Summer opening nights are few and far between, so we gladly popped a cork in celebration of A.R. Gurney’s new comedy The Grand Manner at Lincoln Center Theater. This theatrical fantasy stars the great Kate Burton as stage star Katharine Cornell, Boyd Gaines as her director husband, Bobby Steggert as a young version of the playwright and Brenda ...

Katharine Cornell ranked as one of the greatest theatrical divas of the 20th century, but because she didn’t appear in movies, her fame has faded. Prolific playwright A.R. Gurney remembers “Kit,” however, and he’s turned a real-life backstage meeting with the actress in 1948 into the delightful new comedy The Grand Manner. The play (currently running at ...

There’s a special summer treat on the way from Lincoln Center Theater: the world premiere of A.R. Gurney’s The Grand Manner, starring Kate Burton, Boyd Gaines and Bobby Steggert. This love letter to the stage is based on a true story: In 1948, Gurney, then a boarding school student, traveled to New York to see a performance ...

He’s a Best Featured Actor Tony nominee for playing budding terrorist Younger Brother in Ragtime, but Bobby Steggert moved on with a vengeance after the musical revival closed prematurely in December. He returned to the stage in Yank!, the now-Broadway-bound musical about a gay romance during World War II, then snagged the role of playwright A.R. Gurney’s ...

Kate Burton, Boyd Gaines, Bobby Steggert and Brenda Wehle are set to star in the world premiere of A. R. Gurney’s The Grand Manner at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The play will be directed by Mark Lamos, with off-Broadway previews beginning on June 1 ahead of a June 24 opening.

Inspired by Gurney’s childhood ...

Lincoln Center Theater will present the world premiere of A. R. Gurney’s new play The Grand Manner in the spring of 2010 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Performances will begin on May 27, with opening night set for June 24, directed by Mark Lamos.

In 1948, Gurney, then a young boarding school student, traveled to New York where ...