SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, RIPCORD & More Set for Huntington's 35th Anniversary Season

Huntington Theatre Company, the 2013 recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award and Boston magazine's Best Theatre of 2014 and 2013, announces its 2016-2017 Season. The 35th anniversary season will include world-class productions of classics made current and stimulating new work created by the finest local and national talent. The lineup features Stephen Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical to be directed by Peter DuBois following on the success of his universally praised production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music; a wild and irreverent comedy by Mike Lew; a British farce directed by Huntington favorite Maria Aitken, director of our acclaimed productions of The 39 Steps and Private Lives; an explosive Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Suzan-Lori Parks; a provocative and moving drama from Ayad Akhtar, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced was a highlight of this season and inspired intense conversation throughout Greater Boston; and from the author of Good People, Boston native son David Lindsay-Abaire's uproarious and delicious new comedy; plus one show to be announced soon.

The 2016-2017 Season will include four plays at the Boston University Theatre, the Huntington's mainstage on the Avenue of the Arts, and three plays at the Wimberly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA in the South End.

THE 2016-2017 SEASON LINEUP

· Sunday in the Park with George, a sublime Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim; directed by Artistic Director Peter DuBois; at the Boston University Theatre September 9 - October 16, 2016

· Tiger Style!, a wild and searing comedy by Mike Lew about race, parenting, and success; directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel; at the Wimberly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA October 14 - November 13, 2016

· Bedroom Farce, a wickedly funny romp by Alan Ayckbourn; director Maria Aitken (The 39 Steps, Private Lives) returns for this rollicking comedy of marital misunderstandings; at the Boston University Theatre November 11 - December 11, 2016

· Topdog/Underdog, an explosive Pulitzer Prize winner by Suzan-Lori Parks; at the Boston University Theatre March 10 - April 9, 2017

· The Who & the What, a provocative and moving drama by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the blockbuster hit Disgraced Ayad Akhtar; directed by M. Bevin O'Gara (Milk Like Sugar); at the Wimberly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA March 31 - April 30, 2017

· Ripcord, an uproarious comedy by Boston native son David Lindsay-Abaire (Good People); directed by Jessica Stone (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike); at the Wimberly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA May 26 - June 25, 2017

Plus one show to be announced soon.