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Written by The Best of Off Broadway
Published 2010-06-01

Kate Burton, Boyd Gaines, Bobby Steggert and Brenda Wehle  will comprise the four character cast of its Off Broadway and world premiere production of A. R. Gurney's new play, THE GRAND MANNER. The production,directed by Mark Lamos, will begin previews Tuesday, June 1 and opens Thursday, June 24 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

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, Off Broadway's The Grand Manner  is a love letter to this fabled actress and a heartfelt look back at the glorious heyday of the Broadway theatre.

THE GRAND MANNER: Kate Burton will portray Katherine Cornell with Boyd Gaines as her husband, in director Guthrie Mcclintic, and Brenda Wehle as her general manager and confidant, Gert Macy. Bobby Steggert will portray Pete, playwright Gurney's fictional self.

THE GRAND MANNER will feature sets by John Arnone, costumes by Anne Hould-Ward, lighting by Russell H. Champa and original music and sound by John Gromada.

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

THE GRAND MANNER Off Broadway Tickets are $80-$85 and can be purchased here.

 

 

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