The New Century Takes the Stage!

All theater patrons will be thrilled to know that yet another anticipated show will hit the stage in an off-Broadway production of The New Century.  The show will officially open at the Lincoln Center Theater on April 14.  The Manhattan-set comedy is actually a series of four short plays which are: “Pride and Joy,” “Currently of Palm Beach,” Crafty” and “The New Century.”  The show will star the actors Peter Bartlett, Jayne Houdyshell, Linda Lavin, Mike Doyle and Christy Pusz.  Nicholas Martin directs this upcoming show.

According to press notes posted on Playbill.com, “Linda Lavin is Helene, a Jewish matron from Massapequa and the self-proclaimed ‘most loving mother of all time’ to her three gay children.  Peter Bartlett is the flamboyant Mr. Charles, currently of Palm Beach, described by Mr. Rudnick as ‘an aging homosexual hounded out of New York City by younger gay men, who find his flamboyance a threatening throwback to an earlier tougher time.’  Mick Doyle plays two roles: Helene’s son, the doctor, David, and Shane, Mr. Charles’s partner in life and on their cable television show, ‘Too Gay.’ Jayne Houdyshell is Barbara Ellen, a Midwestern craftswoman and competitive cake-decorator on a visit to New York, and Christy Pusz is Joanne, the cable show’s young receptionist.”  Get your The New Century tickets!

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