TRANSPORT GROUP's 2008-2009 season includes a classic American drama and a world premiere musical.
BURY THE DEAD
A play by Irwin Shaw
Directed by Joe Calarco
October 31 – November 23, 2008
Irwin Shaw's harrowing 1936 classic play BURY THE DEAD takes place during "the second year of the war that is to begin tomorrow night." While a military burial detail goes about its sad duties, the dead soldiers shockingly begin to rise up, pleading not to be buried. Word of their insurrection spreads rapidly: the dead will not yield so easily. In a series of touching scenes, the dead men talk with their loved ones of the days of living, now lost forever.
Transport Group is thrilled to welcome Lucille Lortel Award- Winner Joe Calarco (Shakespeare's R & J) to direct the first major New York City revival of Shaw's legendary anti-war play, starring OBIE-winning actress and Transport Group favorite, Donna Lynne Champlin.
BEING AUDREY
A World Premiere Musical
Music and lyrics by Ellen Weiss
Book by James Hindman
Additional book and lyrics by Cheryl Stern
Developed with Jack Cummings III & Adam R. Perlman
Arrangements, orchestrations, and musical direction by Lanny Meyers
March 27 – April 26, 2009
Claire Stark has it all: a beautiful life, the husband of her dreams...and a view of Tiffany’s. When her world threatens to collapse, Claire seeks refuge in a romantic adventure inspired by the films of Audrey Hepburn. Now she must choose between fantasy and reality.
With a jazz-infused score by Ellen Weiss and a provocative book by James Hindman, BEING AUDREY is an inspiring musical that combines different theatricalities for a breathtaking experience. Cheryl Stern (Mamie Eisenhower in Transport Group’s critically acclaimed First Lady Suite) stars in the central role, a woman whose obsession with Audrey Hepburn unexpectedly brings her face to face with the most difficult choice of her life.
