Photo Coverage: A LIFETIME BURNING Opening Night Party
By: Walter McBride Aug. 12, 2009
Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) launches its 25th anniversary season of new works celebrating the female playwright with the world premiere of A Lifetime Burning by Cusi Cram. With direction by Pam Mackinnon, the four-member cast features Jennifer Westfeldt as Emma with Raul Castillo as Alejandro, Isabel Keating as Lydia, and Christina Kirk as Tess. Performances began Tuesday, July 28, 2009 for a limited run through Saturday, September 5, 2009 at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues).
Opening night was yesterday, Tuesday, August 11, 2009 and BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to capture the event!
Press notes state, "If you had the power to revise your past, what would you change? Who would you be? In A Lifetime Burning, trust fund darling Emma imagines what her life would have been like had she come from a less privileged background. Trouble is, she chronicles her alternate life in a new tell-all "memoir" that was sold for a hefty advance. When Emma is exposed, will her sister, Tess, stand by her? Or will Emma's deceit destroy their already fractured relationship? This dark comedy brings up questions of legacy, loyalty and what it means to belong."
The creative team includes Kris Stone (Set), Theresa Squire (Costumes), David Weiner (Lights), and Daniel Baker (Sound). The Production Stage Manager is C.A. Clark.
A Lifetime Burning will play the following performance schedule: Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Wednesdays through Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 3:00 p.m. on August 16, and Wednesday matinees at 2:00 p.m. on August 19, 26 & September 2. Following the public performances on August 13 & 27, there are special "Artist/Audience Talkbacks" for the attendees of those performances.
Single tickets for A Lifetime Burning are priced at $60 each and may be purchased by calling Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200, online at www.ticketcentral.com, or in person at the 59E59 Theaters Box Office. Group Tickets (10+) are $45.00 each, and are available by calling (212) 840-9705, ext. 219. Please visit the website at www.primarystages.org, or call (212) 840-9705 for more information.
For theater patrons 35 and under, Primary Stages offers specially priced $20 tickets (maximum two tickets per valid ID). Advance tickets are available through Ticket Central using code PS35. Failure to present a valid ID will result in an additional $40 fee. All tickets are subject to availability.
Primary Stages continues its 25th anniversary season with the New York premieres of The Night Watcher written and performed by Charlayne Woodard (September 22, 2009 - October 31, 2008), an inspiring one-woman show under the direction of Tony Award-winner Daniel Sullivan, and Happy Now? by Lucinda Coxon (January 26, 2010 - March 10, 2010) with direction by Liz Dimond.
3-play subscription packages are available by calling Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or online at www.TicketCentral.com. For additional information about Primary Stages, please visit the website at www.primarystages.org.
Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
Christina Kirk and Raul Castillo
Isabel Keating and Kevin Spirtas
Pam McKinnon
Pam McKinnon
Pam McKinnon
Isabel Keating and Kevin Spirtas
Christina Kirk and Jennifer Westfeldt
Isabel Keating, Raul Castillo, Jennifer Westfeldt and Christina Kirk
Isabel Keating and Kevin Spirtas, Isabel Keating, Raul Castillo, Jennifer Westfeldt, Christina Kirk and Pam McKinnon
Christina Kirk and Jennifer Westfeldt
Christina Kirk and Jennifer Westfeldt
Christina Kirk and Jennifer Westfeldt
Isabel Keating, Tovah Feldshuh and Jennifer Westfeldt
Tovah Feldshuh and Jennifer Westfeldt
Tovah Feldshuh and Jennifer Westfeldt
Isabel Keating and Jennifer Westfeldt
Cusi Cram, Isabel Keating, Raul Castillo, Jennifer Westfeldt, Christina Kirk and Pam McKinnon
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