Dan Butler New Star of NYTW's 'Beast' by Michael Weller

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that Dan Butler has joined the cast of Beast, written by Michael Weller and directed by Jo Bonney.  Beast begins performances Friday, August 29, at 8pm, at NYTW, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery, and opens Monday, September 15 at 7:00pm.

Mr. Butler replaces Larry Pine in the roles of the Commander-in-Chief, "GW," and Captain Adler.  Mr. Pine recently suffered from a detached retina and has been advised by his doctor that he needs time to recuperate from the injury.

In Beast, a blood-red comic road adventure, two Iraq War veterans-badly mutilated but as fiercely patriotic as ever-make their way home from a military hospital in Germany.  Their marauding adventure across America takes them to Crawford, Texas, where they meet up with their Commander-in-Chief and offer a surefire solution to all his problems.

Mr. Butler returns to NYTW after having appeared in Domino and Emerald City.   He appeared for six seasons on the hit television series "Frasier" as Bulldog Briscoe.   His Broadway credits include 20th Century, Old Money, Biloxi Blues.   Off-Broadway includes The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me... (Outer Critics and Drama Desk nominations), Lisbon Traviata, Widow Claire, True West, Much Ado About Nothing, Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar & Grille, Walk the Dog, Willie.  Film credits include Karl Rove, I Love You (produced, co-directed, co-wrote), Chronic Town, Fixing Frank, Silence of the Lambs, Enemy of the State, The Fan.  Other television credits include "From the Earth to the Moon," "House," "Monk," and many others.

The cast of Beast is Raul Aranas, Jeremy Bobb, Dan Butler, Lisa Joyce, Logan Marshall-Green, Eileen Rivera, and Corey Stoll.

Beast plays through Sunday, October 12, at New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery.  The regular performance schedule is Tuesday at 7:00pm, Wednesday through Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 3:00pm and 8:00pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm.  Tickets, are $65 and may be purchased online at www.telecharge.com, 24 hours a day, seven days a week or by phoning Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200.  For exact dates and times of performance, call Telecharge.com.  For more information about Beast, visit www.nytw.org.

Maintaining its commitment to making theatre accessible to all theatergoers, NYTW continues its CheapTix Sundays program in which all tickets for all Sunday evening performances will cost $20. Tickets may be purchased in advance, payable in cash only, and are available in person only at the NYTW Box Office. And for all performances, student tickets cost $20, based on availability, and can be purchased in advance from the NYTW Box Office with valid student identification. The NYTW Box Office is open 1:00pm to 6:00pm, Tuesday through Saturday.

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