MARQUEE VALUE: Butley at the Booth

By Greg Kalafatas
September 7, 2006

Production: Butley, written by: Simon Gray, directed by Nicholas Martin, starring Nathan Lane.

Previews: October 5, 2006

Opening: Oct 26, 2006

Venue: Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036

Butley, a university professor, shares his office and his flat with his former star pupil. He must face the ultimate breakdown of his marriage and of his intense friendship with his roommate, all while entangled in petty university politics and unease about student dissent. Nathan Lane revisits the title role that he created in a critically acclaimed production that played at the Huntington Theatre in 2003.

photos by David Gewirtzman