Ruined announces final extension, play will close on 6 Sep

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced the final extension for Lynn Nottage�s Pulitzer Prize winning play Ruined. The play, currently in performances at MTC at New York City Center � Stage I, must play its final performance on 6 Sep 2009.

Ruined is a co-production between Manhattan Theatre Club and Chicago�s Goodman Theatre.

This marks the eighth New York extension for the production which on 6 Sep 2009 will have played 22 preview performances and 238 regular performances. It is the longest running production at Stage I since the 1992 production of Terrence McNally�s 'Lips Together, Teeth Apart.'

Prior to becoming a hit at MTC, Ruined was a success at the Goodman, where the production opened in Nov 2008, received stellar reviews from Chicago critics, and played an extended run at the Goodman�s Owen Theatre prior to coming to New York.

Ruined is the most acclaimed new play of 2009, having received the following awards:

• 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
• Ruined is the first Off-Broadway play to receive the Pulitzer since 2000.
• New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play
• Two Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Play and Outstanding Music for a Play
• Ruined is the first Off-Broadway play to receive the Outstanding Play Award in 10 years.
• The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
• Two Lucille Lortel Awards including Outstanding Play
• Four OBIE Awards including Best New American Play
• Current cast members Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Russell G. Jones also received OBIE awards for their performances in Ruined
• A Theatre World Award for cast member Condola Rashad
• The Clarence Derwent Award for cast member Quincy Tyler Bernstine.