The Mercy Seat
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 18, 2002
Closed Jan 15, 2003
Opened Dec 18, 2002
Closed Jan 15, 2003
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Sigourney Weaver and Liev Schreiber star in the world premiere of The Mercy Seat, written and directed by Neil LaBute. In this MCC season opener, Weaver plays Abby Prescott, a 40-something woman having an affair with a younger man. Set in New York City the day after the WTC attacks, the 2-person drama explores the relationship between these lovers, and the choices they now face in an uncertain existence.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE :
12/30-1/4: Monday at 8pm; Wednesday at 8pm; Thursday at 8pm; Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 2:30pm & 8pm.
1/5-1/11: Sunday at 2:30pm & 7:30pm; Wednesday at 2:30pm & 8pm; Thursday at 8pm; Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 2:30pm & 8pm.
1/12-1/15: Sunday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm; Tuesday, January 14 at 7:30pm; Wednesday, January 15 at 2:30pm and 8pm
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For Neil LaBute, the longest and most ferocious battle in military history is the one between the sexes. As he sees it in the plays and movies he writes and directs with the care of a diabolical watchmaker, men and women are programmed to get at each other. The leap forward that LaBute makes in The Mercy Seat is that the play's skirmishers, Ben Harcourt (Liev Schreiber) and Abby Prescott (Sigourney Weaver), get at each other as a means of eventually getting to each other. For that reason, while this 100-minute, intermissionless piece may not be the author's most soul-searing, it's the one in which the characters seem the most human.
This doesn't mean that Ben and Abby are luvvies. LaBut[...]