BLOODY BLOODY Original Cast Members Barry, Young, Ramirez et al. to Transfer to Broadway this Fall

The Public Theater, Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, producers of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON are pleased to announce the return of cast members James Barry, Greg Hildreth, Jeff Hiller, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Ben Steinfeld, Maria Elena Ramirez, Kate Cullen Roberts, and Emily Young, all of whom appeared in the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production this past spring at The Public's Newman Theater.

Additional casting will be announced shortly.

In celebration of the box office opening on Monday, August 23rd, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson will be offering tickets for the first preview (Monday, September 20th at 7pm) for the cost of an ‘Andrew Jackson' ($20). This special ticket offer can only be purchased in person at the box office and is available on August 23rd only. Two per customer. The Bernard Jacobs Theatre box office (242 W. 45th Street) will open at 10am.

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James Barry (Male Soloist). New York: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: The Concert Version (Public LAB), Sive (Irish Rep), JB (78th Street Theatre Lab). Chicago: The Full Monty (Drury Lane at Watertower Place), Two by Friel After Chekhov (Irish Rep). Regional: The Caretaker, The Misanthrope, The Who's Tommy, A Dream Play (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Bomb-itty of Errors (Syracuse Stage). www.rocksongblog.com.

Greg Hildreth (Red Eagle). New York: Dance Dance Revolution, Hell House(Les Freres Corbusier); Church (Young Jean Lee's Theatre Company). Regional: Peterand the Starcatchers (La Jolla Playhouse); Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (CTG andThe Public); The Corn is Green, The Front Page, Romeo and Juliet, Anything Goes(Williamstown Theatre Festival). Television/film: "Kings," Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Education: B.F.A. from Boston University, LAMDA.

Jeff Hiller (Adams). New York: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: The Concert Version (Public LAB); Silence!, The Children (NYMF Individual Performance Award); Awesome 80s Prom (original cast); Showgirls. Film: Morning Glory, Ghost Town, Adam. TV: "Ugly Betty," "30 Rock," "Late Night," "Guiding Light," "Starved," "Boiling Points," "Teenage...Turtles," "The PA" and many commercials. Regular performer at the UCB Theatre.

Lucas Near-Verbrugghe (Van Buren). The Public: Macbeth (Delacorte),Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: The Concert Version. Broadway: The Ritz. Off-Broadway: Oohrah!, BOOM!, STRETCH, The Most Excellent Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (CSC and Florence, Italy). Regional: A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice and The Glass Menagerie all at Texas Shakespeare Festival. TV: "Law & Order," "Guiding Light." M.F.A. from NYU Tisch.

Maria Elena Ramirez (Rachel). The Public: Bloody Bloody AndrewJackson: The Concert Version, The Skin of Our Teeth. Off-Broadway: The Thugs (Soho Rep), Living Out (Second Stage), Princess Turandot (Blue Light Theatre Company). Regional: Cardenio (A.R.T.), Fêtes de la Nuit (Berkeley Rep), Anna in the Tropics (Seattle Rep), Blood Wedding (Guthrie Theater). Films: Happythankyoumoreplease, The Women, Assassination of a High School President, Personal Velocity. Television: "Law & Order," "Sopranos," "Third Watch." M.F.A.: NYU Graduate Acting Program.

Kate Cullen Roberts (Elizabeth). Upcoming: Seven Minutes in Heaven (Emerging America Festival/Huntington Theatre Company). NYC/regional theatre: Ars Nova, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Woodshed Collective, State Theatre, Papermill Theatre, others. Television: "Law & Order: CI," "Totally 4 Teens" (Adult Swim pilot), "Awkward NY" (web). Film: The Rebound, Expecting, The Tragedy of Glady, The Melvin Mills Document. Founding member of Colt Coeur Theatre Company.

Ben Steinfeld (Monroe) NYC: Public Lab, NYMF, Fiasco Theater's Cymbeline. Regional: CTG, Portland Center Stage, Williamstown, Bread Loaf, SpeakEast Stage Co, and ten plays with Trinity Rep. TV: "Law & Order: CI", Teaching: Adjunct Prof. at NYU's Gallatin School. Training: M.F.A. Brown/Trinity. Co-founder/artistic director of Fiasco Theater www.fiascotheater.com and www.bensteinfeld.net

Emily Young (Female Soloist). New York: Fiasco Theater's Cymbeline (The Queen, Belaria); TBTB's Romeo and Juliet (Juliet, Mercutio, Paris, five others), SPF's Colorado (Tracy), Babel Theatre Project's Pilgrims (Lauren). Regional: NCSF's King Lear (Cordelia), Much Ado About Nothing (Hero), ISF Loves Labour's Lost (Katherine), Henry V (Alice), Trinity Rep's Cherry Orchard (Anya) and Emma (Emma) at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Festival. Training: Brown/Trinity Consortium.

This spring's biggest downtown hit was undoubtedly BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON. The New York Times and Rolling Stone called it "the season's best musical" and audiences flocked to The Public Theater-where iconic shows like A Chorus Line and Hair started out-to see what the daring young creative team Alex Timbers (writer/director) and Michael Friedman (composer/lyricist) had cooked up. Now, by populist demand, their bloody brilliant show is packing up its tight, tight jeans and heading to Broadway!

In BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, rising star Benjamin Walker reprises his role as America's first political maverick. A.J. kicked British butt, shafted the Indians and smacked down the Spaniards all in the name of these United States-who cares if he didn't have permission? An exhilarating and white-knuckled look at one of our nation's founding rock stars, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON recreates and reinvents the life of "Old Hickory," from his humble beginnings on the Tennessee frontier to his days as our seventh Commander-in-Chief. It also asks the question, is wanting to have a beer with someone reason enough to elect him? What if he's really, really hot?

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON will begin performances on Broadway at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on September 20, 2010 and officially open on October 13, 2010.

Tickets are now available on Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200. The show will play: Monday at 7, Tuesday at 7, Thursday at 7, Friday at 8, Saturday at 2 & 8, and Sunday at 2 & 7.

"The Public has always been about making the theater accessible to all, and we're kicking off BBAJ with a dramatic offer - Jackson for a Jackson," said Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), is teaming with Hair producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, alongside producers Scott M. Delman, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comely, and Susan Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe to bring this critically acclaimed rock musical to Broadway.

A co-production with Center Theatre Group and in association with Les Freres Corbusier, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON is written and directed by Alex Timbers and features music & lyrics by Michael Friedman. Benjamin Walker, critically acclaimed for his portrayal of Andrew Jackson, will reprise his performance for the Broadway run.

Following a sold-out run at Public LAB in 2009, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON returned to The Public for a full main stage production and opened to acclaimed reviews on April 6. It received an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, a Drama Desk Award for Best Book of a Musical and a Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Off-Broadway Musical. When the show closed on June 27 after three extensions, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON was the second highest grossing show in The Public Theater's downtown history.

A complete original cast album from Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records, produced by Kurt Deutsch and Dean Sharenow, will be released September 21st. The album will include hits like "Populism, Yea, Yea," "Rock Star," "I'm Not That Guy," and "The Hunters of Kentucky."

The design team for BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON will again feature scenic design by Donyale Werle, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Justin Townsend, sound design by Bart Fasbender, and choreography by Danny Mefford.

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Alex Timbers (Writer/Director) is Artistic Director of Les Freres Corbusier. Recent Directing: The Pee-wee Herman Show (Club Nokia), Hell House (also adaptation; Drama Desk nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience), Gutenberg! The Musical! (Drama Desk nomination for Best Director of a Musical), A Very Merry Unauthorized... (also conceiver; OBIE Award; Garland Award-Best Director), Peter and the Starcatchers (Disney Theatricals/La Jolla), The Language of Trees (Roundabout), Heddatron, Boozy, Dance Dance Revolution (writer of latter two, all Les Freres), and Beyond Therapy (Williamstown/Bay Street).

Michael Friedman (Music and Lyrics) is an Associate Artist with The Civilians and has composed music and lyrics for the company's This Beautiful City, [I Am] Nobody's Lunch, Gone Missing and Canard, Canard, Goose?; as well as Saved, In the Bubble,The Brand New Kid,God's Ear and The Blue Demon. With Steve Cosson, he co-authored the 2008 Public LAB production Paris Commune. He has been a MacDowell fellow, a Hodder Fellow, and is an Artistic Associate at New York Theatre Workshop. He received an Obie award for sustained achievement.

Benjamin Walker (Andrew Jackson) received rave reviews for his portrayal of Andrew Jackson in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at The Public Theater. He has appeared on Broadway in Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Inherit the Wind. His off-Broadway credits include workshops of Bye Bye Birdie and Threepenny Opera for Roundabout, Spring Awakening for Lincoln Center, and Arrangements at the Atlantic. He appeared in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Windermere's Fan at the Williamstown Theater Festival, and in the films The War Boys, Flags of Our Fathers, The Notorious Bettie Page, and Kinsey.

The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Executive Director) was founded by Joseph Papp in 1954 and is now one of the nation's preeminent cultural institutions, producing new plays, musicals, and productions of classics at its downtown headquarters and at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The Public's mandate to create a theater for all New Yorkers continues to this day onstage and through extensive outreach and education programs. Each year, over 250,000 people attend Public Theater-related productions and events at six downtown stages, including Joe's Pub, and Shakespeare in the Park. The Public has won 42 Tony Awards, 151 Obies, 41 Drama Desk Awards and four Pulitzer Prizes. The Public has brought 54 shows to Broadway, including Sticks and Bones; That Championship Season; A Chorus Line; The Pirates of Penzance; The Tempest; Bring In ‘Da Noise, Bring In ‘Da Funk; On the Town; The Ride Down Mt. Morgan; Topdog/Underdog; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Take Me Out; Caroline, or Change; Well; Passing Strange; the Tony Award-winning revival of Hair; and, this fall, the rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and the 2010 Shakespeare in the Park production of The Merchant of Venice. www.publictheater.org.

Jeffrey Richards is celebrating his 10th year as a Broadway producer, having presented "Gore Vidal's The Best Man" in the fall of 2000. Among the plays and musicals which he has presented with his partner Jerry Frankel are "Hair", "August: Osage County," "The Homecoming," "Race", "Speed-the-Plow", "Glengarry Glen Ross", "Radio Golf", "Blithe Spirit", Will Ferrell's "You're Welcome America", "Talk Radio," "reasons to be pretty", "November" and "Enron." Upcoming: David Mamet's "A Life in the Theatre" starring Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight, directed by Neil Pepe and William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" starring Al Pacino directed by Daniel Sullivan.

Jerry Frankel has received Tony Awards for producing Hair, August: Osage County, Spring Awakening, Glengarry Glen Ross and Death of a Salesman. Other Broadway: Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts; David Mamet's Race; Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty; Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America...; Blithe Spirit; Enron; All About Me; November; The Homecoming; Talk Radio; Radio Golf (New York Drama Critics Circle Award); Enchanted April (Outer Critics Circle Award); Gore Vidal's The Best Man (Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards, Outstanding Revival of a Play); Jekyll & Hyde; You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Drama Desk Award). Regional: numerous productions at the Park Cities Playhouse in Dallas, including Love Letters with Charlton Heston. Film: Slap Shot with Paul Newman, Eye of the Needle with Donald Sutherland, The Big Easy and Fastbreak.

 

 

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