Theatre Row Presents THE VANITY

The Vanity is a stylized, darkly humorous, period melodrama, which plays like a marriage of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Sunset Boulevard and Valley of the Dolls full of high drama and dirty secrets. It's 1947 and Julian Gray, a beautiful but sheltered young Plantation heir decides to start a new life in Hollywood. He finds himself the object of all sorts of hungry attention and the great director Hilton Wheeler casts him as the lead in a major motion picture. In spite of a promising future as a movie star, Julian falls in love with Stella, a makeup girl on the set of his first film. All hell breaks loose, when Julian inherits a mysterious Victorian vanity table from a distant, unknown relative and the vanity is possessed by a powerful demon. Julian is offered the chance to maintain his infamous good looks indefinitely, as long as he agrees to forsake love in favor of hedonistic pleasure. Mr. Gray is faced with an impossible choice, and is tempted in all directions by an array of technicolor characters.

Directed by Rachel Klein, and music directed by Luke Williams, the cast of The Vanity includes Rosalie Burke*, Patch David*, Remy Germinario*, Brandon Haagenson*, Kate Hoover, Ilene Kristen*, Erik Ransom* and Roger Yeh.

Performances are September 1st-25th; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances are at 8:00pm, and Sunday performances are at 3:00pm. All performances take place at The Clurman Theatre at 410 West 42nd Street (btw 9th and 10th Avenues) NYC 10036. Tickets can be purchased here.

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