| Member pre-sale for John Guare's NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE starts Monday, 1/28 at 10am! | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 11:51 am EST 01/25/19 | |
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| NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE is a new work in the classic John Guare style: urbane, funny, literate and off-beat -- with its finger right on the pulse. And a racing pulse at that! For those not up on their 19th century whaling slang, a “Nantucket Sleigh Ride” is literally a wild ride: a harpooned whale would sometimes drag a ship full of whalers on a crazy desperate course, often for miles, as it thrashed and flailed trying to escape its captors. Guare takes us on just such a voyage with Mundie, a playwright turned New York stockbroker, who ventures from Manhattan to Nantucket island one day on a surreal errand. He gets mixed up with a giant lobster, Roman Polanski, a pornography ring, Walt Disney, stranded children, a murder, and Jorge Luis Borges to name a few. The action takes place in both the present day, and in a memory-filled excursion to the 1970s, because, in Guare’s universe, the standard rules of time and space delightfully don’t apply. We are thrilled to reunite John Guare and director Jerry Zaks — the team that brought us two of the most enduring and beloved plays from LCT’s early years: The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation. Since then, of course, Jerry Zaks has directed all over town including the recent Tony-winning revival of Hello, Dolly! starring Bette Midler. John Larroquette will lead the cast as Mundie. Larroquette won the Tony Award for his portrayal of J.B. Biggley in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and most recently appeared on Broadway in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man. He is, perhaps, best known for his multiple Emmy-winning role as Dan Fielding on “Night Court.” We hope you’ll jump on board and join us at the Newhouse this winter for NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE! Previews begin February 21 in the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater Featuring (in alphabetical order): Clea Alsip, Tina Benko, Adam Chanler-Berat, Jordan Gelber, Germán Jaramillo, John Larroquette, Grace Rex, Stacey Sargeant, Douglas Sills, Will Swenson What to Expect on January 28 On the morning of a Member on-sale, the easiest way to purchase your Member tickets is through the online portal. We recommend logging into your account before Monday so you have your Member number and password ready. If you have any trouble, please email customerservice@lct.org. If you want to purchase in person or by phone, please be prepared for long wait times at the Box Office and busy signals when calling the Member Hotline. You can avoid the initial line at the Box Office by coming in the afternoon; phone lines often free up after 1pm as well. Please contact customerservice@lct.org if you need further assistance. Thank you in advance for your patience! |
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