Caldwell, O'Hare, Etc. Set for Reza's Spanish Play

Classic Stage Company will present four-time Tony Award-winner Zoe Caldwell in her return to the New York stage in the American and English language premiere of Tony Award winner Yasmina Reza's A Spanish Play, beginning January 10 for a limited engagement through February 18 only.

 

Caldwell will be joined in the ensemble piece by acclaimed actors Katherine Borowitz (Illuminata, Romance and Cigarettes), Linda Emond (Homebody/Kabul, Life x 3), Denis O'Hare (Sweet Charity, Assassins, Take Me Out), and Larry Pine (Stuff Happens, Angels in America).  Translated by playwright David Ives (All in the Timing), A Spanish Play will be directed by John Turturro (Life x 3, films such as Do the Right Thing and Barton Fink), the Emmy Award-winning and much-admired stage and film actor and director. A Spanish Play will feature scenic design by Riccardo Hernandez, costumes by Donna Zakowska and lighting by Christopher Akerlind.  

 

Press notes describe the show thus: "Following in the venerable footsteps of Pirandello, Reza's A Spanish Play goes behind the scenes at the rehearsal of a play, where the line between reality and the theater begin to blur.  A Spanish Play premiered in Paris at the Theatre de la Madeleine in January, 2004.  It has also been performed in several other European countries and in Canada." 

 

Caldwell has appeared in most of the great companies of the English-speaking world. On Broadway, she has won four Tony Awards for roles in Slapstick, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Medea, and Master Class.  She appeared Off-Broadway in Colette, and in Terrence McNally's A Perfect Ganesh. She played Emma Hamilton in Terence Rattigan's Bequest to the Nation in London; Cleopatra opposite Christopher Plummer's Antony in Stratford, Ontario; Long Day's Journey Into Night opposite Jason Robards at the Kennedy Center and BAM; and Lillian Hellman in Lillian on Broadway. Her portrayals on TV include Medea, Sarah Bernhardt, Mme. Arkadina in "The Seagull," and Carlotta Monterey O'Neill in "Eugene O'Neill, A Glory of Ghosts." Miss Caldwell directed An Almost Perfect Person with Colleen Dewhurst and Richard II in Stratford, Ontario; the award-winning Broadway production of Othello starring James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer; Park Your Car in Harvard Yard starring Jason Robards and Judith Ivey; and the Off-Broadway production of Vita & Virginia starring Vanessa Redgrave and Eileen Atkins.

  

Reza's other plays include Converstions After A Burial, The Passage of winter, Art, The Unexpected Man, and Life x 3.

 

A Spanish Play will perform Tuesday through Fridays at 8 pm, Saturdays at 2 pm and 8 pm, and Sundays at 3 pm.  For tickets, order online at www.classicstage.org, call 212-352-3101 or toll free at 866-811-4111, or visit the theater in person at 136 East 13th Street.

For more general information on Classic Stage Company, call (212) 677-4210 ext. 11 or visit the theater's website at www.classicstage.org.  

For tickets, call 212-352-3101 or toll free at 866-811-4111, on line via www.classicstage.org or visit the theater in person at 136 East 13th Street.  Until January 5:  Monday thru Friday, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm; after January 8:  Monday thru Friday, 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm and one hour before curtain time on weekends.