The House in Town
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Opened Jun 19, 2006
Closed Jul 30, 2006
Opened Jun 19, 2006
Closed Jul 30, 2006
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Richard Greenberg's The House in Town, directed by Doug Hughes, completes the Mitzi Newhouse 2005-2006 season. The play takes a look at a marriage and is set in the early months of 1929 on New York City's 23rd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues, which was then known as Millionaire's Row. The production stars Jessica Hecht, Mark Harelik, Becky Ann Baker, Armand Schultz, and Dan Bittner.
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
150 W 65th St
New York, NY 10023
This 299-seat Off-Broadway Theater adjacent to the Beaumont is the smaller of the two spaces located in Lincoln Center. This space houses some of the most compelling theater around. The seats are comfortable. The best seats are in the center secti [...] Read More
150 W 65th St
New York, NY 10023
This 299-seat Off-Broadway Theater adjacent to the Beaumont is the smaller of the two spaces located in Lincoln Center. This space houses some of the most compelling theater around. The seats are comfortable. The best seats are in the center secti [...] Read More
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In setting his semi-satisfying new play The House in Town in 1929, Richard Greenberg quickly sets up the expectation that financial loss will be the subject du jour. But by play's end -- which takes place a few months before the Crash decimated Wall Street -- the fortunes of its main characters, Sam and Amy Hammer (Mark Harelik and Jessica Hecht) are still intact. Yet, this middle-aged couple has suffered considerable losses -- of friendship, trust, and innocence -- with the ultimate loss just around the corner.
The House in Town, which is being given its world premiere at Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theatre, is in some ways a typical Greenberg drama, full of overly grandiose speeches a[...]