Photo Coverage: Bobby Cannavale, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried & More Take Part in HURLYBURLY Benefit Reading
By: Walter McBride Apr. 27, 2015
Just last night, The New Group featured original cast members from the company's critically-acclaimed 2005 hit revival of Hurlyburly: Bobby Cannavale, Josh Hamilton, Ethan Hawke, Parker Posey and Wallace Shawn, with Marin Ireland and Amanda Seyfried. Directed by Scott Elliott, this benefit reading took place at The Pershing Square Signature Center (The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street).
David Rabe's Hurlyburly depicts the addled lives of four Los Angeles men caught in love-hate relationships with Hollywood women, in a brutally comic reflection on the decade of decadence in the cocaine-and-sex infused Hollywood Hills in the mid-1980s. The New Group's hit production, which opened January 27, 2005, marked the first New York revival of Hurlyburly since its celebrated Broadway run in 1984, when the production began Off-Broadway, then ran for a year on Broadway garnering four Tony® nominations. TheNew Group production enjoyed a sold-out extended run at Theatre Row as part of the company's 2004-2005 Season, and a commercial transfer limited Off-Broadway engagement in spring 2005.
The New Group opened its 2014-2015 Season with David Rabe's Sticks and Bones, a Critics' Pick by The New York Times and Time Out New York, directed by Scott Elliott and featuring Richard Chamberlain, Nadia Gan, Holly Hunter,Morocco Omari, Bill Pullman, Ben Schnetzer and Raviv Ullman, and followed with the hit production of Joel Drake Johnson's Rasheeda Speaking, directed by Cynthia Nixon and featuring Patricia Conolly, Darren Goldstein, Tonya Pinkins and Dianne Wiest. Up next at The New Group: Scott Elliott directs the world premiere of The Spoils, a new play written by and featuring Jesse Eisenberg, with Erin Darke, Kunal Nayyar, Annapurna Sriram and Michael Zegen. A limited Off-Broadway engagement presented in association with Lisa Matlin is slated May 5 - June 28, with Opening Night on June 2. The New Group productions take place at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street).
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
The One-Night-Only Reading of 'Hurlyburly' to benefit The New Group at Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre on April 26, 2015 in New York City.
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Scott Elliott and David Rabe
Wallace Shawn and Amanda Seyfried
David Rabe and Bobby Cannavale
Wallace Shawn and Bobby Cannavale
Marin Ireland, Parker Posey and Josh Hamilton
Marin Ireland, Parker Posey and Josh Hamilton
Ethan Hawke, Marin Ireland, Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Amanda Seyfried, David Rabe, Wallace Shawn and Bobby Cannavale
Ethan Hawke, Marin Ireland, Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Amanda Seyfried, David Rabe, Wallace Shawn, Bobby Cannavale and Scott Elliott
Ethan Hawke, Marin Ireland, Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Amanda Seyfried, David Rabe, Wallace Shawn, Bobby Cannavale and Scott Elliott
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Ethan Hawke, Marin Ireland, Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Amanda Seyfried, David Rabe, Wallace Shawn, Bobby Cannavale and Scott Elliott
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