Julie Halston, Lynn Cohen & More Join Jane Alexander in Chasing Manet
Complete casting has been announced for Primary Stages’ forthcoming world-premiere production of Tina Howe’s Chasing Manet. The play will begin performances at 59E59 Theatres on March 24 and open on April 9. The limited off-Broadway engagement is set to continue through May 2, directed by Michael Wilson.
Joining previously announced star Jane Alexander will be Vanessa Aspillaga The Clean House, Anna in the Tropics, Lynn Cohen Macbeth, Ivanov, TV’s Sex and the City, Jack Gilpin The Elephant Man, Indian Blood, Julie Halston Gypsy, Hairspray, David Margulies Wonderful Town, All That I Will Ever Be, and Robert Christopher Riley Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
In this new comedy by the author of Painting Churches and Coastal Disturbanaces, a rebellious painter from a distinguished family in Boston and an ebullient Jewish woman with a huge, adoring family form an unlikely bond. Inside the confining walls of Mount Airy Nursing Home, the two plot an escape to Paris aboard the QE2. But can they possibly pull it off amidst the chaos of their surroundings? The tension and comedy grow as they struggle to take wing for the last time.
The creative team includes Tony Straiges sets, David C. Wollard costumes, Howell Binkley lighting, and John Gromada sound.
Currently in performance at Primary Stages is the New York premiere of Shipwrecked! An Entertainment — The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont As Told by Himself by Donald Margulies, which is set to run through March 7.
