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DANCING ON NAILS to End Off-Broadway Run on 7/31

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DANCING ON NAILS, a new play by Paul Manuel Kane, will end it's Off-Broadway run this Wednesday evening, July 31st at Theatre 80. Under the direction of Allen Lewis Rickman, the cast of DANCING ON NAILS features Peter Van Wagner (Isaac Ginsburg on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire"), Lori Wilner (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, THE DIARY OF Anne Frank), Lauren Klein (LOST IN YONKERS, OTHER DESERT CITIES), Michael Lewis (THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA, "Blue Bloods"), and Jazmyn Richardson ("Party at Micah's"). DANCING ON NAILS had its official opening on July 24th.

He's Jewish and she's Black. He's 52 and she's 23. And it's 1953. The new comedy DANCING ON NAILS explores the relationship between a lonely middle-aged shopkeeper and his young African-American employee in 1950s Greenwich Village.

Playwright Paul Manuel Kane has authored the plays FLORABEL (Playbox Theatre), NEW YORK STORIES (Roy Arias Theater) andRED WING CARA CARA (Altered Stages). His numerous awards include the International Playwriting Award (1st prize) - Vancouver, the Samuel French Merit Award and the Writer's Digest Award. Director Allen Lewis Rickman directed Off-Broadway's THE LADY NEXT DOOR and A NOVEL ROMANCE; he co-wrote and directed THE BIG BUPKIS: A COMPLETE GENTILE'S GUIDE TO YIDDISH VAUDEVILLE; and he co-adapted, directed, wrote supertitles for, and acted in the Drama Desk-nominated Yiddish version of Gilbert and Sullivan's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Other directing credits include works at EST, Pulse and Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Auditorium. His acclaimed revue THE ESSENCE, which he wrote, directed and performed in, has toured widely and was published in an anthology edited by the late Harvey Pekar.

The remaining performances of DANCING ON NAILS are this Wednesday at 3 & 7 PM at Theatre 80, located at 80 St. Marks Place (just west of First Ave.) For tickets and more information, visit www.DancingOnNails.com.

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