BURLEIGH GRIME$ With Original Music By Yazbeck Begins Previews on June 13

BURLEIGH GRIME$, a new comedy about sex, money, rock & roll and a whole lot more, opens Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at Dodger Stages (340 W. 50th St.), in the heart of the Theater District.  Written by Roger Kirby (Medea in Jersusalem) and directed by David Warren (Drumstruck, Hurrah at Last), the New York premiere of BURLEIGH GRIME$ begins preview performances Tuesday, May 23.

BURLEIGH GRIME$ features original music by two-time Tony and Grammy Award nominee David Yazbek (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty), performed by a live onstage band.
 
Set in a world where no bad deed goes unrewarded, BURLEIGH GRIME$ examines the overwhelming force of capitalism in America. At the beginnings of his Wall Street career, George Radbourn, a New England blue-blood, is too self-satisfied to recognize that his mentor, Burleigh Grimes, may not be entirely sincere in appearance or agenda.  A driven and hard-driving stock market powerhouse, Grimes is a man of infinite calculation and relentless purpose, further assisted in his financial schemes by media maven Elizabeth Bigley. 
 
In an arena where the naïve and sentimental face ruin, George struggles for
survival under the manipulative hand of Grimes' flexible business tactics, while also dealing with the arrival of his college sweetheart, Grace Redding, who will soon have to face some difficult choices of her own.

Director David Warren's credits include Holiday at Circle in the Square (Outer
Critics Circle nomination, Best Revival); The Dazzle, Hurrah at Last, Summer and Smoke and Misalliance at the Roundabout Theatre Company; Hobson's Choice at Atlantic Theatre Company (Lucille Lortel Award nomination, Best Revival); Rope at the Zipper Theater; Night and Her Stars at Manhattan Theatre Club; and the Off-Broadway hits Matt & Ben and Drumstruck. 
 
The complete cast and design team for BURLEIGH GRIME$ will be announced soon. The New York premiere of BURLEIGH GRIME$ is presented by Lewis Productions. 
 
Beginning Tuesday, May 23, BURLEIGH GRIME$ will play Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sunday evenings at 7 p.m., with matinees on Saturdays at 2 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Ticket prices and Telecharge.com on-sale dates will be announced soon.

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