Dano, Dinklage, Hamilton, Kazan Set for New Group's Things We Want

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By Brian Scott Lipton • Jul 2, 2007 • New York

Josh Hamilton
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Paul Dano, Peter Dinklage, Josh Hamilton, and Zoe Kazan will star in The New Group's production of Jonathan Marc Sherman's Things We Want, to play Theatre Row in October. The production will be directed by Ethan Hawke, who co-starred in the company's acclaimed revival of David Rabe's Hurlyburly.

The play focuses on three brothers living together and struggling to cope after the death of their parents. Sherman's previous work includes Sophistry and Women and Wallace.

Dano's stage credits include the 1996 Broadway revival of Inherit the Wind. Dinklage starred in the title role of the Public Theater's Richard III. Hamilton's many stage credits include The Coast of Utopia as well as Hurlyburly. Kazan co-starred opposite Cynthia Nixon in The New Group's production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

The New Group season will also include Mike Leigh's Two Thousand Years, directed by Scott Elliott, and Kevin Elyot's Mouth to Mouth, directed by Mark Brokaw.

For more information, visit www.thenewgroup.org.