PHOTO CALL: Opening of Off-Broadway's Secrets of the Trade With John Glover and Noah Robbins

By Irina Khodorkovsky
11 Aug 2010

The Primary Stages New York City premiere of Jonathan Tolins' Secrets of the Trade, starring Tony Award winner John Glover and Noah Robbins, opened Off-Broadway Aug 10 at 59E59 Theaters.

Matt Shakman — who staged the 2008 world premiere at Los Angeles' Black Dahlia Theatre — directs the play about a young Broadway hopeful (Robbins) and his idol (Glover). Secrets of the Trade began previews July 27 and will run through Sept. 4.

Here's how Primary Stages bills the play: "In show business, it's all about who you know. Or is it? Andy Lipman, a smart, ambitious kid from Long Island dreams of a career on Broadway and hopes that his idol, theatre legend Martin Kerner, can give it to him. Will Kerner open Andy's door to success, or will their complicated relationship force him to question a life in the theatre?"

Tony Award winner Glover (Love! Valour! Compassion, "Smallville") and Robbins (Brighton Beach Memoirs) lead a cast that also includes Amy Aquino (Third, The Heidi Chronicles), Bill Brochtrup ("NYPD Blue," Theater District) and Mark Nelson ( A Few Good Men). Glover, Aquino and Brochtrup reprise their turns from the original Los Angeles run.

Here is a look at the opening night:

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Noah Robbins and John Glover
Photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN



Tickets for Secrets of the Trade, at the 59E59 Theaters, are available by calling (212) 279-4200. For more information, visit primarystages.org.