| Extended by popular demand ...John Rubinstein in EISENHOWER: THIS PIECE OF GROUND ...now through Aug. 20 | |
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| News: Extended by popular demand ...John Rubinstein in EISENHOWER: THIS PIECE OF GROUND ...now through Aug. 20 (NEW YORK) – New Yorkers like Ike …and they love John Rubinstein too. Extended by popular demand through August 20, audiences have three more weeks to see Tony Award winner John Rubinstein (Pippin, Children of a Lesser God) in Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground, new American play by Richard Hellesen and directed by Peter Ellenstein. Following acclaimed Los Angeles engagements, The New Los Angeles Repertory Company (Peter Ellenstein, Producing Artistic Director) presents the Off-Broadway engagement at Theatre at St. Clements (423 W. 46th Street, NYC). Tickets are now on sale at OvationTix.com. For further information, visit EisenhowerThePlay.com. “I couldn’t be more delighted about the way New York audiences have responded to the show,” says John Rubinstein. “I had never before done a one-person play, but when Peter Ellenstein sent me this remarkable piece by Richard Hellesen, I knew I had to jump in! I feel that people will not only be captivated, but will find true hope and inspiration, during this very difficult moment in our history, hearing these profound, personal, and uplifting words from an actual U.S. President. The play was greeted with overwhelming enthusiasm when we premiered in L.A. last fall, and now we are all extremely gratified and excited to extend our Off-Broadway engagement through the summer.” Adapted from a vast array of General Eisenhower's memoirs, speeches, and letters, Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground is a candid and fascinating fictional eavesdropping on President Dwight D. Eisenhower at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania farm. It is 1962 and The New York Times Magazine has published its first list ranking the American Presidents in order of greatness. Pondering his placement on the list, Eisenhower looks back on his life - his Kansas upbringing, his decorated Army career, his victories in World War II, and his two terms as President – contemplating the qualities and adversities that make an American President great. “With such division in the country today, I wanted to go back in our history and look at an individual who led with faith and optimism during a very crucial time," says playwright Richard Hellesen. “Despite the Cold War, McCarthyism and the start of the Civil Rights movement, Eisenhower believed in Democracy. On our stage, Eisenhower says ‘some days it feels like democracy is going to have a hell of a time persevering. But this piece of ground, that we all share...if we're going to leave our young people something better, then we just can't be complacent. …We have to keep choosing the harder right instead of the easier wrong. Never be content with half-truth when the whole truth can be ours.’” “I knew almost nothing about Eisenhower except that he was in charge of World War II and was President during the ‘Leave it to Beaver’ years,” says director Peter Ellenstein. “My image of Ike was a somewhat kindly, stodgy, conservative figurehead. But after reading some of his speeches, I discovered that he really was one of the most fascinating and important people in American history. His life and career were packed with so many world-altering events. Richard Hellesen, has crawled inside Ike’s skin to fashion this remarkable play that tells Eisenhower’s story and speaks with profound hope to our own times. In John Rubinstein, we are so fortunate to have found an actor who could interpret the complexity of Ike’s intellect, judgement, scope, humor and humanity.” Developed by New Los Angeles Repertory Company, Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground was first presented fall 2022 in Los Angeles by Theatre West in association with New Los Angeles Repertory Company. The New York premiere of Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground features a scenic design by Michael Deegan; costume consultation by Sarah Conly; lighting design by Esquire Jauchem; and projection and sound design by Joe Huppert. The Producing Team includes Victoria Morris of Lexikat Artists, Adam Weinstock of Red Spear Productions, Robina Riccitiello, Pierre Vuilleumier, Dennis Trunfio, SUNYA 1984, Figment Factory/SQ Productions and Tom Kirdahy. General Management is by LDK Productions, LLC, and Marketing and Promotions is by Table 7 Strategy, LLC. UPDATED LISTINGS INFORMATION: Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground plays a limited Off-Broadway engagement through August 20 at Theatre at St. Clements (423 W. 46th Street, NYC). The current performance schedule through July 30: Monday, Thursday and Friday at 7PM, Saturday at 8PM with matinees Saturday at 2PM and Sunday at 3PM. Performance schedule starting July 31: Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7PM, with matinees Saturday at 2PM and Sunday at 3:30PM. Tickets range from $55 - $99 and are now on sale at OvationTix.com. Additionally, premium ticketing is available. For more information, visit EisenhowerThePlay.com. $35 RUSH TICKETS are available by unlocking “Rush Tickets” for Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground in the TodayTix app. Tickets are available every morning starting at 9AM (EST) on a first come first serve basis until inventory sells out. Blackout dates may apply. Additionally, in-person rush tickets can be purchased at the Theatre St. Clements box office (subject to availability) up to an hour before showtime. JOHN RUBINSTEIN (Dwight D. Eisenhower) originated the title role in the Broadway musical Pippin, directed by Bob Fosse, and won the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his performance in Children of a Lesser God. Other Broadway appearances include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ragtime, Hurlyburly, M. Butterfly, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Drama Desk nomination), Getting Away with Murder, Fools, Love Letters, and the 2013 Pippin revival. He appeared off-Broadway in Counsellor-at-Law (2005 Lucille Lortel Award, Outer Critics' Circle and Drama League nominations), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Urban Blight, Cabaret Verboten, and Morning's at Seven. Regionally: Wicked in LA, and the international tour of the Pippin revival. He starred in the TV series, “Family” (Emmy nomination), and “Crazy Like A Fox”, and over 300 episodes. Films include “Being the Ricardo’s”, “Hello, I Must Be Going”, “21 Grams”, “Red Dragon”, “The Boys from Brazil”, “Someone to Watch Over Me”, “Daniel, Zachariah,” and “Getting Straight”. He directed the world premiere of A. R. Gurney's The Old Boy, and Counsellor-at-Law, Company, Brigadoon, Macbeth, The Three Sisters, Phantasie, Nightingale, The Rivals, A Little Night Music, Guys and Dolls, Into The Woods, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Rover. He composes film and TV music (“Jeremiah Johnson”, “The Candidate”, “The Dollmaker”, "China Beach", among others), hosted two classical music radio programs, played keyboards in a rock band, and has recorded over 200 audiobooks, most numerously Jonathan Kellerman’s Alex Delaware series of Los Angeles crime novels. He is married to Bonnie Burgess, and their son Max is the youngest of his five children, joining Jessica, Michael, Peter, and Jacob. RICHARD HELLESEN (Playwright) is the author of numerous plays and musicals for adult and young audiences. His work has been seen at the Denver Center, South Coast Repertory, Los Angeles Repertory Company, Sacramento Theatre Company, Geva, Florida Stage, Gretna Theatre, Sundance Children's Theatre, Imagination Stage, People's Light & Theatre, City Theatre in Miami, B Street Theatre, and Ford's Theatre in Washington DC, where he is an Associate Artist. He has received playwriting awards from the National Theatre Conference, the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild, the Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays , and PEN USA-West; his two-dozen short plays include five finalists for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award. A member of the Dramatists Guild, he has twice been Playwright-in-Residence at the William Inge Center for the Arts in Kansas. PETER ELLENSTEIN (Director) is Producing Artistic Director of the New Los Angeles Repertory Company. He is a multi-award-winning director, producer, new play midwife, and educator, whose work has been seen all over the country. For thirteen years, Peter was Artistic Director of the William Inge Center for the Arts in Kansas where he created many innovative playwright development programs such as the William Inge Home Playwright Residencies, partnerships with leading national arts organizations (Martha Graham Company, Cornerstone Theater) and rural arts and education partnerships.. He served seven years as Producing Director of the original Los Angeles Repertory Company, for whom he directed the LA Premiere of Assassins, Odets’ Rocket to the Moon, and many other acclaimed productions. Peter served as Interim Artistic Director of both the Gretna Theatre in Pennsylvania, and the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre at the University of Miami in Florida. Peter has been a consultant, board member, panelist and site visitor for many institutions including the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) and KCACTF. Peter directed a nationally prominent streaming version of Richard Hellesen’s Necessary Sacrifices. He has a decades long artistic relationship with Richard Hellesen and has directed the premieres of many of Richard Hellesen’s plays. Peter comes from a theatre family, his father was noted actor/director Robert Ellenstein and his brother David is longtime Artistic Director of North Coast Rep and current interim Artistic Director of Laguna Playhouse. |
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