Off-Broadway NewsKatie Finneran and House of Cards’ Paul Sparks Tapped for Edward Albee Plays Off-BroadwayTony winner and House star Robert Sean Leonard will also star in the Lila Neugebauer-helmed Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo at the Signature.
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Olivia Clement
January 04, 2018
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Two-time Tony Award winner Katie Finneran (Noises Off;Promises, Promises), Tony winner and House star Robert Sean Leonard (The Invention of Love), and Emmy nominee Paul Sparks (House of Cards, Boardwalk Empire) are set to star in the Signature Theatre’s production of Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo. As previously announced, the evening of Albee plays (Homelife and The Zoo Story) will be directed Drama Desk Award winner Lila Neugebauer (Everybody, The Wolves).
Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo will begin performances January 30 and is scheduled to play through March 11. The production, in honor of former resident playwright Albee, who passed away in 2016, will officially open February 21.
In act one, Albee’s Homelife, we meet Peter and his wife, who live a comfortable but unhappy bourgeois existence. In the second act, the play The Zoo Story, Peter’s life is changed by the arrival of a persistent stranger in Central Park.
The creative team is made up of scenic designer Andrew Lieberman, costume designer Kaye Voyce, lighting designer Japhy Weideman, and sound designer Bray Poor. UnkleDave’s Fight House is doing the fight direction. David Lurie-Perret is the production stage manager. Casting is by Caparelliotis Casting.
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Remembering Edward Albee: A Look Back at Some of His Work
Remembering Edward Albee: A Look Back at Some of His Work
The American playwright was the author of over 30 plays including Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Three Tall Women, and A Delicate Balance.
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Jane Hoffman and Sudie Bond in American Dream
Nancy Cushman and Sudie Bond in American Dream
Uta Hagen, Arthur Hill, and George Grizzard in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George Grizzard and Uta Hagen in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Colleen Dewhurst and Lou Antonio in The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Mary K. Wells, Augusta Dabney, M'el Dowd, and Beatrice Staight in Everything in the Garden
Rae Allen and Helen Page Camp in The Death of Bessie Smith
Harold Scott, Rae Allen, and John McCurry inThe Death of Bessie Smith
Edward Albee and the cast of All Over. (Front) George Voskovec, Colleen Dewhurst, Edward Albee, Jessica Tandy, and Madeline Sherwood (Back): Neil Fitzgerald, James Ray, and Betty Field
Deborah Kerr in Seascape
Deborah Kerr and Barry Nelson in Seascape
Rosemary Harris and Elaine Stritch in A Delicate Balance
Mary Beth Hurt and George Grizzard in A Delicate Balance
Marian Seldes, Myra Carter, and Jordan Baker in Three Tall Women
Myra Carter, Marian Seldes, and Jordan Baker in Three Tall Women
Mercedes Ruehl and Bill Pullman in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Mercedes Ruehl and Bill Pullman in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
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Bill Irwin, Mirelle Enos, Kathleen Turner, and David Harbour in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Photo by Joan Marcus
Kathleen Turner in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Photo by Carol Rosegg
Frances Sternhagen and George Grizzard in Seascape
Frances Sternhagen and George Grizzard in Seascape
Tyne Daly in Me, Myself and I
Photo by T. Charles Erickson
The cast of The Lady From Dubuque
Photo by Joan Marcus
Jane Alexander in The Lady From Dubuque
Photo by Joan Marcus
Amy Morton and Tracy Letts in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Michael Brosilow
Tracy Letts in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Michael Brosilow
John Lithgow, Glenn Close, and Lindsay Duncan in A Delicate Balance
The Max Martin musical features a number of his most beloved songs, including “…Baby One More Time,” “Roar,” “Since U Been Gone,” “It’s My Life,” “I Want It That Way,” “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” and more.
