By Matthew Blank
18 Jun 2008

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Off-Broadway production of Christopher Durang's comedy The Marriage of Bette and Boo began performances June 12 at the Laura Pels Theatre.

The Durang favorite is described 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."

Christopher Evan Welch (Festen, The Crucible with Laura Linney) and Kate Jennings Grant (Radiant Baby, Proof) are the central couple with Tony Award winners John Glover (Love! Valour! Compassion!) and Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza) starring, respectively, as their in-laws, Karl Hudlocke and Margaret Brennan.

The cast also features Terry Beaver (Father Donnally), Heather Burns (Emily Brennan), Julie Hagerty (Soot Hudlocke), Adam Lefevre (Paul Brennan), Zoe Lister-Jones (Joan Brennan) and Charles Socarides (Matt).

The production is helmed by Walter Bobbie, whose last directorial credit with Roundabout was the 2003 Broadway production of Twentieth Century.

For more information visit www.roundabouttheatre.org or call Roundabout Ticket Services at (212) 719-1300.

Here is a look at the production, which plays a limited run through Sept. 7:

Christopher Evan Welch and Kate Jennings Grant

From left: Julie Hagerty, Christopher Evan Welch and John Glover

From left: Kate Jennings Grant, Heather Burns and Victoria Clark

From left: John Glover, Julie Hagerty, Christopher Evan Welch, Kate Jennings Grant and Charles Socarides

From left: Heather Burns, Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam LeFevre, Victoria Clark, Kate Jennings Grant, Christopher Evan Welch, Julie Hagerty and John Glover

Photos by Joan Marcus