Cannavale, Hoffman, Paulson, Harner To Star In GINGERBREAD HOUSE Off-Broadway

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 3:01pm

Complete casting has been announced for stageFARM's upcoming production of Mark Schultz's The Gingerbread House, which will begin previews April 11 at the Rattlesticks Playwrights Theater in Manhattan.

Directed by Alex Kilgore, the visiting production at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will officially open April 18 at 8 PM.

The cast will comprise Bobby Cannavale, Jason Butler Harner, Jackie Hoffman, Sarah Paulson and Ben Rappaport.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/127066.html

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 3:29pm

Ooh, I'm really excited about this! I love Cannavale and Paulson.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 4/18/09 at 1:43am

Has anyone checked out this play yet? It began a few days ago? Just wondered...

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/18/09 at 1:49am

I'm guessing no student rush policies apply? Granted $40 isn't TOO high.

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/18/09 at 9:11am

The Rattlestick Theatre used to have student rush, which was something like $20 a half-hour before showtime. I don't know if they're currently offering it, though.

[Luckydave14]

Posted: 4/18/09 at 3:27pm

I saw the show on Thursday. It was very disturbing, but I thought it was an excellent play. Sarah Paulson is absolutely fantastic. I've never seen her perform live before so it was a treat to finally see her.

The play is about a married couple (Paulson and Harner) who have two kids and are unhappy with the way their lives turned out. With the help of a friend (Cannavale), they come up with a solution (I'm not going to spoil it), which causes the husband to be incredibly satisfied, but it eats away at the wife. Hoffman and Rappaport play a customer and an employee, respectively, at the travel agency where the wife works.

I extremely recommend the show. I was comped so I didn't find out what the rush situation is like.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 10:31pm

Has anyone else seen this show? I'm going on Friday night and was interested in reading some additional thoughts. Also, has anyone attempted to stagedoor? I ask because I have something I was really hoping to get Sarah Paulson to sign.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 10:43pm

I wish I had known about this! Somehow I missed it, and I totally would have gone. And now I can't. Boo.

[candles]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 10:47pm

This guy did the stagedoor. Spoilers in link

http://www.marqsish.com/2009/05/babble-gum.html

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 1:18am

I saw this last week as well and stagedoored. Everyone was very nice and low key about signing.

****possible spoilers****

I had mixed thoughts about the play. At first I thought it was going to be a darkly funny, Durang-esque story about a rich Upper East Side couple that wants to sell their children on the Black Market.

Unfortunately the story takes a turn for the serious and treats the plot as a straight drama rather than a dark satire. The acting is great across the board. Paulson is really wonderful and Cannavale is funny as the man arranging for the sale of the children.

My biggest problem with the play was that I found the actions of the parents to be completely unbelievable. Sure if you're watching The Marriage of Bette and Boo you can accept unnatural behavior for the sake of satire. Here, where the actions are meant to be honest and truthful, it's much harder to suspend your disbelief.

The actual dialogue is well-written enough, it's just that the plot often veers in directions that leave you scratching your head.

Not a painful experience in the theater, but not an especially brilliant one either.