Adam James Completes the Cast of MCC's Upcoming The Pride, Starring Hugh Dancy

Adam James will complete the cast of MCC Theater's The Pride, written by Alexi Kaye Campbell and directed by Joe Mantello. The American premiere production begins performances January 27, 2010, with opening set for February 16. The limited engagement plays through March 20.

James joins previously announced Hugh Dancy (Adam, Journey’s End), Andrea Riseborough (Happy Go Lucky) and Ben Whishaw (Bright Star, Brideshead Revisited) in this all new production for MCC. Riseborough and Whishaw will be making their New York stage debuts.

In The Pride, Oliver, Philip and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp. Their complex love triangle, replete with conflicting loyalties and passions, jumps from 1958 to the present and back in a maelstrom of fantasy, repression and rebellion in this innovative new drama. The Pride hits MCC after taking London by storm last season in an Olivier Award-winning production at the Royal Court.

James' credits include Gethsemane, Now or Later and Rabbit on London's West End. Television credits include Lewis, A Touch of Frost, Foyles War, The Execution of Gary Glitter, Sleep With Me, Dr. Who, Hustle, Jonathan Creek and Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Film includes Last Chance Harvey, Mother of Tears, Road to Guantanamo, Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart, De Lovely, High Heels and Low Lifes.

Scenic design for The Pride will be by David Zinn (Xanadu), costume Design by Mattie Ullrich (Naked Angels’ Fault Lines), lighting design by Paul Gallo (the recent Broadway revival of Pal Joey) and sound design by Jill DuBoff (After Miss Julie).