SINGLE TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB'S UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS OF
WIT & THE COLUMNIST
AT MTC'S SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE

Single tickets are available now for Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming Broadway productions of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play WIT by Margaret Edson, directed by Lynne Meadow starring Tony and Emmy Award winner Cynthia Nixon and the world premiere of THE COLUMNIST by David Auburn, directed by Daniel Sullivan starring Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow.

Tickets for all three of MTC's 2011-2012 Broadway productions, VENUS IN FUR, WIT, and THE COLUMNIST, are now available by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200, online by visiting www.Telecharge.com, or by visiting the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Box Office (261 West 47th Street).

WIT will begin previews Thursday, January 5, 2012 and open Thursday, January 26, 2012.

Exquisitely written, affecting and often humorous, WIT follows a brilliant and exacting poetry professor (Cynthia Nixon) as she undergoes experimental treatment for cancer. A scholar who devoted her life to academia, she must now face the irony and injustice of becoming the subject of research.

THE COLUMNIST will begin previews on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 and open Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

Columnists are kings in midcentury America and Joseph Alsop (John Lithgow) wears the crown. Joe is beloved, feared and courted in equal measure by the Washington political world at whose center he sits. But as the '60s dawn and America undergoes dizzying change, the intense political drama Joe is embroiled in becomes deeply personal as well.

Additional casting for WIT and THE COLUMNIST will be announced in the coming weeks.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, MTC has become one of the country's most prominent and prestigious theatre companies. Over the past three decades, MTC productions have earned a total of 18 Tony Awards and six Pulitzer Prizes, an accomplishment unparalleled by a New York theatrical institution. MTC has a Broadway home at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) and an Off-Broadway theatre at New York City Center – Stage I (131 West 55th Street). Renowned MTC productions include Good People; The Whipping Man; Time Stands Still; The Royal Family; Ruined; The American Plan; Come Back, Little Sheba; Blackbird; Translations; Shining City; Rabbit Hole; Doubt; Proof; The Tale of the Allergist's Wife; Love! Valour! Compassion!; A Small Family Business; Sylvia; Putting It Together; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Crimes of the Heart; and Ain't Misbehavin.'

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Tickets for VENUS IN FUR, WIT, and THE COLUMNIST are available by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200, online by visiting www.Telecharge.com, or by visiting the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Box Office (261 West 47th Street). Ticket prices are $57 – $116.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE FOR WIT:
Please note, WIT is dark on Mondays:
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 8: Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 7 PM. Matinee on Sunday at 2 PM. Please note on this first partial week, there are only five performances and no Saturday matinee.
MONDAY, JANUARY 9 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 22: Tuesday and Sunday at 7 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM.
MONDAY, JANUARY 23 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 29: Tuesday at 7 PM, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM. Please note there are only seven performances on sale to the general public this week.
MONDAY, JANUARY 30 – SUNDAY, MARCH 4: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 PM, Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM.
MONDAY, MARCH 5 – SUNDAY, MARCH 11: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 PM, Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM. Please note there are only seven performances on sale to the general public this week.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE FOR THE COLUMNIST:
Please note, THE COLUMNIST is dark on Mondays:
TUESDAY, APIRL 3 – SUNDAY, APRIL 15: Tuesday and Sunday at 7 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM.
MONDAY, APRIL 16 – SUNDAY, APRIL 22: Tuesday at 7 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM.
MONDAY, APRIL 23 – SUNDAY, APRIL 29: Tuesday and Sunday at 7 PM, Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM. Please note there are only seven performances on sale to the general public this week.
MONDAY, APRIL 30 – SUNDAY, MAY 20: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 PM, Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM.
MONDAY, MAY 21 – SUNDAY, MAY 27: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 PM, Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM. Please note there are only seven performances on sale to the general public this week.
MONDAY, MAY 28 – SUNDAY, JUNE 17: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 PM, Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM.

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