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REVIEW: Together Again

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:10:46 -0400

By David Finkle
Something I already knew was that Rusty Magee was good. I didn't realize the songwriter-performer — who died five years ago at 47 — was that good, though, until Mary Testa and Alison Fraser brought Together Again to the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Café. The show, deserving better than a two-night booking, is a Magee retrospective, and I challenge anyone to rack his or her brain for a better pair to demonstrate how vital the late tunesmith's work remains. Let's say a better trio, because for the final two songs (that's before beg-off encores), Testa and Fraser are joined by the always breathtaking Annie Golden.

Yes, three voices of the highest performing caliber in Manhattan are raised in song for that exhilarating 10-minute stretch. And when only two of them are dueting or soloing, there's enough excitement to fuel a Boeing 777. Testa is one of those fresh and direct singers who can do anything — saucy, serious, strong, or sensuous. Fraser's tones are equally solid, and she's got her evergreen soubrette insouciance going. The properly named Golden can race from whisper to train whistle in seconds flat, which leaves audiences cheering.

Smiling as they hold hands, Fraser and Testa open the set with Magee's "Perfect," which is about friendship. The ditty lives up to its title as a description of what obviously underlies their bond — Fraser being Magee's widow and Testa clearly a close buddy. Early in the set, there's a medley of children's songs for which the two morph into youngsters having romper-room fun, but most of the contents are what Testa amusingly dubs "the adult songs." Though the Magee-Fraser marriage must have been built on a firm foundation, the late writer had profound insights about troubled relationships, which he expressed in ballads that Fraser and Testa infuse with depth. Fraser's "Wrong for Me" triggers sustained applause for the simmering anger seeping off the stage like molten lava, and so does Testa's "Song Because I'm Leaving" for the same impassioned reason.

Magee wasn't a guy to go to for the easy power-ballad hook, and his work is more interesting for that. He was also able to drop into different genres with finesse. The ultrapolitical "Balance of Power" (written with Lewis Black for The Czar of Rock and Roll) is something Randy Newman might covet. The hot rock anthem "Don't You Go and Get Famous" — with Allison Leyton-Brown driving the beat at the piano — is Golden's opportunity to rattle the rafters. At closing, Testa sings an art song called "High Flight," which is John Gillespie Magee's poem set to Magee's music. If she's ever sung anything more beautifully, I'll eat this review. Fraser does McGee's setting of Walt Whitman's "Thanks in Old Age," here called "Sweet Appreciation," and it's icing on the cake.

In closing, I'll point out that of all the songs about New York City that aren't sung enough and may rarely be sung at all, the best is arguably Magee's "New York Romance," which Fraser does as if she's lived every word, which perhaps she has. Here are only some of those words:

It's a subway door that closes,

And you only see the pain.

It's a bagel at Grand Central,

While you're waiting for her train.

It's a crosstown connection.

It's a taxi in the rain.

It's a New York romance.

The show is sweet appreciation indeed.

Presented by and at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Café,

407 W. 42nd St., NYC.

Mon., Sept. 29, Mon., Oct. 20, and Mon., Nov. 10 7 p.m.

(212) 695-6909.

Gypsy's Fraser and Equus' McCormick to Read Vita and Virginia

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:48:55 -0400

By Andrew Gans
Alison Fraser, who is currently playing Tessie Tura in the acclaimed revival of Gypsy, and Equus' Carolyn McCormick will take part in a reading of Eileen Atkins' Vita and Virginia Oct. 6 in the public exhibition hall of the Grolier Club.
The reading of the two-person show, drawn from the correspondence between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, will cast Fraser as Woolf with McCormick as Sackville-West. Presented by This Perpetual Fight, the evening is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM.
Vita & Virginia, according to press notes, chronicles "the remarkable friendship and intimate love affair between [Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West], two of the most celebrated members of the famous Bloomsbury Group in 1920s London." The play, set in the 1920s and 1930s through the first years of WWII, deals with "women seeking their place in the world as they face personal and professional conflicts as well as the looming world war."
Vita & Virginia was first seen at the Chichester Festival in 1992 with Penelope Wilton and Eileen Atkins; the play was then produced Off-Broadway in 1994 starring Vanessa Redgrave and playwright Atkins. Kathleen Chalfant and Patricia Elliot recently played a limited engagement in the two-hander at the Zipper Factory.
Alison Fraser, who plays Tessie Tura in Gypsy, received Tony nominations for her performances in Romance/Romance and The Secret Garden, and her other Broadway credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood and the 1996 revival of Tartuffe. She created the role of Trina in William Finn's In Trousers and March of the Falsettos and starred in the national tour of High School Musical as well as in productions of Lizzie Borden, Honk!, Lend Me a Tenor, Gunmetal Blues and Lips Together, Teeth Apart. Her screen credits include "Law & Order: SVU," "Third Watch," "The Thing About My Folks," "Jack and His Friends" and "In the Blood." Fraser will join Mary Testa for two concerts at the West Bank Cafe Sept. 29 and Oct. 20.
Carolyn McCormick currently plays Dora Strang in the Broadway revival of Equus. She has also been seen on Broadway in Private Lives and The Dinner Party and Off-Broadway in Celebration, Privilege, Biography, Eve-olution, Dinner With Friends and Ancestral Voices. Since 1991 McCormick has played Dr. Olivet on every incarnation of "Law & Order." Her other screen credits include "Cracker," "Spenser: For Hire," "You Know My Name," "Loverboy," "A Simple Twist of Fate," "Enemy Mine" and the forthcoming "Nights in Rodanthe."
The Grolier Club is located at 47 East 60th Street in Manhattan. Tickets, priced $18, are available by visiting http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=VIT1 Student tickets are available by emailing ThisPerpetualFight@gmail.com.

Broadway on Broadway 2008

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:56:45 -0400

A host of stage stars celebrated The Great White Way Sept. 14 during the annual Broadway on Broadway concert in Times Square.
Drew Lachey hosted the free outdoor event highlighting the new Broadway theatre season.
The 17th annual concert began at 11:30 AM with the cast of current and upcoming shows performing numbers backed by a 30-piece orchestra.
Among those in attendance were cast members of Avenue Q, Billy Elliot, Chicago, The Little Mermaid, Grease, Gypsy, Hairspray, In the Heights, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Legally Blonde, Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins, Monty Python's Spamalot, The Phantom of the Opera, Pure Country, Spring Awakening, A Tale of Two Cities, 13, [title of show], Wicked, Xanadu and Young Frankenstein.

Together Again: Fraser and Testa Will Sing Work of Magee

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:27:06 -0400

By Andrew Gans
Xanadu's Mary Testa will join Gypsy's Alison Fraser for two upcoming concerts celebrating the work of Fraser's late husband, composer Rusty Magee.  The Sept. 29 and Oct. 20 concerts — entitled Together Again — will be held at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, which is located within the West Bank Cafe. The singing actresses will be accompanied by a full band led by Allison Leyton-Brown; show time for both concerts is 7 PM.
Alison Fraser, who plays Tessie Tura in Gypsy, received Tony nominations for her performances in Romance/Romance and The Secret Garden, and her other Broadway credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood and the 1996 revival of Tartuffe. She created the role of Trina in William Finn's In Trousers and March of the Falsettos and starred in the national tour of High School Musical as well as in productions of Lizzie Borden, Honk!, Lend Me a Tenor, Gunmetal Blues and Lips Together, Teeth Apart. Her screen credits include "Law & Order: SVU," "Third Watch," "The Thing About My Folks," "Jack and His Friends" and "In the Blood."
Mary Testa, who plays Melpomene and Medusa in Xanadu, has also been seen on Broadway in Chicago, Barnum, Marilyn, The Rink, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, On the Town, Marie Christine and 42nd Street, earning Tony nominations for her work in On the Town and 42nd Street. Her other theatre credits include See What I Wanna See, String of Pearls, Lend Me a Tenor, The Vagina Monologues, The Wax, From Above (Obie Award), Lucky Stiff, In Trousers, Tartuffe and On the Town (Obie Award). Testa's screen credits include "Stay," "Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding," "Sleepers," "Whoopi" and "Sex and the City."
Benjamin Rush "Rusty" Magee, a composer and lyricist whose musical, The Green Heart, written with Charles Busch, was staged by Manhattan Theatre Club, died Feb. 16, 2003, after a battle with cancer. Mr. Magee won the New York Outer Critics' Circle James Fleetwood Award for his music and lyrics for Moliere's Scapin in 1993. He penned music and lyrics for American Repertory Theatre's acclaimed production of Ubu Rock and also wrote the music and lyrics for ART's production of Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters and Moliere's Imaginary Invalid. With his pal, comedian Lewis Black, Magee wrote the musical, The Czar of Rock and Roll, which premiered at Houston's Alley Theater in 1990. He also arranged and performed the music for the Tony Award-winning production of The House of Blue Leaves seen at Lincoln Center and on Broadway and PBS. Mr. Magee co-produced and wrote music for hundreds of one-act plays as musical director and co-founder with Lewis Black and Rand Foerster of Steve Olsen's West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theatre Bar in New York City.
The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located within the West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street. For reservations call (212) 695-6909.

Gypsy The 2008 Broadway Cast Recording is now available!

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:02:06 -0400

By Matthew Blank
Hordes of Gypsy fans packed the third level of Lincoln Triangle's Barnes & Noble Aug. 28 to celebrate the show's new cast recording.
The 5 PM event kicked off with journalist Patrick Pacheco (NY1, The Los Angeles Times) moderating a brief Q&A session with the production's central trio: Laura Benanti (Louise), Boyd Gaines (Herbie) and Patti LuPone (Rose)- all of whom took home 2008 Tony Awards for their performances in this revival of the Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents-Jule Styne classic.
They were joined for a post-discussion CD signing by additional principal members of the cast, including Leigh Ann Larkin (Dainty June), Tony Yazbeck (Tulsa), Marilyn Caskey (Electra), Alison Fraser (Tessie Tura), Lenora Nemetz (Mazeppa), Sami Gayle (Baby June) and Emma Rowley (Baby Louise). Also on hand for the signing was multiple Grammy-nominee Robert Sher, who produced the album for Time Life.
By the 4:15 PM press check-in time, the sizable event space was at full standing room capacity, with a line of autograph seekers snaking out into the store, weaving through several sections of bookshelf and stretching back to the far corner. While those nearest to the front of the waiting area were able to listen to and view the discussion through the glass, the majority patiently waited on line in hopes of making it to the autograph table before the actors had to rush 20 block downtown for their 7 PM call time. Thanks to the efforts of a well-organized team of publicists and store staff, a massive amount of people were cycled through in the very limited time frame. LuPone, whose especially demanding role called for her to leave a bit earlier than her co-stars, had pre-signed a stack of album covers in order to accommodate as many fans as possible.
This new recording, released Aug. 26, boasts never-before-recorded songs cut from the original Broadway production, including "Three Wishes for Christmas," "Mama's Talkin' Soft," "Nice She Ain't," "Mother's Day," "Smile, Girls," "Who Needs Him?," and an alternate version of "Mother's Day." Jonathan Tunick provided new orchestrations for the additional numbers.
The Gypsy company includes Bill Bateman, Andrew Boyer, Jim Bracchitta, Dorothy Stanley, Beckley Andrews, Nancy Renée Braun, Mindy Dougherty, Kyrian Friedenberg, Matt Gibson, Sarah Marie Hicks, Steve Konopelski, Matthew Lobenhofer, Nicole Mangi, Katie Micha, Matty Price, Bill Raymond, Brian Reddy, Andy Richardson, Lisa Rohinsky, Jessica Rush, Alicia Sable, John Scacchetti, Geo Seery, Rider Quentin Stanton and Pearce Wegener.
Gypsy currently plays the St. James Theatre at 246 West 44th Street.
Tickets are available by calling (212) 239-6200 or by visiting www.telecharge.com.

Alison is a featured voice in the highly anticipated next installment of the GTA series

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:37:27 -0400

The next installment of the series, Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV), was originally slated to be released in October 2007 worldwide for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, the first Grand Theft Auto game to be released simultaneously on the PlayStation and Xbox platforms. However, the game has been delayed, but will officially be released April 29th, 2008. It has been confirmed that episodic content will be released exclusively for the Xbox 360. Microsoft officially announced a strategic alliance with Rockstar Games over the rights to episodic content through their Xbox Live service at their X06 event.
GTA IV's game engine is the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (a.k.a. RAGE) used in Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis. The game once again takes place in a redesigned Liberty City that very closely resembles New York City, much more than previous renditions.

Romance/Romance has been added to BLUEGOBO.com!

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:30:46 -0500

Let Them Entertain You: Gypsy, with LuPone, Gaines and Benanti, Arrives on Broadway March 3

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:22:57 -0500

Following a critically acclaimed limited engagement at City Center this past summer, the classic American musical Gypsy — starring Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti — begins previews at Broadway's St. James Theatre March 3.
Arthur Laurents, the musical's famed librettist, again directs the production, which will officially open on Broadway March 27.
Tony and Olivier winner LuPone, who also starred in a weekend run of Gypsy at the Ravinia Festival in Illinois, heads the cast as that stage mother of all stage mothers, Rose. She is joined onstage by three-time Tony winner Boyd Gaines as the beleaguered Herbie and two-time Tony nominee Laura Benanti as the wallflower-turned-world-famous-stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.
LuPone recently told Playbill.com, "I'm thrilled to death. This was an extraordinary company, and the fact that everybody was secretly praying that this would move [to Broadway] and everybody was available — minus Nancy Opel, which is sad, but she's replaced by the very brilliant Lenora Nemetz — was great…It's fate."
LuPone, Gaines and Benanti are joined onstage by Leigh Ann Larkin as Dainty June, Tony Yazbeck as Tulsa, Marilyn Caskey as Electra, Alison Fraser as Tessie, and Lenora Nemetz as Mazeppa with Bill Bateman as Mr. Goldstone, Jim Bracchitta as Uncle Jocko, Sami Gayle as Baby June, Bill Raymond as Pop, Brian Reddy as Weber, and Emma Rowley as Baby Louise.
The ensemble comprises Beckley Andrews, Nancy Renée Braun, Mindy Dougherty, Kyrian Friedenberg, Sarah Marie Hicks, Steve Konopelski, Matthew Lobenhofer, Nicole Mangi, Katie Micha, Matty Price, Andy Richardson, Jessica Rush, Alicia Sable, John Scacchetti, Geo Seery, Rider Quentin Stanton and Pearce Wegener.
Gypsy features scenic design by James Youmans, costumes by Tony Award winner Martin Pakledinaz, lighting by Tony Award winner Howell Binkley, hair by Tony Award winner Paul Huntley and sound design by Dan Moses Schreier.
Gypsy is being produced on Broadway by Roger Berlind, The Routh - Frankel - Baruch - Viertel Group, Roy Furman, Debra Black, Ted Hartley, Roger Horchow, David Ian, Scott Rudin and Jack Viertel
The Encores! Summer Stars production of Gypsy played its final performance at City Center July 29, 2007. The limited run began previews July 9 with an official opening July 14.
Gypsy features a score by Jule Styne (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) and a book by Arthur Laurents. The musical bowed on Broadway in May 1959 at the Broadway Theatre, playing 702 performances before closing at the Imperial Theatre, where it later transferred, on March 25, 1961. Ethel Merman created the role of Rose in the original production; subsequent Broadway Roses include Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly and Bernadette Peters. Merman and Peters were Tony-nominated for their performances; Lansbury and Daly won the coveted award.
A Tony Award winner for her work in Evita, Patti LuPone also earned an Olivier Award for her performances in the West End productions of Les Misérables and The Cradle Will Rock. Her other theatrical credits include Sunset Boulevard, Anything Goes, Oliver!, Working, The Old Neighborhood, Master Class and Pal Joey. LuPone also headlined two solo Broadway concerts, Patti LuPone On Broadway and Matters of the Heart, and received glowing notices for her performance as Mrs. Lovett in the Lincoln Center concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and a Tony nomination for her performance in the recent revival of that Sondheim work. She was seen in the Kennedy Center's staging of Marc Blitzstein's Regina and recently joined Audra McDonald for Los Angeles Opera's production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. Her screen and recording credits are numerous.
Laura Benanti was most recently on Broadway in The Wedding Singer. She played Claudia in the Tony-winning revival of Maury Yeston's Nine, and she received Tony Award nominations for her performances in Swing! and the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. She was also seen in The Sound of Music, Time and Again and the City Center Encores! mounting of Wonderful Town. Benanti's regional credits include roles in A Little Night Music, Man of La Mancha and A Winter's Tale.
Boyd Gaines was most recently on Broadway in the revival of Pygmalion. He won Tony Awards for his performances in The Heidi Chronicles, She Loves Me and Contact and was Tony-nominated for his work in Journey's End. His other Broadway credits include Twelve Angry Men, Cabaret, Company and The Show Off.
During previews Gypsy will play Monday-Saturday at 8 PM and Wednesday and Saturday at 2 PM. Beginning March 31, show times will be Tuesday-Saturday at 8 PM with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2 PM and Sunday at 3 PM. (There will be no performance Friday, March 28; a matinee has been added on Sunday, March 30).
The St. James Theatre is located in Manhattan at 246 West 44th Street. Tickets, priced $42-$117, are available by calling (212) 239-6200 or by visiting www.telecharge.com.
By Andrew Gans

IN THE BLOOD

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:17:12 -0400

A popular college jock begins to have disturbing visions of his sister being murdered. As he searches for answers, he uncovers dark family secrets and learns that he must come to terms with his sexuality and the remarkable power inextricably bound to it in order to save his sister.

IN THE BLOOD offers a daring new concept while resurrecting the stylistic flourishes and melodrama of the best 1970s thrillers, especially the early films of Brian De Palma and John Carpenter. It blends suspense, horror and character in a riveting, stylized narrative with a modern day twist.

The suspense of IN THE BLOOD is grounded in its characters. This is a-coming-of-age film about young people discovering who they are. It is also about the fears and anxieties of being different.

Shot on location on the campus of Columbia University, IN THE BLOOD joins a select few films to be shot on the historic campus, including Spiderman I, II & III, Ghostbusters, and Marathon Man.

Alison Fraser to Be Featured in Alexander Dinelaris' Chaos Theories

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:37:40 -0400

Two-time Tony nominee Alison Fraser, recently seen in the City Center production of Gypsy, will star in a limited engagement of Alexander Dinelaris' The Chaos Theories beginning Nov. 1.
Dinelaris, who provided additional lyrics for Off-Broadway's Zanna, Don't!, penned the work, which is set in a downtown New York City eatery, as a response to post-9/11 urban society. Press notes state, "21 characters including a movie star, a Senator and his controlling wife, a vindictive stockbroker, a Hollywood producer and a hallucinating homeless woman collide in encounters that range from humorous to shocking and tragic."
Joining Fraser in the cast will be Richard Bekins, Ted Koch, Todd Gearhart, Maryann Towne, Darcie Siciliano, Amanda Montavani and Max Darwin.
The creative team includes costume designer Bobby Pearce, set designer Tema Levine and lighting designer David. A. Griffith.
The Chaos Theories debuted as part of the 2004 International Fringe Festival. Dinelaris is currently at work on his Broadway-aimed project Still Life with Rock 'n' Roll producer Bill Haber and Coram Boy helmer Melly Still.
Stewart M. Schulman and Alexander Dinelaris co-direct The Chaos Theories, produced by Patricia R. Klausner and Linda S. Nelson (co-artistic directors, Shotgun Productions) and Leo Lauer (producer, The Resistance Theatre Company).
The Chaos Theories will play a limited four-week engagement through Nov. 17 at the McGinn/Cazale Theater, located at 2162 Broadway in Manhattan. Tickets may be purchased by calling (212) 352-3101.
Further information is available by visiting www.thechaostheories.com.

Gaines, Benanti, Yazbeck, Fraser, Opel and More to Join LuPone in Gypsy

Thu, 31 May 2007 15:40:30 -0400

Principal casting has been announced for the upcoming City Center production of Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne's Gypsy, starring Tony and Olivier Award winner Patti LuPone in the role of Rose.
LuPone, who previously played the stage mother of all stage mothers at the Ravinia Festival, will be joined onstage by Boyd Gaines as Herbie, Laura Benanti as Louise, Leigh Ann Larkin as Dainty June, Tony Yazbeck as Tulsa, Alison Fraser as Tessie Tura, Nancy Opel as Mazeppa/Miss Cratchitt, Marilyn Caskey as Electra, Sami Gayle as Baby June, Emma Rowley as Baby Louise, Jim Bracchita as Uncle Jocko/Pastey, Bill Bateman as George/Mr. Goldstone/Bougeron-Cochon, Bill Raymond as Pop/Cigar and Brian Reddy as Weber/Phil.
The July 9-29 run is part of the new Encores! Summer Stars series at the Manhattan venue. As previously announced, Laurents, who wrote the book to what is considered one of the finest American musicals, will direct the fully-staged production, which is scheduled to officially open July 14.
The creative team also includes Patrick Vaccariello (music direction), Bonnie Walker (reproducing Jerome Robbins' original choreography), James Youmans (set design), Martin Pakledinaz (costume design) and Dan Moses Schreier (lighting design).
Gypsy features a score by Jule Styne (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) and a book by Arthur Laurents. The musical bowed on Broadway in May 1959 at the Broadway Theatre, playing 702 performances before closing at the Imperial Theatre, where it later transferred, on March 25, 1961. Ethel Merman starred as Rose in the original production; subsequent Broadway Roses include Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly and Bernadette Peters.
Tickets for Gypsy are available at the City Center box office (West 55th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues). Tickets, priced $25-$110, are also available by calling (212) 581-1212 or by visiting www.nycitycenter.org.
By Andrew Gans

DISNEYS HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 12:51:03 -0500

Alison played Ms. Darbus in the world professional premiere of Disney’s High School Musical directed by Jeff Calhoun at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta. For photos and reviews click here.

an oak tree

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:00:27 -0500

Joan Allen, Michael Cerveris, Frances McDormand and Richard Kind are among the guests scheduled to appear in the Tim Crouch's an oak tree, the two-character play at the Barrow Street Theatre in which one character is played by a different actor each performance.
Other guests will include Matthew Arkin, Laila Robbins, Michael Countryman, Brooke Smith and Alison Fraser.
Each guest actor, male or female, plays "the Father." Crouch directs the play, and plays "the Hypnotist." The premise of the play is that father's daughter has just been killed in a car accident involving the hypnotist.
The guests have never seen the play nor read the script before walking on stage. They get their lines and directions via an earpiece, a clipboard and from Crouch's dialogue — it varies throughout the play.
The upcoming lineup is as follows:
Michael Countryman — Nov. 12 at 8 PM  Laila Robbins — Nov. 13 at 8 PM  Joan Allen — Nov. 17 at 9:30 PM  Alison Fraser — Nov. 19 at 8 PM  Frances McDormand — Nov. 20 at 8 PM  Richard Kind — Nov. 25 at 8 PM  Brooke Smith — Nov. 25 at 9:30 PM  Matthew Arkin — Nov. 27 at 8 PM  Michael Cerveris — Dec. 1 at 9:30 PM
Past guests have included F. Murray Abraham, Charles Busch, Reed Birney and James Urbaniak.
Presenters of an oak tree are the Perry Street Theatre (Martin Platt, David Elliot, co-directors), Rosalie Beer, A.J. Epstein and Richard Jordan Productions in association with Barrow Street Theatre.
The Barrow Street Theatre is at 27 Barrow Street, near Seventh Avenue. Tickets, priced $45, can be purchased by calling (212) 239-6200. For more information visit www.PerryStreetTheatre.com.