NewsPHOTO CALL: The Public Theatre Breaks Ground on RenovationsThe Public Theater announced complete details for renovations of its downtown Manhattan home following a groundbreaking ceremony March 9.
By
Krissie Fullerton
March 11, 2010
As previously announced by The Public, the theatrical institution will begin a $35 million renovation of its space on Lafayette Street, which has served as its residence since 1967. Among those in attendance for the ceremony were Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Laura Benanti, Michael Cerveris, Audra McDonald, Will Swenson, Gloria Reuben, Nilo Cruz, Christopher Durang, David Henry Hwang, Richard Nelson, Richard Foreman, John Weidman, Suzan-Lori Parks, Jay O. Sanders, Chay Yew, Daniel Sullivan, Michael Greif, Liev Schreiber and Sam Waterston.
The Tony winner's solo comedy, which played three nights only at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre earlier this year, has returned to the venue for three weeks.