The Trip To Bountiful extends through to 01 Sep 2013

Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, has extended its run by eight weeks, and will now play through to 01 Sep 2013.

The Trip to Bountiful opened at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre from 23 Apr 2013, following previews from 30 Mar 2013, and was originally scheduled to play a 14-week limited engagement through to 07 Jul 2013.

The show opened to mostly excellent reviews: Tyson is simply glorious (newyorktheatreguide.com); Generally sluggish (NY Times); Make sure you have tissues handy (NY Post); Not-to-be-missed (Back Stage); Doesn't, ultimately, amount to much (Record).

The Trip to Bountiful, has been nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Actress in a Play (Cicely Tyson), Best Featured Actress in a Play (Condola Rashad), Best Sound Design for a Play (John Gromada), and Best Revival of a Play.

In its first Broadway revival, The Trip to Bountiful stars Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson, Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr, Emmy Award nominee and recording artist Vanessa Williams, Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad and Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat.

Returning to Broadway for the first time in over 30 years, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winner Cicely Tyson has been nominated for every major theatre award of the season - the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Drama League Award.

With this performance, Condola Rashad received her second consecutive Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play, following up on her breakthrough performance in last year's 'Stick Fly.'

The Trip to Bountiful tells the story of Carrie Watts (Cicely Tyson), an elderly woman who dreams of returning to her small hometown of Bountiful, TX one last time, against the wishes of her overprotective son (Gooding) and domineering daughter-in-law (Williams).

The creative team includes set sets by Jeff Cowie, costumes by Van Broughton Ramsey, lighting by Rui Rita and sound by John Gromada.

The Trip to Bountiful premiered as a teleplay on NBC in 1953, starring Lillian Gish as 'Carrie Watts.' The play had its Broadway premiere later that year with the same cast, which also included Eva Marie Saint. The play was adapted by Foote into an acclaimed 1985 film starring Geraldine Page, for which she won the Academy Award. In 2005, Signature Theatre produced the play Off-Broadway starring Lois Smith, for which she won Lortel, Obie, Outer Critics and Drama Desk Awards.