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Clark, Glover, Grant, Welch, Hagerty Toast Marriage of Bette and Boo Starting June 12
By Kenneth Jones
12 Jun 2008
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Walter Bobbie and Christopher Durang.
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| photo by Aubrey Reuben | Roundabout Theatre Company's new production of Christopher Durang's comedy The Marriage of Bette and Boo, directed by Walter Bobbie and starring Tony Award winners John Glover and Victoria Clark as in-laws, begins June 12.
Christopher Evan Welch and Kate Jennings Grant are the Bette and Boo of the title, whose marriage and extended families are examined in the dark comedy. Performances play Roundabout's Off-Broadway home, the Laura Pels, at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). Opening is July 13. The limited engagement ends Sept. 7.
The Marriage of Bette and Boo is billed as "a dark comedy that takes a look at the complex marriage of Bette and Boo. Three decades of marriage, divorce, alcoholism, nervous breakdowns and death — all blended in a unique mix of irony, humor and farce — are played out in 33 quick scenes."
The production features Terry Beaver (Father Donnally), Heather Burns (Emily Brennan), Victoria Clark (Margaret Brennan), John Glover (Karl Hudlocke), Kate Jennings Grant (Bette Brennan), Julie Hagerty (Soot Hudlocke), Adam Lefevre (Paul Brennan), Zoe Lister-Jones (Joan Brennan), Charles Socarides (Matt) and Christopher Evan Welch (Boo Hudlocke).
The design team includes David Korins (sets), Susan Hilferty (costumes), Donald Holder (lights) and Acme Sound Partners (sound).
Bobbie returns to Roundabout after directing the 2003 Broadway production of Twentieth Century, starring Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche (and featuring The Marriage of Bette and Boo cast member Terry Beaver). Glover returns to Roundabout and the Laura Pels Theatre after the 2004 production of The Paris Letter. He won a Tony for Love! Valour! Compassion! Clark, who won a Tony for The Light in the Piazza, was featured in the Roundabout's production of Cabaret.
The Marriage of Bette and Boo premiered Off-Broadway in May 1985 and won a number of Obie Awards including one for Durang for playwriting. The play also won the Dramatists Guild Hull Warriner Award.
For more information visit www.roundabouttheatre.org or call Roundabout Ticket Services at (212) 719-1300.
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Durang (left) and Bobbie (right) with The Marriage of Bette and Boo cast.
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| photo by Aubrey Reuben |
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