Who Is Floyd Stearn? starts Off-Broadway
By: BWW News Desk Oct. 11, 2004
Producer Rick Waxman and Men of the Court Productions are proud to finally
answer enigmatic question: Who is Floyd Stearn in the Off-Broadway premiere of
Michael Raynor's touching paternal comedy directed by the "Syringa Tree"'s Larry
Moss at the 47th Street Theatre (304 West 47th Street between 8th and 9th).
Performances begin October 15th, press performances will begin October 28th and
will open November 1st. Performances run Mondays – Saturdays at 8 PM,
Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 PM. Tickets are $35 - $45 and can be purchased at
Tele-charge at 212-239-6200 Groups can be purchased at 212-302-4848 ext. 20.
For more information, please visit www.whoisfloydstearn.com.
Who is Floyd Stearn? is the question that Michael
Raynor asked himself for over 20 years. When he received a FedEx note that his
estranged father had died 5 years earlier, he decided to find an answer. Last
seeing his father on his 7th birthday, Michael thought that he abandoned him
without a second thought, never wanting to see him again. After a freak meeting
with his favorite cousin from when he was little, he discovered that his equally
estranged grandmother was still alive and thus his mission began. The true
story unfolds, causing a rebirth in Michael's relationship with the memories of
his father through a nearly fantastical odyssey of a back-story he never
knew.
Director Larry Moss is a Broadway veteran as an
actor (Drat! The Cat!, Neil Simon's God's Favorite, Burt Shevelove's So Long
174th Street, and Gene Sak's I Love My Wife) but is probably best known as the
director of the Obie, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award Winning
Off-Broadway production of The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien (now airing on the
Trio network) and more recently Bo Eason's one-man show, Runt of the Litter,
which opened in New York at Manhattan Class Company in January
2002.
Author/Performer Michael Raynor is a film actor who
has had leading roles in the movies Trip Fall (opposite Eric Roberts and the
late John Ritter), Reunion, The First Man (opposite Leslie Ann Warren and
Heather Graham), A Brother's Kiss (opposite Rosie Perez and John Leguizamo) and
FederAl Hill (Deauville Film Festival Winner, Critics Award and Audience award),
et al. Michael's television work includes the Tom Hanks/HBO produced Emmy
winning mini-series, "From The Earth to the Moon".
Who is Floyd Stearn has made successful stops in Los Angeles and at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival on it's way to New York and this Off-Broadway production.
Who is Floyd Stearn has made successful stops in Los Angeles and at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival on it's way to New York and this Off-Broadway production.
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