Lavin, Houdyshell and Bartlett Set for Rudnick's The New Century
by Broadway.com Staff
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Top to bottom: Linda Lavin, Jayne Houdyshell & Peter Bartlett
Linda Lavin, Jayne Houdyshell and Peter Bartlett have signed on for Paul Rudnick's The New Century at Lincoln Center Theater. This series of four short plays will begin previews at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on March 20, 2008, and open on April 14, directed by Nicholas Martin. Additional members of the cast of five will be announced at a later date.
The four plays in The New Century feature everyone from a concerned Long Island mother of at least three gay children (Lavin) to an accomplished Midwestern craftswoman (Houdyshell) to one of Rudnick's favorites, Mr. Charles, a flamboyant resident of Palm Beach (Barlett). Ultimately, they all collide under surprising and comic circumstances and we discover just where our new century might be heading.
Lavin won a Tony Award for Broadway Bound and has starred on Broadway in Hollywood Arms, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, The Diary of Anne Frank, Gypsy and The Sisters Rosensweig. Off-Broadway, she won the Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards for her performance in Death Defying Acts.
Houdyshell received a Tony nomination and numerous award for her performance in Well and played Madame Morrible on Broadway in Wicked. Off-Broadway credits include The Pain and the Itch and Much Ado About Nothing.
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