The American Plan 1990 - Articles Page 13

Opened: January 23, 1990
Closing: February 18, 1990

The American Plan - 1990 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II
131 West 55th Street New York, NY 10036

The American Plan has long been a favourite of acting teachers for Female Monologues, Male Monologues, Female/Male Scenes, and Male/Male Scenes.



The American Plan is a full-length comedic drama by Richard Greenberg. At the play's heart is Lili, a troubled, 20ish heiress who indulges in wild fantasies. She meets a mysterious young stranger, and finds herself falling in love. But when her overbearing mother learns of their relationship, lies are exposed, alliances are forged, and Lili's one chance to escape her mother's control may be lost forever.



The American Plan is a thoughtful and mysterious play that dissects a portion of upper-class American society at mid-century and finds a troubled young girl's dream of love shattered by her mother's definition of happiness. It is the Catskills, in the summer of 1960. Lili Adler is the troubled twenty-year-old daughter of a wealthy German-Jewish refugee. By the shore of a lake, she meets Nick Lockridge, a golden young man who looks to her as if "nothing ever happened to him." Over the summer, Lili comes to view Nick as her savior, and Nick's fondness for Lili grows; but to Eva, Lili's autocratic mother, Nick is an object of suspicion, and the romance that blossoms between him and Lili is an unfortunate condition that must be indulged before it can be obliterated. Eva knows she will find out something about Nick which will unmask his unworthiness. To find it, she patiently manipulates Nick's revelations about his past to prove him unfit for Lili. By play's end, time, past injuries, and the imperatives of history will conspire to bear out Eva's dictum that happiness exists "but it's for other people."



The American Plan premiered in 1990 by the Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage II and transferred to the MTC Mainstage. Revived by MTC on Broadway in 2009 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, the play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and is regularly performed in regional repertory and college theatre productions.

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The American Plan - 1990 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 13

PAL JOEY, LEGALLY BLONDE, ROCKY HORROR and More Headline Barn Theatre's 66th Season
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2012


The Barn Theatre, Michigan's oldest professional summer theatre, under the leadership of Producer Brendan Ragotzy, announced today the 66th season of plays and musicals under consideration for the summer season at the landmark theatre.

NBC Picks Up INFAMOUS with Victor Garber & Tate Donovan
by Nicole Rosky - May 11, 2012


Deadline.com reports that NBC has officially picked up INFAMOUS, previously titled NOTORIOUS from Universal TV and BermanBraun. The project is penned by Liz Heldens. Broadway veterans Victor Garber and Tate Donovan will star.

CHICAGO, PETER PAN, AMERICAN IDIOT and More Highlight Lied Center's 2012-13 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2012


The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced its 23nd season of world-class performing artists. The 2012-13 season includes 52 performances of 36 shows from a wide range of categories including Broadway, popular music, comedy, dance, classical music, world music and jazz, family offerings and theater. More than half of the 36 scheduled shows will make their first appearance at the Lied Center. See below for details.

ALLEGIANCE - A NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL Starring Lea Salonga & More Set for The Old Globe 2012-13 Season - Full Season Announcement, San Diego
by James T Harding - Apr 27, 2012


The Old Globe's 2012-13 Season will feature the World Premieres of two new musicals: Allegiance - A New American Musical by Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Thione and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak. The season also includes George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in celebration of the classic play's 100th anniversary and the World Premiere of a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House by Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey and Kirsten Brandt. Two recent Broadway hits will make their San Diego debuts at the Globe: David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People and Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities. Rounding out the season are the West Coast Premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's Be a Good Little Widow and the Southern California Premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brothers Size.

Film Society of Lincoln Center Presents Turkish Film Retrospective, Now thru 5/10
by BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2012


The Space Between: A Panorama of Cinema in Turkey is the largest retrospective of films from Turkey to be presented in the United States. The retrospective is produced by The Moon and Stars Project of The American Turkish Society and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The program includes more than 25 films and runs from today, April 27 through Thursday, May 10, presenting award winning Turkish films from the 1950s to the present.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces 50 Years of the New York Film Festival Lineup
by Kelsey Denette - Apr 13, 2012


The Film Society of Lincoln Center's year-long countdown to the New York Film Festival's historic 50th edition continues this spring, offering the rare opportunity to view several undisputed classics of the big screen, many of which were introduced to the world at NYFF. These include breakthrough films from the 1990s by Zhang Yimou, Gus Van Sant, Jane Campion and more. A special appearance will be made by director/editor Steve James at the Hoop Dreams screening on Tuesday, June 5.

Film Society of Lincoln Center to Present Turkish Film Retrospective, 4/27-5/10
by Kelsey Denette - Apr 5, 2012


The Space Between: A Panorama of Cinema in Turkey is the largest retrospective of films from Turkey to be presented in the United States. The retrospective is produced by The Moon and Stars Project of The American Turkish Society and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The program includes more than 25 films and runs from Friday, April 27 through Thursday, May 10, presenting award winning Turkish films from the 1950s to the present.

Seattle Rep Announces 50th Anniversary Season
by Jennie Mamary - Mar 31, 2012


Seattle Repertory Theatre and Artistic Director Jerry Manning announced today its full 50th Anniversary Season. The Seattle Rep artistic team has spent years putting together this landmark season-one that showcases what the Rep does best and celebrates its history. Seattle Rep's 50th Anniversary season will run from September 2012-May 2013.

First Stars Announced for INTO THE WOODS in Central Park; Additional Casting for AS YOU LIKE IT Revealed
by Jessica Lewis - Mar 28, 2012


The Public Theater has announced additional casting today for the 50th Anniversary season of free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte. David Furr (Orlando) and Stephen Spinella (Jaques) join the previously announced MacIntyre Dixon (Adam), Renee Elise Goldsberry (Celia), Omar Metwally (Oliver), and Lily Rabe (Rosalind) in Shakespeare's comedy AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Daniel Sullivan.

Tate Donovan Joins Cast of NBC Pilot NOTORIOUS
by Caryn Robbins - Mar 16, 2012


Deadline.com reports that actor Tate Donovan has joined the cast of the upcoming NBC drama pilot NOTORIOUS from Universal TV and BermanBraun. The project is penned by Liz Heldens.

Official: INTO THE WOODS & AS YOU LIKE IT Set for Shakespeare in the Park; Lily Rabe Set for 'Rosalind'
by Robert Diamond - Jan 26, 2012


BroadwayWorld.com reported the news exclusively on January 9, 2012 and now the The Public Theater has officially announced the line-up for the 50th Anniversary Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Daniel Sullivan, who directed acclaimed productions of All's Well That Ends Well, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night in the Park, will return to direct AS YOU LIKE IT in June with Lily Rabe as Rosalind. The second show of the 50th Anniversary summer season will be Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's beloved musical INTO THE WOODS, directed by Timothy Sheader with co-direction by Liam Steel. Based on the Olivier Award-winning Regent's Park Open Air Theatre London production in 2010, The Public Theater's INTO THE WOODS will be an all new production with an American cast and designers and will be staged in one of the most beautiful outdoor venues in the world-the Delacorte Theater. INTO THE WOODS will begin performances at the end of July.

Pablo Heras-Casado Named Principal Conductor of Orchestra of St. Luke's
by BWW News Desk - Jan 1, 2012


Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) announced today the four-year appointment of Pablo Heras-Casado as Principal Conductor, effective immediately.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Announces New Members
by Kelsey Denette - Dec 16, 2011


Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Board Chair Jim Abrahamson and President Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D., recently welcomed six new members to the Orchestra's Board of Directors: Neil Berman, S. Wright Caughman, M.D., Carlos del Rio, M.D., Jim Landon, Kelly L. Loeffler, and Paul Snyder. The new Board members will serve three-year terms.

La MaMa Presents TEATRO PATOLOGICO IN NEW YORK 12/15-22
by BWW News Desk - Dec 15, 2011


In honor of La MaMa's 50th Anniversary season, Italy's Dario D'Ambrosi will stage 'Teatro Patologico in New York,' a festival of Pathological Theater and Film, December 15 to 22, 2011, mounting one large new work plus three smaller plays that are a cross-section of his 31 years of productions at La MaMa.

Pablo Heras-Casado Named Principal Conductor of Orchestra of St. Luke's
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 6, 2011


Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) announced today the four-year appointment of Pablo Heras-Casado as Principal Conductor, effective immediately.

La MaMa Presents TEATRO PATOLOGICO IN NEW YORK 12/15-22
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 10, 2011


In honor of La MaMa's 50th Anniversary season, Italy's Dario D'Ambrosi will stage 'Teatro Patologico in New York,' a festival of Pathological Theater and Film, December 15 to 22, 2011, mounting one large new work plus three smaller plays that are a cross-section of his 31 years of productions at La MaMa.

Fishamble to Present NOAH AND THE TOWER FLOWER at the Drilling Company Theatre, Closes 10/2
by BWW News Desk - Oct 2, 2011


Fishamble: The New Play Company from Dublin, Ireland will perform the American premiere of 'Noah and the Tower Flower' by Sean McLoughlin, winner of the 2007 Irish Times Best New Play Award, September 7 to October 2, 2011 at The Drilling Company Theater, 236 West 78th Street, Manhattan.

Fishamble to Present NOAH AND THE TOWER FLOWER at the Drilling Company Theatre
by Lauren Wolman - Aug 18, 2011


Fishamble: The New Play Company from Dublin, Ireland will perform the American premiere of 'Noah and the Tower Flower' by Sean McLoughlin, winner of the 2007 Irish Times Best New Play Award, September 7 to October 2, 2011 at The Drilling Company Theater, 236 West 78th Street, Manhattan.

A Theatre Lover's Guide to DC/Capital Area Theatres - August 2011 Offerings
by Joel Markowitz - Jul 31, 2011


Thank God for air-conditioning in our DC/MD/VA area theatres! In August it will be sizzling in our local theatres. Signature Theatre has its 'Sizzlin' Summer Cabaret' series with visits from Broadway favorites Marc Kudisch and Julia Murney, and Signature favorites Erin Driscoll, Sandy Bainum, and Lauren Williams. The talk of the town is Cate Blanchett visiting The Eisenhower Theatre at The Kennedy Center, where a hundred yards away Wicked is playing to SRO audiences (what else is new?).

Tickets Now on Sale for Merrimack Hall's 2011 - 12 Performance Season
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 28, 2011


Merrimack Hall Announces that tickets to its 2011-12 Performance Season are now on sale to the public! Tickets may be purchased online at www.merrimackhall.com, in person at the Box Office, or by phone at (256) 534-6455.

SF Mime Troupe Opens 2012 �"THE MUSICAL!
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 27, 2011


The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe opens its 52nd season with 2012 - THE MUSICAL! Wilma Bonet (Posibilidad, Too Big To Fail) directs Lizzie Calogero (Red State, Too Big To Fail), Keiko Shimosato Carreiro (GodFellas, Doing Good, Veronique of the Mounties), Michael Gene Sullivan (Posibilidad, Too Big to Fail, GodFellas), and Victor Toman (Making A Killing, GodFellas, 1600 Transylvania Ave), along with Cory Censoprano and Siobhan Marie Doherty, who make their San Francisco Mime Troupe debuts in this lively satire about corporate funding and the art of mass distraction.

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Returns To The Harris Theater 5/24
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2011


Currently celebrating its 15th anniversary season, the internationally acclaimed Aspen Santa Fe Ballet (ASFB) returns to the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Dr., to present three Chicago premieres, Tuesday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m.

DePaul Theatre Showcase Presents MAYDAY MAYDAY TUESDAY, Closes 5/22
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2011


The Theatre School at DePaul University's Showcase Series of Contemporary Plays and Classics presents MAYDAY MAYDAY TUESDAY, by Carlos Murillo, and directed by Dexter Bullard. This play closes Sunday, May 22, 2011, at DePaul's historic Merle Reskin Theatre.

DePaul Theatre Showcase Presents MAYDAY MAYDAY TUESDAY, 5/13-22
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2011


The Theatre School at DePaul University's Showcase Series of Contemporary Plays and Classics presents MAYDAY MAYDAY TUESDAY, by Carlos Murillo, and directed by Dexter Bullard. This play premieres on Friday, May 13, and runs through Sunday, May 22, 2011, at DePaul's historic Merle Reskin Theatre. Performances are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2 PM. Previews are on May 12 and 13 at 7:30 PM.

26 Classic Films Coming to DVD From MGM’s Limited Edition Collection
by Kelsey Denette - May 5, 2011


Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is bringing more classics to DVD in May through the unique 'manufacturing on demand' ('MOD'). The newest selection of available films is a part of MGM's Limited Edition Collection and available through major online retailers. The sixth installment of releases ranges from 1938's Mr. Wong, Detective starring Boris Karloff to 1992's Laws of Gravity with Edie Falco.

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