Noth, Bittner and Sanchez Will Join Gallagher in Premiere of Farragut North | Playbill

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News Noth, Bittner and Sanchez Will Join Gallagher in Premiere of Farragut North Chris Noth, of Broadway's The Best Man, and TV's "Law & Order" and "Sex and the City," will star in the Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere political drama Farragut North. Complete casting for the Oct. 22-Nov. 29 run was announced Sept. 15.
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Chris Noth

Noth joins the previously announced Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr., Kate Blumberg, Olivia Thirlby and Isiah Whitlock, Jr., plus the freshly announced Dan Bittner and Otto Sanchez.

Opening night at ATC's mainstage home, the Linda Gross Theater, will be Nov. 12.

Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Doubt and Broadway's current A Man for All Seasons) directs Farragut North (the title refers to a neighborhood stop of the Washington, DC, subway). In the play, according to ATC, "Stephen Bellamy (Gallagher) is a wunderkind press secretary who has built a career that men twice his age would envy. During a tight presidential primary race, Stephen's meteoric rise falls prey to the backroom politics of more seasoned operatives. Farragut North is a timely story about the lust for power and the costs one will endure to achieve it."

Noth plays Paul Zara, "a veteran political operative and a manager to an insurgent presidential campaign. He's a gruff, boisterous personality with a razor-sharp intelligence and an even sharper tongue."

Willimon makes his Off-Broadway debut with Atlantic's world- premiere production of Farragut North. His play Lower Ninth received its world premiere at The Flea Theater earlier this year after being part of the 2007 Summer Play Festival. His full-length plays include Baby Blue, Nobody's Child and Breathing Time. He is the recipient of the Lila Acheson Wallace Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship and the Lincoln Center Le Compte du Nuoy Award. Willimon has also worked extensively in the world of politics, having served on the staff of campaigns for Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bill Bradley and most recently, Governor Howard Dean. Noth returns to the New York stage following his Broadway debut in Gore Vidal's The Best Man, and following the hit summer film of "Sex and the City." He stars as Detective Mike Logan on the series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" after originating the role during the first five seasons of "Law & Order."

Bittner made his Broadway bow in David Hare's The Vertical Hour; Atlantic Theater Company member Blumberg returns to Atlantic after appearing in the world premieres of Ethan Coen's Almost an Evening and Jez Butterworth's Parlour Song last season; Gallagher returns following last season's acclaimed Atlantic New York premiere of Conor McPherson's Port Authority, and after originating the role of Moritz in Atlantic's world premiere of the musical Spring Awakening, for which he later won a Best Featured Actor Tony Award; Sanchez makes his Atlantic debut following starring in the hit Off-Broadway play Ponies for Michael Imperioli's Studio Dante; rising young film actress Olivia Thirlby makes her New York Stage debut after being seen in "The Wackness" opposite Sir Ben Kingsley, and in Fox Searchlight's Academy Award-nominated film "Juno"; ATC member Whitlock was last seen at Atlantic in The Cherry Orchard and Edmond, and played Senator Clay Davis on the last six seasons of the HBO series "The Wire."

The design team for Farragut North is scenic designer David Korins, costume designer Catherine Zuber, lighting designer Paul Gallo and sound designer David Van Tieghem.

Farragut North will play Tuesday through Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 PM and 8 PM and Sunday at 3 PM and 7 PM.

Atlantic Theater Company at the Linda Gross Theater is located at 336 West 20th Street (between Eighth and Ninth Avenues). Tickets for main stage productions are $65 and are available by calling Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 (ticketcentral.com).

For more information visit www.atlantictheater.org.

 
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