Time Stands Still: Laura Linney to star in Donald Margulies drama

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Laura Linney (John Adams, The Savages) will play the lead role in Manhattan Theatre Club�s upcoming New York premiere of Time Stands Still by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Margulies. This will mark Linney�s third play by Margulies at Manhattan Theatre Club.

Linney made her off-Broadway debut at MTC during the 1991-1992 season in John Patrick Shanley�s 'Beggers in the House of Plenty.' That same season she created the role of 'Grete' in MTC�s premiere of Margulies� 'Sight Unseen.' Twelve years later, Lynne Meadow (MTC's Artistic Director) asked her to play the lead role of 'Patricia' in the MTC Broadway Revival of 'Sight Unseen,' directed by Daniel Sullivan, for which she received a Tony nomination.

The limited engagement, to be directed by Tony winner Daniel Sullivan ('Proof') will open at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on 28 Jan 2010, following previews from 5 Jan 2010 for a limited engagement. The production had previously been announced to play MTC�s New York City Center � Stage I.

Time Stands Still: Are we supposed to deny ourselves ordinary happiness because there�s misery in the world? James and Sarah (Linney), a journalist and a photographer, have been together for nine years and share a passion for documenting the realities of war. But when injuries force them to return home to New York, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life.

This new production of Time Stands Still marks the fourth collaboration for Margulies and director Daniel Sullivan.

Additional casting and the creative team for Time Stands Still will be announced in the coming weeks.

Manhattan Theatre Club�s complete Broadway season at the Samuel J. Friedman will feature a new production of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber�s 'The Royal Family' the New York premiere of Donald Margulies� Time Stands Still, and the Broadway premiere of Margulies� 'Collected Stories.' The Off-Broadway season will include Lynn Redgrave�s 'Nightingale,' and Polly Stenham�s 'That Face.'

Laura Linney (Sarah) made her Broadway debut in 'Six Degrees of Separation' (1990) and last appeared on Broadway when she starred in the Roundabout Theatre Company�s revival of Christopher Hampton�s 'Les Liaisons Dangereuse' with Ben Daniels. She has been nominated for Three Tony's: 'The Crucible' (2002) and 'Sight Unseen (2005).

Linney received an Academy Award nomination for the lead actress category for her role in the box office hit, 'The Savages,' opposite Phillip Seymour Hoffman and also starred in the HBO miniseries 'John Adams,' for which she won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe. Additionally, Laura wrapped filming on the James Ivory film, 'City of Your Final Destination,' opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins and 'Sympathy for Delicious,' with Orlando Bloom and Mark Ruffalo.

In 2004 Linney appeared in four episodes of the NBC comedy 'Frasier' as Dr. Frasier Crane�s love interest, 'Charlotte.' For this role, Laura won a 2004 Emmy Award for 'Best Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.' She previously won an Emmy for 'Outstanding Lead Actress' for Showtime�s 'Wild Iris' opposite Gena Rowlands. Additional television appearances include the lead role of 'Mary Ann Singleton' in PBS�s 'Tales of the City' based on the novels by Armistead Maupin, a role which she reprised in 'More Tales of the City' for Showtime.'

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