Pidgeon, Silverstone & Steenburgen to Star in Boston Marriage in L.A.

Rebecca Pidgeon, Alicia Silverstone and Mary Steenburgen will star in David Mamet's Boston Marriage at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse, according to a production spokesperson. The show, directed by the author, is scheduled to run from February 8 through March 12.

Pidgeon, who is married to Mamet, starred in Boston Marriage at the American Repertory Theatre in Massachusetts. She appeared on Broadway in his play The Old Neighborhood. Her off-Broadway credits include Mamet's plays Oleanna and Dangerous Corner. She can currently be seen on the big screen in Shopgirl.

Silverstone is best known for her star-making turn in Clueless. She has also appeared in the films The Crush, Hideaway, True Crime, The Babysitter, Batman & Robin, Excess Baggage, Blast From the Past, Love's Labour's Lost and Beauty Shop. She is the executive producer of the animated series Braceface, for which she provides the voice of the lead character. She also headlined the short-lived television series Miss Match. Silverstone made her stage debut in Carol's Eve at the Met Theater in Los Angeles at age 16. She starred on Broadway in The Graduate.

A veteran of numerous films, Steenburgen received an Academy Award for her role in Melvin and Howard. She recently starred on the small screen in Joan of Arcadia. Her theater credits include the Broadway productions of Candida and Holiday, the off-Broadway production of The Beginning of August and Marvin's Room at the Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles.

Set in America in the late 19th century, Boston Marriage explores class, sexuality and love through the intimate relationship of two women. It centers on the strained bond between Claire Pidgeon and Anna Steenburgen, who discuss their relationship for the entire play. The only other character is a maid Silverstone that sometimes interrupts the conversation. The show derives its name from a term used in the 1800s to apply to two women who live together, absent of male support.

When the show played in Boston, Pidgeon appeared opposite Felicity Huffman as Anna and Mary McCann as Catherine, the maid. Subsequent productions have been staged at New York's Public Theater starring Kate Burton as Anna, Martha Plimpton as Claire and Arden Myrin as Catherine and at the Donmar Warehouse where Zoe Wanamaker was Anna, Anna Chancellor as Claire and Lyndsey Marshal was Catherine.