The Milk Train... extends run by one week

Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, directed by Michael Wilson, has extended its run by one week and will now play through to 10 Apr 2011.

The drama stars Olympia Dukakis as 'Flora Goforth,' along with Curtis Billings as 'Giulio,' Elisa Bocanegra as 'Simonetta,' Edward Hibbert as 'Witch of Capri,' Maggie Lacey as 'Frances Black' and Darren Pettie 'Christopher Flanders.'

Produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company to mark the year of Williams' centennial celebration, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore opened at the Laura Pels Theatre on 30 Jan 2011, following previews from 7 Jan 2011, and was originally scheduled to play a limited engagement through to 3 Apr 2011.

The production opened to mixed reviews: "Preposterous drama. (NY Times) All so vague (NY Daily News); Mesmerizing (Back Stage); Slick production (Variety)."

The design team includes Jeff Cowie (Sets), David C. Woolard (Costumes), Rui Rita (Lights) & John Gromada (Original Music & Sound).

In this haunting Tennessee Williams drama, Olympia Dukakis stars as 'Flora Goforth,' a wealthy American widow. In her picturesque Italian mountaintop home, Flora has detached from the world in order to write her memoirs. When a handsome and mysterious young visitor arrives without warning to keep Flora company in her final hours, this dreamlike play blossoms into a fascinating meditation on life and death.

The design team includes Jeff Cowie (Sets), David C. Woolard (Costumes), Rui Rita (Lights) & John Gromada (Original Music & Sound).

This production of Williams' play premiered May 2008 at Hartford Stage directed by Artistic Director Michael Wilson and was the culmination of Wilson's ten-year project on the work of Tennessee Williams.