this year.

Directed by the Long Wharf Theater's artistic director Gordon Edelstein, the cast features Ari Brand, who is reprising the role he first portrayed in the Long Wharf production, Mark Nelson as 'Ari Lev' and Jenny Bacon as 'Riv Lev.'

The creative team includes set design by Eugene Lee, lighting design by James F. Ingalls, costume design by Ilona Somogyi and original music/sound design by John Gromada.