"Syncopation" by Allan Knee, will open 24 Oct 2004.

Wed 23 Jun 2004 "Syncopation" by Allan Knee, will open 24 Oct 2004. Allan Knee's play Syncopation, staged by director John Tillinger, will receive its New York premiere when it begins previews on Saturday 2 Oct 2004, and officially opens on Sunday 24 Oct, at a Broadway Theater to be announced. Allan Knee's Syncopation is a touching comic drama about the unlikely romance between an impassioned meat packer and a soul-searching seamstress in turn of the century Manhattan who find purpose and love in a lower east side make-shift dance studio. The rhythm of their courtship is as offbeat as the rhythm of their dance, but as the characters change and grow, their relationship shifts not unlike the syncopated beats of the ragtime music that accompanies them. Syncopation won the American Theater Critics Award after premiering at the Long Wharf Theater in 1999 followed by a production at The George Street Playhouse. Syncopation is produced by Vaud E. Massarsky, directed by John Tillinger, set by John Lee Beatty, with lighting by Brian Macdevitt and sound by John Gromada Full casting to be announced shortly. Broadway Theater to be announced.