Anthony Giardina’s The City of Conversation, Starring Jan Maxwell, Opens Off-Broadway

The City of Conversation opens at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on May 5. The play, which is written by Anthony Giardina and directed by Tony winner Doug Hughes, stars five-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell.

The City of Conversation, tells the story of political hostess Hester Ferris (Maxwell), a behind-the-scenes mover and shaker in the nation’s capital, and of the political gains and personal losses that her choices inflict on her family over a period of 30 years, from the waning days of the Carter administration to the beginning of the Obama presidency.

In addition to Maxwell, the cast includes John Aylward, Kristen Bush, Beth Dixon, Barbara Garrick, Luke Niehaus, Kevin O’Rourke, Michael Simpson and Phillip James Brannon.