Primary Stages anoounce their 2006 - 2007 season
Primary Stages (59E59 Theaters' resident theatre company) has announced its line-up of new plays for 2006-2007, the company's 22nd season.
The new season has two world premieres - Indian Blood by A.R. Gurney and Deuce by Terrence McNally and two New York premieres - Southern Comforts by Kathleen Clark and Adrift in Macao by Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick.
- Indian Blood by A.R. Gurney and directed by Mark Lamos.
Synopsis: A comedy about family and the coming-of-age. Young Eddie uses his Indian ancestry as a cause and an excuse for his adolescent attacks on the genteel world around him. Was it his Seneca tribe or his talent as a budding artist that caused his privileged world to turn upside down?
Dates: 25 Jul - 3 Sep 2006 - Southern Comforts, written by Kathleen Clark, directed by Leonard Foglia and starring Dixie Carter and Hal Holbrook.
Synopsis: Some people need continuous change in order to feel vital and alive. Others are terrified of unsettling the peace that they have established. A widow and widower who meet laterin life find a way into each other's hearts.
Dates: 3 Oct - 19 Nov 2006 - Adrift in Macao, book & lyrics by Christopher Durang and music by Peter Melnick. Directed by Sheryl Kaller and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli
Synopsis: Spins the tale of five quirky characters stranded in a Casablanca-like locale in the Far East.
Dates: 23 Jan - 4 Mar 2007 - Deuce, by Terrence McNally and starring Marian Seldes.
Synopsis: tba.
Dates: 3 Apr - 6 May 2007
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