The Grand Manner at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

Lincoln Center Theater will present the world premiere of A. R. Gurney�s new play The Grand Manner, directed by Mark Lamos, opening at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on 24 Jun 2010, following previews from 27 May.

In 1948, playwright A.R. Gurney, then a young boarding school student, traveled to New York where he attended a performance of Shakespeare�s Antony and Cleopatra, going backstage afterwards to meet the production�s star, the great stage actress Katharine Cornell, who was dubbed �The First Lady of the American Stage� by the legendary critic Alexander Woolcott.. A mix of remembrance and imagination, The Grand Manner is a love letter to this fabled actress and a heartfelt look back at the glorious heyday of the Broadway theatre.

Casting and designers for The Grand Manner will be announced at a later date.

Playwright A.R. Gurney�s many plays include 'Far East,' 'Ancestral Voices' and 'Big Bill,' all produced by Lincoln Center Theater. Director Mark Lamos returns to Lincoln Center Theater where he directed Gurney�s 'Big Bill' as well as such past LCT productions as Shakespeare�s 'Cymbeline' and 'Measure for Measure,' Sheridan�s 'The Rivals' and Edward Albee�s 'Seascape.'

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