Kenneth Lonergan's Hold on to Me Darling Will Receive World Premiere Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company will present the world premiere of Kenneth Lonergan’s Hold on to Me Darling. The production, directed by Atlantic’s artistic director Neil Pepe, will begin performances on February 24, 2016 at the Linda Gross Theater, where it is scheduled to run through April 3. Opening night is set for March 14.

On learning of his mother’s death, world famous country and western star Strings McCrane begins questioning the meaning of his life and what it all adds up to. Determined to abandon his celebrity and career, he moves back to his hometown in Tennessee. It doesn’t go well.

Lonergan’s work was seen on Broadway last year in the revival of This Is Our Youth. His additional writing credits include Medieval Play, The Waverley Gallery and Lobby Hero on stage and Analyze This, Gangs of New York, Margaret and the upcoming Manchester-by-the-Sea on screen. He was Oscar nominated for his debut feature film, You Can Count on Me.

As previously announced, the Atlantic season will also include Caryl Chuchill's Cloud Nine, These Paper Bullets!, written by Rolin Jones and featuring music by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew, David Yazbek and Itamar Moses' The Band's Visit directed by Harold Prince and the New York premiere of Adam Rapp's The Purple Light of Joppa Illinois.