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Norbert Leo Butz, Abigail Breslin, and More Join The New Group's Season

Upcoming productions include plays by Wallace Shawn, Hamish Linklater, and Erica Schmidt.

Norbert Leo Butz joins the cast of Hamish Linklater's The Whirligig.
Norbert Leo Butz joins the cast of Hamish Linklater's The Whirligig.
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The New Group has announced additional casting for upcoming productions in the company’s 2016-2017 season.

The second production in The New Group's current season, the U.S. premiere of Wallace Shawn's Evening at the Talk House (January 31-March 12), directed by Scott Elliott, will feature Jill Eikenberry, John Epperson, Larry Pine, Wallace Shawn, Claudia Shear, Annapurna Sriram, and Michael Tucker, with additional casting to be announced.

The company has also announced complete casting for the world premiere of All the Fine Boys (February 14-March 26), a new play from writer and director Erica Schmidt, featuring Abigail Breslin, Isabelle Fuhrman, Joe Tippett, and Alex Wolff.

Finally, two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz will join previously announced Zosia Mamet and Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award nominee Maura Tierney in the final show of the season, the world premiere of Hamish Linklater's The Whirligig (May 2017), directed by Scott Elliott, with additional casting to be announced.

Productions in The New Group’s 2016-2017 season take place at the Pershing Square Signature Center.

For tickets to Evening at the Talk House, click here.

For tickets to All the Fine Boys, click here.

For tickets to The Whirligig, click here.

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All the Fine Boys

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The Whirligig

Closed: June 18, 2017