Ethan Coen's Almost An Evening Sets Off-Broadway Transfer

Atlantic Theater Company's production of Ethan Coen's Almost An Evening will transfer to an off-Broadway run at the Bleecker Street Theatre beginning March 20. This marks the first time Atlantic has transferred one of its productions to another off-Broadway venue. The limited engagement of Almost An Evening is scheduled to run through June 1, directed by Neil Pepe.

Almost An Evening consists of three short plays that "unsuccessfully tackle important questions." In "Waiting," someone waits somewhere for quite some time. In "Four Benches," a voyage to self-discovery takes a British intelligence agent to steam baths in New York and Texas, and to park benches in the U.S. and U.K. In "Debate," cosmic questions are taken up. Not much is learned.

Almost An Evening is the first theatrical venture from Coen, who, along with his brother Joel, is up for four Oscars on February 24 for producing, directing, writing and editing under the pseudonym Roderick Jaynes No Country for Old Men. The original production sold out before previews began on January 9 at Atlantic's small Stage 2 theater. Almost An Evening opened on January 22 and played a limited engagement through February 10.

No casting has been announced for the play's transfer, but original cast member Jonathan Cake is currently in previews in Atlantic's production of Parlour Song. In addition to Cake, the opening night cast of Almost An Evening included F. Murray Abraham, J.R. Horne, Jordan Lage, Mark Linn-Baker, Elizabeth Marvel, Mary McCann, Del Pentecost and Joey Slotnick.

The Off-Broadway transfer of Almost An Evening will be produced by Atlantic Theater Company and Art Meets Commerce Chip Meyrelles, Executive Director; Ken Greiner, Producing Director.