New Group Announces 2004-05 Line-Up
by Broadway Staff • Jun 4, 2004
The New Group's 2004-2005 season will be composed of Michael Murphy's docudrama Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, David Rabe's Hurlyburly and Vladimir and Oleg Presnyakov's Terrorism.
Sin: A Cardinal Deposed is made up of a collage of testimonies of, by and surrounding Cardinal Bernard F. Law, the Catholic leader whose governance of his diocese was questioned and scrutinized when years of sexual abuse by diocesan priests finally came to light. The show had its world premiere courtesy of Chicago's Bailiwick Repertory in March. The production is moving to Boston's Regent Theatre where it will run June 9 through 27.
The story of Hurlyburly begins with Eddie and Mickey, two ambition-driven, hedonistic casting directors who share personal and professional worlds in a posh pad nestled in the Hollywood hills, a place where business mixes easily with pleasure, and drugs, like women, are readily available. The two thrill-seeking friends are frequently joined in their pursuits by Artie, a slick producer with a penchant for pretty teenagers, and Phil, a vulnerable, out-of-work actor with marital problems. When a spaced-out exotic dancer whom Eddie has turned to for comfort comes to call, and becomes victim to Phil's surprisingly brutal behavior, an unexpected chain of events sends Eddie's life into a tailspin. The play, which is the basis for a movie of the same name, had a brief run at the Promenade Theatre in 1984 before moving to Broadway's Barrymore Theatre where it ran from August 7, 1984 to June 2, 1985.
Sin: A Cardinal Deposed is made up of a collage of testimonies of, by and surrounding Cardinal Bernard F. Law, the Catholic leader whose governance of his diocese was questioned and scrutinized when years of sexual abuse by diocesan priests finally came to light. The show had its world premiere courtesy of Chicago's Bailiwick Repertory in March. The production is moving to Boston's Regent Theatre where it will run June 9 through 27.
The story of Hurlyburly begins with Eddie and Mickey, two ambition-driven, hedonistic casting directors who share personal and professional worlds in a posh pad nestled in the Hollywood hills, a place where business mixes easily with pleasure, and drugs, like women, are readily available. The two thrill-seeking friends are frequently joined in their pursuits by Artie, a slick producer with a penchant for pretty teenagers, and Phil, a vulnerable, out-of-work actor with marital problems. When a spaced-out exotic dancer whom Eddie has turned to for comfort comes to call, and becomes victim to Phil's surprisingly brutal behavior, an unexpected chain of events sends Eddie's life into a tailspin. The play, which is the basis for a movie of the same name, had a brief run at the Promenade Theatre in 1984 before moving to Broadway's Barrymore Theatre where it ran from August 7, 1984 to June 2, 1985.
Terrorism, which previously ran at the Royal Court among other places, takes place in a small Russian town. The play consists of six scenes all having to do with some form of terrorism. The scenes touch on suicide, bombs, murder and sex games.