Atlantic's The New York Idea Extends Through 2/26 Before Opening

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director)'s world premiere adaptation of THE NEW YORK IDEA by Tony Award® winner David Auburn, has been extended two weeks in advance of officially opening this Thursday, January 26.

Directed by Mark Brokaw, the new adaptation of the 1906 comedy by LangDon Mitchell commissioned by Atlantic, will now play an additional two weeks through Saturday, February 26 Off-Broadway at The Lucille Lortel Theatre while Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater undergoes renovation.

THE NEW YORK IDEA features Patricia Conolly (Is He Dead?, Gabriel), Michael Countryman (Mary Stuart, A Few Good Men), Francesca Faridany (The 39 Steps), Mikaela Feely-Lehmann, Rick Holmes (Spamalot, The Pillowman), John Keating (Measure for Measure), Peter Maloney (The Voysey Inheritance), Jaime Ray Newman, Patricia O'Connell (The Cripple of Inishmaan), Jeremy Shamos (Elling, Clybourne Park), Joey Slotnick (Offices) and Tom Patrick Stephens.

Cynthia Karslake (Newman) is a freewheeling young divorcee in 1906 New York City society. She has decided to settle down again into a much more stable, reliable relationship with the prominent Judge Philip Phillimore (Countryman). Little does she know, however, that neither of their impetuous and unpredictable ex-spouses, nor her beloved race horse Cynthia K is yet down for the count. In this sharp-tongued comedy, David Auburn sheds new light on a little known play from a century ago that offers a surprisingly contemporary look at social mores, status and attitudes about sex and divorce in upper crust New York.

Pulitzer and Tony Award® winning playwright David Auburn's plays include Proof, An Upset and Amateurs and Skyscraper. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films The Lake House starring Sandra Bullock and The Girl in the Park starring Sigourney Weaver, which he also directed. He recently staged A Delicate Balance at The Berkshire Theatre Festival.

Director Mark Brokaw was recently represented Off-Broadway with his staging of The Language Archive. He has directed After Miss Julie, The Constant Wife, Reckless and the musical Cry-Baby on Broadway. Off-Broadway, he received Obie, Drama Desk and Lortel Awards for his direction of Paula Vogel's acclaimed play How I Learned to Drive, a Lortel Award for Kenneth Lonergan's This is Our Youth and Lortel nominations for Lonergan's Lobby Hero and Vogel's The Long Christmas Ride Home. He has directed at London's Donmar Warehouse and Dublin's Gate Theatre and is the Artistic Director of the Yale Institute for Music Theatre.

The creative team for THE NEW YORK IDEA features scenic design by Allen Moyer, costume design by Michael Krass, lighting design by Mary Louise Geiger and original music by Lewis Flinn.

THE NEW YORK IDEA plays Tuesday-Saturday at 8pm, with Wednesday and Saturday performances at 2pm and Sunday performances at 3pm.

Performance schedule variations:No Wednesday matinee 1/26/11, added Sunday evening performance at 7:00pm on 1/30/11.No Wednesday matinee 2/9/11.

THE Lucille Lortel THEATRE is located at 121 Christopher Street (between Seventh Avenue South and Hudson Street).

All tickets are $65 and available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 (ticketcentral.com), in person at the Ticket Central box office or in person at the ATLANTIC STAGE 2 box office located at 330 West 16th Street (between Eighth and Ninth Avenues).

The remaining three productions in Atlantic Theater Company's 2010-2011 season (The New York Idea, Through a Glass Darkly and 10x25) are available in a special Spring Membership. All three productions are available for $150.

For general inquiries and/or group sales for both the main Atlantic Theater Company
and Atlantic Stage 2, call 212-645-1242.

www.atlantictheater.org

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