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The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh, and directed by Michael Parva, will move to Broadway this season, it was announced today by the show's producers. Preview performances will begin on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street), with an opening night set for Sunday, March 29th at 6:30 pm.

Crain's New York Business is reporting that the Off-Broadway hit IRENA'S VOW could be headed to Broadway in March 2009.

The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh and directed by Michael Parva, has added 20 encore performances to its current Off Broadway schedule, by popular demand. Tickets for the November 8 - 25th performances are now on sale, it was announced today. The show was scheduled to end its engagement on Sunday, November 2nd.

The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh and directed by Michael Parva, will be recorded for posterity by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh and directed by Michael Parva, has sold out its entire world premiere Off-Broadway run (SRO at every performance, from the show's first preview September 7th through closing night, November 2nd).

At the beginning of Dan Gordon's engrossing and uplifting drama, Irena's Vow, Tovah Feldshuh, as real life heroin Irena Gut Opdyke, is introduced to a high school auditorium filled with students to tell them about her experiences as a 19-year-old trying to hide 12 Jews in Nazi occupied Poland. At the end of the play she is reminding her young listeners that they are the last generation that will hear first hand accounts of the Holocaust's atrocities from those who survived it, and that it is their responsibility to never back away from confronting hatred.

On Wednesday August 13th, 2008 Tovah Feldshuh, having just returned from a trip to Poland, attended a meet and greet at the Polish Cultural Institute in New York City. She was joined by the cast of the upcoming Irena's Vow at the Consulate General of Poland (233 Madision Avenue).

The Directors Company has announced the complete cast for its upcoming production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh and directed by Michael Parva.

Justin Greer's passion for theatre has grown from the curtain to the classroom. Currently Dance Captain of 'The Producers,' he is now lending his talents as an arts educator for several New York programs and organizations, including Camp Broadway!

The New York 'IT' Awards (sponsored by Backstage) takes place September 19th at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.