MTC's new season to include works by Greenberg, Nottage, Shanley/Krieger

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:32pm

In addition to TO BE OR NOT TO BE, the Manhattan Theatre Club's new season will include:

at the Biltmore:
the Broadway premiere of Richard Greenberg's THE AMERICAN PLAN, directed by David Grindley.
previews Jan 2, 2009, opening Jan 22, 2009

at City Center Stage I:
ROMANTIC POETRY by John Patrick Shanley (book and lyrics) and Henry Krieger (music), directed by Shanley. Previews begin Oct. 1, opening is Oct. 28.

RUINED by Lynn Nottage, directed by Kate Whoriskey. Previews begin Jan. 21, 2009, opening Feb. 10, 2009, in a co-production with the Goodman Theatre.

Plot summaries and other info found here:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116855.html

For the record, I was at an engagement of Nottage's last week, where she read a few scenes from RUINED, about Mama Nadi, the owner of a prostitution ring (that's the best way I can describe it) and her workers, in the Congo. The few scenes I heard were just mind-blowing.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:45pm

Romantic Poetry looks promising; I love (mostly) Shanley's work.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:52pm

Yay! Henry Krieger is back on Broadway! wow! what was the last time his show was on Broadway...Side Show? 1998? Ten years ago...

J*

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:54pm

Well...he's off-Broadway, but nonetheless, it all sounds promising.

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 4:20pm

I didn't know Shanley wrote lyrics...

But hey, he certainly has the talent.

Not so sure about this Richard Greenberg play though...

He's sort of hit-or-miss for me.