Orson's Shadow at Theatre for the New City

Orson's Shadow at Theatre for the New City Theater for the New City presents a remount of Orson's Shadow by Austin Pendleton, directed by Mr. Pendleton and David Schweizer.

Axial Theatre, Oberon Theatre Ensemble, and Strindberg Rep collaborate with Fortify.Space and Michael Howard Studios

We remember the great Dame Joan Plowright as theaters across the West End dim their lights today in honor of her memory....
01/21/2025

We remember the great Dame Joan Plowright as theaters across the West End dim their lights today in honor of her memory.

An Oscar nominee and a Tony winner, Plowright was one of the West End’s great stars.

"With Orson’s Shadow, playwright and director Austin Pendleton, together with his codirector David Schweizer, has create...
12/18/2024

"With Orson’s Shadow, playwright and director Austin Pendleton, together with his codirector David Schweizer, has created a masterpiece that qualifies as much as comedy as it does drama." - Rachel S. Kovacs, Off-Off Online

When aging genius Orson Welles and actor Sir Laurence Olivier meet in Ireland after many years, each brings his own “baggage” and sparks fly. Add to them the characters of theater critic Kenneth Tynan; Vivien Leigh, Olivier’s almost ex-wife; Joan Plowright, Olivier’s new woman; and an audaci...

11/29/2024
11/29/2024

So thrilled to get this gorgeous book delivered to the theater (HOW COOL IS THAT??) on the Tony awards from Elia Mell, who I enjoyed talking with SO much on her podcast “Behind the Awards”! She and Bruce Gotlieb are just the most fun!



(Come see “Orson’s Shadow” at Theatre for the New City! We run until Dec 1st!)

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