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The author
of the hilarious MTC hit The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, which earned
a Tony nomination for Best Play, returns with a truly original play about
the theatre. Laura Keene, a 19th-century American stage luminary, prepares
to perform at Ford’s Theatre on the fateful night when Abraham Lincoln
is in the audience. This new play captures the magic of the theatre as
only Charles Busch can. Directing is MTC’s Lynne Meadow, who staged The
Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. |
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CAST
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order of appearance)
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Role
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Actor
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Laura
Keene
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Kate
Mulgrew
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Harry Hawk
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Maxwell Caulfield
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Gavin De Chamblay
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Reed Birney
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Verbena De Chamblay
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Kristine Nielsen
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Maude Bentley
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Barbara Bryne
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W.J.
Ferguson
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Billy
Wheelan
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Madame
Wu-Chan
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Ann
Duquesnay
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Clementine
Smith
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Amy
Rutberg
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Major
Hopwood
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J.R.
Horne
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Time
April 1865
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Place
In and around Ford's Theatre
in Washington, D.C.
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Back From the Footnotes,
Taking Her Bows Behind the Footlights
New
York Times
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Published: March 21, 2007
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Sara Krulwich/The New York
Times
Kate Mulgrew, seated, in the
title role, and Ann Duquesnay as her dresser in “Our Leading Lady.”
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Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
From left, Reed Birney, Kristine Nielsen,
Maxwell Caulfield, Kate Mulgrew and Billy Wheelan in Charles Busch’s “Our
Leading Lady.”
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Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Kristine Nielson, Reed Birney,
J.R. Horne , Amy Rutberg, Kate Mulgrew, Ann Duquesnay, Billy
Wheelan, Maxwell Caulfield in Charles Busch’s “Our Leading
Lady.”
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It's curtains for Mr. Lincoln
New
York Daily News
By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
DAILY NEWS THEATER CRITIC
Wednesday, March 21st 2007
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Billy Wheelan and Kate Mulgrew in 'Our Leading
Lady
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Our Leading Lady: Backstage
at Ford's Before and After the Shot That Killed Lincoln
American
Theater Web
March 21, 2007
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A Skillful Mix Of Laughs,
Emotional Depth
With 19th-Century Stage As
Backdrop, `Our Leading Lady' Benefits From Range Of Playwright, Cast
The
Hartford Courant
March 21, 2007
By MALCOLM JOHNSON, Special
to The Courant
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Recasting another famous
balcony scene
The
Star-Ledger
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
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Our Leading Lady
BackStage.com
March 21, 2007
By David A. Rosenberg
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Charles Busch Celebrates
a Theater Diva
Associated
Press via HappyNews.com
March 24, 2007
By MICHAEL KUCHWARA
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Charles Busch Peeks Backstage
at Ford's Theater
Bloomberg.com
March 26, 2007
By John Simon
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Torn Curtains
Gay
City News
April 13, 2007
By DAVID KENNERLEY
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Theater Review: Our Leading
Lady
The
Advocate
May 8, 2007
By Don Shewey
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©2007 Joan Marcus
Kate Mulgrew as Laura Keene
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©2007 Joan Marcus
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Kristine Nielson (Verbena
De Chamblay), Kate Mulgrew (Laura Keene), Ann Duquesnay (Madame Wu-Chan)
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©2007 Joan Marcus
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Kristine Nielson (Verbena
De Chamblay), Reed Birney (Gavin De Chamblay), Barbara Bryne (Maude Bentley),
J.R. Horne (Major Hopwood), Amy Rutberg (Clementine Smith), Ann Duquesnay
(Madame Wu-Chan), Kate Mulgrew (Laura Keene), Billy Wheelan (W.J. Ferguson),
Maxwell Caulfield (Harry Hawk)
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©2007 Joan Marcus
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Maxwell Caulfield (Harry
Hawk), Kate Mulgrew (Larua Keene), Ann Duquesnay (Madame Wu-Chan)
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Photo by Aubrey Reuben
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Opening Night Photos from
Playbill.com
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Photo by Aubrey Reuben
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Charles Busch: Backstage
the Night Lincoln Was Shot
by Charles Busch
Broadway.com
March 13, 2007
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©2007 Joan Marcus
Kate Mulgrew as Laura Keene
in Our Leading Lady
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TO BOLDLY GO FROM 'STAR
TREK' CAPTAIN TO 1860S ACTRESS
New
York Post
March 20, 2007
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Photo by Michael Sofronski
Kate Mulgrew & Charles Busch
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Curtain Rises Feb.
22 on Kate Mulgrew as Our Leading Lady, for MTC
Playbill.com
February 22, 2007
The cast of MTC's production of Our Leading
Lady
photo by Joan Marcus
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Photo by Henry Leutwyler
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Kate Mulgrew to Star in Charles Busch's
Our Leading Lady
Playbill.com
December 20, 2006
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Mulgrew, Caulfield, Nielsen Among Cast
of Charles Busch's Our Leading Lady
Broadway.com
December 20, 2006
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Mulgrew, Caulfield, Nielsen, Etc. Set
for Our Leading Lady
Broadwayworld.com
December 20, 2006
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Caulfield, Duquesnay, Mulgrew, et al.
Set for MTC's Our Leading Lady
TheaterMania.com
December 20, 2006
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Tickets for "Our Leading Lady"
are available on-line
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by calling CityTix® at 212-581-1212 or 1-877-581-1212 (outside metropolitan
NYC, NJ, & CT); or through the City Center Box Office, on West 55th
Street between 6th & 7th Avenues. Please note tickets are general admission
- there is no assigned seating - and are non-refundable.
New York City Center is located on West 55th
Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues in mid-town Manhattan. Audience entrances
to the theaters (New York City Center's Mainstage, Stage I & Stage
II) are on West 55th Street.
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