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US Premiere of 'Holding The Man' Opens at NCTC 9/29

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The New Conservatory Theatre presents the US premiere of Holding the Man from September 21 through November 4, based on the Australian Best-Seller by Timothy Conigrave.  The award-winning adaptation by Tommy Murphy is directed by Matthew Graham Smith.

"A breathtakingly honest, achingly funny and completely heart-wrenching account of a fifteen-year relationship that weathered disapproval, separation and temptation; Holding the Man explores the highs and lows of love turned upside-down by HIV. Expected to tour widely in 2008, Holding the Man has been greatly successful in Australia, having played two sold-out seasons in 2006 at the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney , where it became the highest-grossing production in the theatre's twenty-eight year history. The show then transferred to the Sydney Opera House in 2007 where it enjoyed another sold-out and critically successful run," explain press notes.

Previews are September 21 – 28, opening September 29 running through November 4.  Show times are Wednesday though Saturday at 8PM and Sunday at 2PM. All performances will take place at the New Conservatory Theatre Center's Decker Theatre, located at located at 25 Van Ness Avenue near Market, in San Francisco.

Tickets are $22 for previews, $40 for opening night and range from $22 - $34 for all other performances. Tickets are available at NCTC's Box Office (415) 861 8972, or online at www.nctcsf.org.

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