Pirandello Is Under the Lens of Classic Stage Starting Nov. 16; Six Characters Starts Series

By Kenneth Jones
November 16, 2009

Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company launches its new First Look Festival on Nov. 16. This fall, the program of one-night-only staged readings is devoted to the works of Nobel Prize-winning writer Luigi Pirandello.

The classic Six Characters in Search of an Author is explored on Nov. 16. Acclaimed actor John Turturro will perform the title role in Pirandello's Henry IV on two evenings later this November.

Pirandello famously pushed the boundaries of drama in his lifetime, 1867-1936.

The schedule for this year's First Look Festival is:

Monday, Nov. 16 at 8 PM
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Directed by Tony Speciale

Monday, Nov. 23 at 8 PM
Right You Are If You Think So
Directed by Craig Baldwin

Sunday, Nov. 29 at 8 PM and Monday, Nov. 30 at 8 PM
John Turturro in Henry IV
Directed by Brian Kulick

For tickets to the First Look Festival, call (212) 352-3101 or toll free at (866) 811-4111, on-line at www.classicstage.org, or in person at the box-office at 136 East 13th Street.

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CSC kicked off its mainstage season Nov. 6 with The Age of Iron, a melding of two Elizabethan scripts about the Trojan War: Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida and Thomas Heywood's Iron Age. Opening is Nov. 22 for a run to Dec. 13.

For more information on Classic Stage Company, visit the theatre's website at www.classicstage.org.