FINAL 6 WEEKS TO CATCH
JAMES SPADER, DAVID ALAN GRIER
and KERRY WASHINGTON
in
DAVID MAMET’S
RACE
2010 Tony Award nominee DAVID ALAN GRIER and acclaimed film star KERRY WASHINGTON will conclude their critically acclaimed performances in David Mamet’s RACE on SUNDAY, JUNE 13th. Emmy Award winner JAMES SPADER, in the pivotal role of lawyer “Jack Lawson”, will play his final performance on SUNDAY, JUNE 20th.
As previously announced, the recently recouped RACE will play through Saturday, August 21st at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th St.). Replacement casting will be announced shortly.
Tickets to RACE can be purchased by visiting Telecharge.com or calling 212-239-6200.
Here is just some of what critics had to say about James Spader, David Alan Grier, and Kerry Washington in RACE:
“…an excellent James Spader”
- Ben Brantley, the New York Times
“James Spader…offers a pitch-perfect combination of wit, weariness and cool brutality.”
-Elysa Gardner, USA Today
“James Spader, fresh from "Boston Legal" is terrific, deadpanning through Mamet's signature rapid fire dialogue with consummate skill….David Alan Grier is first rate.”
-Roma Torre, NY1
“Spader is right at home in the smooth, almost likably reptilian role, and he gets most of the best zinger distillations of ruthless pragmatism to come out of a Mamet play since "Glengarry Glen Ross."
-David Rooney, Variety
“The excellent David Alan Grier…”
-Michael Kuchwara, AP
“Grier makes a terrific impression as a tough-talking attorney”
– Joe Dziemianowicz, The Daily News
“With every line, Washington unveils a new layer of Susan’s personality…she’s giving an intensely powerful stage portrayal here, with line deliveries among the show’s most pungent, and a blistering intonation of one of the curtain lines that is utterly unforgettable for its clear-eyed savageness.
-Talkin’ Broadway, Matthew Murray
“The lively David Alan Grier is excellent.”
- Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
“Grier’s skills as a comedian are held at bay to show off his impressive dramatic chops. Grier gives a noteworthy performance. He has no problem handling the author’s machine-gun-fire sarcasm yet he finds ways of hinting at a more fully drawn character,”
-Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
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RACE is the riveting new play by America's foremost playwright, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-the-Plow, American Buffalo, November), in which three attorneys, two black and one white, are offered a chance to defend a white man charged with a crime against a black woman.
Directed by the playwright, RACE stars Emmy Award winner James Spader (Boston Legal, Sex, Lies, and Videotape), Tony nominee and television star David Alan Grier (A Soldier's Story, In Living Color, Chocolate News), Kerry Washington (Ray, Lakeview Terrace) and Richard Thomas (The Waltons, Democracy, Twelve Angry Men).
RACE began performances on Monday, November 16, 2009 and officially opened on Sunday, December 6, 2009.
RACE features set design by Santo Loquasto, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt and costume design by Tom Broecker.
RACE is produced by: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, JK Productions, Peggy Hill & Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Scott M. Delman, Terry Allen Kramer/James L. Nederlander, Swinsky Deitch, Bat-Barry Productions, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld Jr., Kathleen K. Johnson, Terry Schnuck, The Weinstein Company, Marc Frankel and Jay & Cindy Gutterman/Stewart Mercer.
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