Roundabout Helms Revival of Durang's 'Bette & Boo' June 2008

Roundabout Theatre Company announces a new Off-Broadway production of Christopher Durang's comedy The Marriage of Bette and Boo directed by Walter Bobbie, beginning performances June 13, 2008 and opening July 2008 at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46 Street).  This is a limited engagement through September 7, 2008.

Casting and the design team will be announced shortly.

"The Marriage of Bette and Boo is a dark comedy that takes a look at the complex marriage of Bette and Boo.  Three decades of marriage, divorce, alcoholism, nervous breakdowns and death – all blended in a unique mix of irony, humor and farce – are played out in 33 quick scenes," describe press notes.

Walter Bobbie returns to Roundabout after directing the 2003 Broadway production of Twentieth Century starring Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche.

Tickets will be available in Spring 2008 by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at 212-719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre box office (111 West 46 Street).

The Marriage of Bette and Boo will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 7:30PM with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2PM.

The Marriage of Bette and Boo premiered Off-Broadway in May 1985 and won a number of Obie Awards including one for Durang for playwriting.  The play also won the Dramatists Guild Hull Warriner Award.

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