April 8, 2006
“Property” by Valerie Martin
Cast: Michael T. Weiss, Pamela Gray and Will LeBow
Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox
Breaking Ground Festival
Huntington Theatre’s Stanford Calderwood Pavilion
Event runs April 6-9 at Stanford Calderwood Pavilion
Campbell Scott, Douglas Sills and Denis O’Hare are among actors lined up for the Huntington Theater Company’s 2006 “Breaking Ground Festival” of new-play readings, which runs April 6-9 at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts. Among writers with in-development projects to be read are Theresa RebeckTheresa Rebeck, Noah Haidle and Ronan Noone.
Sills will star in the new musical based on 1949 pic “Kind Hearts and Coronets,” which starred Alec Guinness. Book is by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak and lyrics by Freedman and Lutvak. Freedman also directs the tunertuner, which will be performed April 6 at 7:30 p.m. Sills received Tony and Drama Desk nominations when he created the role of Percy in Frank Wildhorn’s “The Scarlet Pimpernel.”
Haidle’s “Persephone,” on April 7 at 8 p.m., will feature Julie White, Jeremiah Kissel and Mimi Leiber. Haidle’s “Mr. Marmalade” appeared Off Broadway as well as at South Coast RepRep last year. The play is about a sculptor trying to carve an image of the Greek goddess Demeter, the love of his life.
Valerie Martin adapts her 2003 novel “Property,” which Peter Schneider will direct on April 8 at 8 p.m. Michael T. Weiss, Pamela Gray and Will LeBow star in the drama, about two women on opposite sides of the antebellum racial divide who share the white woman’s husband.
The April 9 matinee, at 2 p.m., is Noone’s “The Atheist,” featuring Scott as a crooked journalist who unveils the mayor’s seamy predilections, only to see the scandal he unravels threaten to backfire. Noone was a 2004 Huntington playwriting fellow.
Rounding out the event is Tony winner Denis O’Hare starring in Rebeck’s “Mauritius,” April 9 at 7 p.m. Justin Waldman directs the play about the world of high-stakes stamp collecting. Rebeck’s previous works include “Omnium Gatherum” and the widely performed “Bad Dates.”
There’s a suggested donation of $10 per person; since seating is limited, reservations are highly recommended. Call the Huntington Theater Company’s box office for reservations,
(617) 266-0800.
Variety.com
Actor Michael T. Weiss knows he’ll have to work tonight in the reading of Valerie Martin’s play ”Property,” which is part of the Huntington Theatre’s Breaking Ground Festival of New Readings. But his trip to Boston is mostly about pleasure. ”For something like this, it’s just a chance to work with playwrights at an early stage in the work,” said Weiss, who appeared in two Huntington productions in the last two seasons. ”It’s the opportunity. It’s not the same as a full production, so it can be more fun than work.” He added, ”I really like Boston. I really like the Huntington.” Weiss is probably best known as the star of TV’s ”The Pretender.” He will appear along with Pamela Gray and Will LeBow in the reading of Martin’s play, which is based on her 2003 novel of the same name. The festival, at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, concludes tomorrow with two more readings, one starring Campbell Scott.
BostonGlobe.com
SEE: The Huntington Theatre Company’s Breaking Ground Festival, Calderwood Pavilion, through Sunday. 617-266-0800.
Catch a few stars this weekend as Campbell Scott (TV’s “The Pilot’s Wife”), Tony winner Denis O’Hare, Julie White and Michael T. Weiss (TV’s “The Pretender”) perform staged readings of new plays. The “in development” projects include “Persephone” by Noah Haidle (tonight at 7); “Property” by Valerie Martin, based on her novel (tomorrow at 8 p.m.); “The Atheist” by Ronan Noone, featuring Scott (Sunday at 2 p.m.); and “Mauritius,” by Theresa Rebeck (“Bad Dates”) with O’Hare (Sunday at 7 p.m.). Suggested donation is $10, reservations recommended.
BostonHerald.com
By Ernio Hernandez
23 Mar 2006
Campbell Scott, Denis O’Hare, Douglas Sills, Julie White and Michael T. Weiss are among the stars slated for The Huntington Theatre Company’s 2006 “Breaking Ground Festival” of new play readings.
The event runs April 6-9 at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts. A new musical is included with new plays by Theresa Rebeck, Noah Haidle,and Ronan Noone.
by Valerie Martin featuring Michael T. Weiss, Pamela Gray and Will LeBow stars, Peter Schneider directs the scribe’s tale based on her 2003 novel about a white woman and her black chambermaid who are linked by slavery and one man. Weiss (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, “The Pretender”).
The 2006 “Breaking Ground Festival,” at the Calderwood Pavilion, 527 Tremont Street (between Clarendon and Berkeley St.) in Boston, MA is free (a suggested donation of $10 per person) but seating is limited and reservations are highly recommended. Call the Huntington Theatre Company Box Office at (617) 266-0800. For more information, visit www.huntingtontheatre.org.
Playbill.com
March 23, 2006 – by BWW News Desk
More casting has been announced for the Huntington Theatre’s third annual “Breaking Ground Festival of New Readings.” Joining previously-announced stars Douglas Sills, Nancy Anderson and Jill Paice will be Denis O’Hare, Campbell Scott, Julie White and others; the festival will run from April 6th through 9th at the Boston theatre’s Calderwood Pavilion.
Michael T. Weiss, Pamela Gray and Will LeBow will star in a reading of Valerie Martin’s Property, which she based on her 2003 novel. Set on a New Orleans sugar plantation in 1828, the story concerns a love triangle between a plantation owner, his wife and his slave Sarah, as well as a brewing slave rebellion. That reading will be presented on April 8th at 8 PM. Peter Schneider directs.
A donation of $10 per person per reading is suggested. Reservations are recommended, as seating is limited. Call 617-266-0800 or visit www.huntingtontheatre.org for tickets.
BroadwayWorld.com