Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, Tom Wirtshafter and Patrick Daly announced today that they will present the North American premiere of Olivier Award nominee Duncan Macmillan's highly acclaimed new play, Every Brilliant Thing, at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue). The Paines Plough and Pentabus Theatre Company production of Every Brilliant Thing comes to New York fresh off its smash hit, much-raved-over engagements in London and Edinburgh, as well as a UK tour.
Featuring Jonny Donahoe and directed by George Perrin, Every Brilliant Thing will play a limited 16-week engagement, with previews beginning on Saturday, December 6th, and an opening night set for Sunday, December 14th at 7:30PM. Tickets for the production are now on sale.
1. Ice cream, 2. Water fights, 3. Things with stripes, 4. Christopher Walken's voice, 5. Rollercoasters. In Every Brilliant Thing, a young boy attempts to ease his mother's depression by creating a list of all the best things in the world. Everything worth living for. Through adulthood, as the list grows, he learns the deep significance it has on his own life. Every Brilliant Thing is a new play about depression and the lengths we will go for those we love.
The Paines Plough and Pentabus Theatre Company production of Every Brilliant Thing will be presented Off-Broadway by Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, Tom Wirtshafter, and Patrick Daly.
Every Brilliant Thing will play the following performance schedule: Tuesday-Fridays at 7:30PM and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30PM & 7:30PM. Please check performance times throughout December as schedules vary, especially during holiday weeks. Tickets for the production are now on sale via www.smarttix.com, on the phone at 212-868-4444, or in person at the Barrow Street Theatre box office, open at 1:00PM daily and are priced at $20 - $55. Student tickets are priced at $20 and are available to purchase online in advance.
The Barrow Street Theatre is located at 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue South in the heart of Greenwich Village. Nearby subway stops are the 1 at Christopher Street (walk 1 block South on 7th Avenue to Barrow) and the A, C, E, B, D, F and M at West 4th (walk West on 4th Street, left on Barrow).