Kritzer Joins every tongue confess at Arena

Leslie Kritzer, the award-winning Broadway actress who was most recently seen in the acclaimed revue Sondheim on Sondheim, will play the role of Bernadette in the Arena Stage world premiere of Marcus Gardley's every tongue confess in the new 200-seat Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle Theater.
 
every tongue confess, directed by Kenny Leon (Broadway's Fences), plays Nov. 9, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011, and will feature Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad (Broadway's A Raisin the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) as Mother Sister/Sophia.  The company includes Jason Dirden as Shadrack, CrystAl Fox as Sister/Reporter, Autumn Hurlbert as Benny Pride, Jim Ireland as Stocker Pride, John Earl Jelks as Blacksmith/Bobb, Eugene Lee as Brother/Jeremiah, E. Roger Mitchell as Deacon/Tidings.
 
Broadway: Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair (Drama Desk Nom), Legally Blonde (Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Performer), Hairspray. She received critical acclaim and a Time Out New York award for her Joe's Pub run of Leslie Kritzer is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches. Off-Broadway/regional: The Memory Show (Barrington Stage), POP! (Yale Rep), Judas and Me (NYMF-Outstanding Individual Performance Award), Rooms A Rock Romance (Outer Critics Circle Nom.), ENCORES! On The Town, The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Drama Desk Nom), Bat Boy, Godspell, Damn Yankees, Three Generations, Cabaret, Born Yesterday, Vanities, Urinetown (National Tour), Evita, Funny Girl. Film: 17 Photos of Isabel. Television: 3 LBS, Law and Order SVU, Jason and Jessica. www.youtube/lesliekritzer.com.
 

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