Thursday, May 3, 2012

THE NEW GROUP'S 2012-2013 Season


NEW WORKS, NEW WORLDS, THE NEW GROUP

Fall 2012 World Premiere
THE GOOD MOTHER
By Francine Volpe
Directed by Scott Elliott
with Gretchen Mol and Bill Sage

In this taut psychological thriller, Larissa is a single mother who can barely meet the mortgage on her house in Mount Vernon, NY. When a bizarre incident involving her 4-year-old daughter forces her to face someone from her past, her own questionable actions come back to haunt her. Gretchen Mol stars as Larissa in this suspenseful drama by Francine Volpe, in a world premiere production at The New Group.


Winter 2013 World Premiere
CLIVE
By Jonathan Marc Sherman
Directed by and featuring Ethan Hawke

Inspired by Bertolt Brecht's inflammatory play Baal, Clive tracks a dissipated songwriter in 1990s New York City from the hedonistic heights of seduction and consumption into an ecstasy of self-destruction. This production reunites Jonathan Marc Sherman and Ethan Hawke, who teamed previously at The New Group on Things We Want (written by Sherman, directed by Hawke). At once a celebration and a nightmare vision of life lived for pleasure, Clive boasts an eclectic selection of classic American songs performed live.


Spring 2013 World Premiere
Bunty Berman Presents...
Book and Lyrics by Ayub Khan Din
Music by Ayub Khan Din and Paul Bogaev
Directed by Scott Elliott

 Set in a failing 1950s Bollywood studio, with songs in the style of Hollywood's Golden Age, this sparkling and hilarious new musical is from Ayub Khan Din, author of The New Group hits East is East and Rafta, Rafta.... Movie producer Bunty Berman has long been the toast of Bombay, but now Raj, his biggest star and best friend, is beginning to lose his lustre. When their new movie bombs, Bunty must navigate through divas, mobsters and ambitious tea-boys to keep his studio alive.

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