Original Cast Member Jenny Bacon Returns to ASHER LEV Tonight

By: Jun. 10, 2013
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She's come home! Jenny Bacon who received unanimous acclaim for her role in the long-running hit play My Name Is Asher Lev returns to The Westside Theatre beginning tonight.

My Name Is Asher Lev, based on the best selling novel by Chaim Potok, recently celebrated 200 performances and is currently on sale through September 1st.

Jenny Bacon re-joins original cast members Ari Brand and Mark Nelson. The three actors began performances on November 8, 2012.

Performances are Monday at 8pm, Wednesday at 2pm & 8pm, Thursday & Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are available onTelecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200. For more information visit www.AsherLevThePlay.com.


Critics and audiences are raving about My Name is Asher Lev which the New York Times calls "Excellent and Heartfelt....A primal scene of American drama" andTime Out New York makes it a FOUR STAR/Critic's Pick. David Cote/NY1 News praises the show as "a touching and soulful portrait of a family, saturated with vivid colors and handsomely framed," while Huffington Post exclaims "One of the Best Plays of the Year! Thrilling and Suspenseful."

Directed by Gordon Edelstein (The Glass Menagerie), the distinguished creative team for My Name is Asher Lev includes set design by Eugene Lee (Wicked); lighting design by James F. Ingalls (Glengarry Glen Ross); costume design by Ilona Somogyi (Clybourne Park) and original music/sound design by John Gromada(Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Proof).

Set in post-war Brooklyn, My Name is Asher Lev tells the coming- of-age story of a boy prodigy who must be an artist at any cost -- against the will of family, community and tradition. It is the powerful telling of a young artist with a universal theme to follow our passion - against everything.

Producers include Darren Bagert, Martin Massman, Ruth Hendel, Daryl Roth, Sharon Karmazin, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, HIGHBROW, Ted Snowdon and Jamie deRoy.

http://My Name is Asher Levextends at The Westside Theatre now through September 1. Performances are Monday at 8pm, Wednesday at 2pm & 8pm, Thursday & Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are available on Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200. For more information visitwww.AsherLevThePlay.com.



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