NewsPHOTO CALL: Off-Broadway's Family Week PartyMCC Theater and the company of Beth Henley's Family Week, directed by Jonathan Demme, celebrated their Off-Broadway run with a cast party April 26.
By
Matthew Blank
April 27, 2010
The four-person ensemble features Kathleen Chalfant, Rosemarie DeWitt, Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Sami Gayle. (The Off-Broadway run delayed its official opening night to May 4.) "A year after the death of her son, Claire checks into a recovery center in the desert, searching for a way to cope," according to MCC Theater. "When her mother, daughter and sister arrive to participate in 'family week,' long-dormant traumas collide with recent tragedies in surprisingly comical, shocking and deeply moving ways. United in this family struggle, the women rage and reach out in an effort to reconcile their love with the way things are."
A pre-opening party was held April 26 for the cast of the new play:
The Broadway revival starring Steve Carell and William Jackson Harper opened April 24. Laurence Fishburne and Edie Falco were among those in attendance.