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Broadway's Mitchell, "Sex"'s Davis and Real Exonerated Join Off-Broadway Show Anniversary
By Ernio Hernandez
09 Oct 2003
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Man of La Mancha, Ragtime), Kristin Davis ("Sex and the City") and real-life exoneree Kerry Max Cook are added to the one-year anniversary line-up of Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's The Exonerated at Off-Broadway's 45 Bleecker Theatre, starting Oct. 14.
The stars join the previously announced Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, Chad Lowe, Fisher Stevens, Marlo Thomas, Kathleen Turner and Peter Weller for select dates in the drama featuring a rotating cast of stars. Cook will star as himself for the Oct. 18 matinee and evening performances.
Drawn from interviews of forty former death row inmates by playwrights Blank and Jensen, The Exonerated explores the variety of experiences and feelings of those who spent from 2 to 22 years imprisoned only to be later by found innocent and release. Bob Balaban (the actor seen in "A Mighty Wind") directs and will make a special appearance for the anniversary.
The production has raised $300,000 in donations in its first year for the six exonerees, portrayed in the play, who received no remuneration after being released from prison. The work has garnered a number of awards including a Lucille Lortel Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama Desk Award.
The Exonerated is produced by The Culture Project, Dede Harris, Morton Swinsky, Bob Balaban, Allan Buchman, Patrick Blake, David Elliott, Jane Bergere, Ruth Hendel and Cheryl Wiesenfeld.
Past cast members of this run have included Eric Bogosian, Peter Boyle, Josh Brolin, Avery Brooks, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Carradine, Judy Collins, Tim Daly, Kristin Davis, Fran Drescher, Richard Dreyfuss, Cary Elwes, Mia Farrow, Peter Gallagher, Sara Gilbert, Jeff Goldblum, Tony Goldwyn, Mariska Hargitay, Sarah Jones, Anthony Michael Hall, Marcia Gay Harden, Anne Jackson, Carol Kane, Christine Lahti, Chad Lowe, Andrea Martin, Andrew McCarthy, Esai Morales, Rob Morrow, Joe Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Rhea Perlman, Amanda Plummer, Aidan Quinn, Lynn Redgrave, Eric Roberts, Richard Schiff, Kyra Sedgwick, Ally Sheedy, Brooke Shields, John Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, Fisher Stevens, Susan St. James, Marlo Thomas, Kathleen Turner, Ben Vereen, Montel Williams and Debra Winger.
Upcoming casts will include Steve Guttenberg, Amy Irving (Oct. 21-26), Carey Lowell (Oct. 28-Nov. 9), Susan Dey, Peter Scolari (Nov. 11-23), Jere Burns (Nov. 25-30), Gary Cole (Nov. 25- Dec. 7) and Austin Pendleton (Dec. 2-21). Artists and dates are subject to change.
The Exonerated plays at Off-Broadway's 45 Bleecker, where it opened Oct. 10, 2002. The theatre is located at 45 Bleecker Street. For reservations, call (212) 307 4100. For more information, visit www.45bleecker.com.
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