Next to Normal, Red Highlight SpeakEasy’s 2011-12 Line-Up
By: Gabrielle Sierra Apr. 05, 2011
The 2010 Tony Award-winning play RED and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL are among the five Boston-area premieres that SpeakEasy Stage will present during its 2011-12 Season, the company's Producing Artistic Director Paul Daigneault announced today.
Also on SpeakEasy's schedule next season are the ingenious musical comedy XANADU, the critically-acclaimed drama NEXT FALL, and the outrageous Charles Busch comedy
THE DIVINE SISTER.
"I couldn't be more excited about our line-up for next year," Daigneault said when announcing his company's new season. "We have a great mix of shows next year, and I look forward to working with many of Boston's best actors and designers to bring these acclaimed works to local audiences."
Although no casting has been announced, Norton Award-winning directors Scott Edmiston and David R. Gammons have signed on to direct at SpeakEasy next season. Edmiston will direct the season opener NEXT FALL, and Gammons will tackle RED. Daigneault, a two-time Norton Award-winning director, will helm both musicals next year, NEXT TO NORMAL and XANADU. No director has been set for the comedy THE DIVINE SISTER.
For more information on SpeakEasy's 21 Season or to subscribe, the public can call SpeakEasy Stage at 617-482-3279 or go online to www.SpeakEasyStage.com. Subscriptions are available in 4- or 5- play packages, and 4- and 5-ticket Flex Passes.
Groups of 10 or more can place orders now by calling Jim Torres at 617-482-3279.
Single ticket for all shows will go on sale in late August.
SpeakEasy Stage is the Calderwood Pavilion Resident Theatre Company at the Boston Center for the Arts. Led by Producing Artistic Director Paul Daigneault and General Manager Paul Melone, the company's mission is to connect, inspire, and challenge our audiences with the most socially relevant theatrical premieres featuring the most talented artists in Boston.
Here is the complete schedule (including press performances) for SpeakEasy's 2011-12 Season:
NEXT FALL
By Geoffrey Nauffts
Directed By Scott Edmiston
September 16-October 15, 2011
"The funniest heartbreaker in town!" -- New York Times
A 2010 Tony nominee for Best Play, Next Fall takes a witty and provocative look at faith, commitment and unconditional love. Luke, a devout Christian, and Adam, a non-believer, have been together for four years; yet spiritual differences continue to spark trouble in their relationship. A sudden twist of fate, however, changes everything in this compelling new play that looks at what it means to 'believe' and what it might cost us not to.THE DIVINE SISTER
By Charles Busch
Directed by TBA
October 21 - November 19, 2011
"Comic heaven" - NY1
The Divine Sister is an inspired homage to nearly every Hollywood film ever made about nuns. Written by Charles Busch, the comic genius behind such classics as Die, Mommie, Die!; Psycho Beach Party; and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, this gleefully twisted tale tells the story of an indomitable Mother Superior trying to cope with a young postulant experiencing "visions," a sensitive schoolboy in need of mentoring, a mysterious nun visiting from Berlin, and a former suitor intent on luring her away from her vows.
RED
By John Logan
Directed by David R. Gammons
January 6 - February 4, 2012
"Tantalizing and absorbing" - Associated Press
Winner of six 2010 Tony Awards including Best Play, Red is a searing portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability. After he lands the biggest commission in the history of modern art, abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko begins work on a series of large murals with the help of a new young assistant. What takes place between the two men is a master class on the methods and purpose of art and the dynamic relationship between an artist and his creations.
NEXT TO NORMAL
Music by Tom Kitt, Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Directed by Paul Daigneault
March 9 - April 7, 2012
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"Grade: A. Agonizingly beautiful"- Entertainent Weekly
Featuring a complex and surging pop rock score, Next to Normal shatters through the façade of a suburban family dealing with the direct and indirect effects of mental illness. Winner of 3 Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this intense, emotional and ultimately hopeful musical makes a direct grab for the heart with its story of a family coming to terms with its past and bravely facing its future.
XANADU
Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Music an Lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar
Directed by Paul Daigneault
May 11 - June 9, 2012
***Press Performance - Sunday, May 13 - 3PM
"Relentlessly, hysterically funny" - NY Times
Based on the cult film of the same name, this riotous new musical follows the efforts of a magical Greek muse named Kira who descends to Earth to help a struggling artist achieve his dream of opening a roller disco. Featuring an ingenious book by Douglas Carter Beane (The Little Dog Laughed) and a score full of chart-topping tunes (Magic, Suddenly, Evil Woman), Xanadu is hilarity on wheels.
Subscription Information
Subscriptions for SpeakEasy's 2011-12 Season are now on sale.
Early bird rates are good for subscription orders placed on or before June 5, 2011.
Information on all of SpeakEasy's 2011-12 shows and subscription options can be found by visiting www.SpeakEasyStage.com
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