George Street Playhouse

George Street Playhouse is a theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey, one of the state's preeminent professional theatres committed to the production of new and established plays.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint, George Street Playhouse is a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974 by Eric Krebs, the Playhouse has been represented by numerous productions both on and off-Broadway – recent productions include Anne Meara's "Down the Garden Paths", the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League-nominated production of "The Spitfire Grill - musical", and the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Proof" by David Auburn, which was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays. In addition to its mainstage season, GSP's Touring Theatre features five issue-oriented productions that tours to more than 250 schools in the tri-state area, and are seen by more than 80,000 students annually.

Production history

*1994: "Swinging on a Star", a revue of the works of Johnny Burke, premieres at GSP, then moves to Broadway.
*1996: "And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank" is commissioned by GSP for the Touring Theatre Company and is subsequently produced world-wide
*2000: "Down the Garden Paths" by Anne Meara, directed by David Saint and starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, premieres at GSP and moves to Off Broadway.
**"Syncopation" by Alan Knee, which premiered at GSP in 1999, receives Best New Play Award from the American Theatre Critics Association and opens around the country.
**"The Spitfire Grill", a new musical by James Valcq and Fred Alley and directed by David Saint, premieres at GSP and moves to Off Broadway
**"Ancestral Voices" by A.R. Gurney, directed by David Saint and starring among others Tim Daly, Amy Van Nostrand, Paul Rudd and Fred Savage
*2001: All box office records in the history of GSP are broken with "Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill" starring Suzzanne Douglas as Billie Holiday.
*2004: Arthur Laurents updates and directs his Tony Award-winning musical Hallelujah, Baby! starring Ann Duquesnay and Suzzanne Douglas. Following an acclaimed run at George Street Playhouse, the co-production moved to Arena Stage in Washington DC. Miss Duquesney is awarded the Helen Hayes Award for her performance.
**Academy Award nominee Amy Irving stars in the world premiere of Charles Evered’s period romp Celadine.
**"Wasted" by OBIE Award-winner Kirsten Childs premieres. This play about substance abuse was funded with a major grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
*2005: "Inspecting Carol", a comedy by Daniel Sullivan from the Seattle Repertory Theatre, starring Dan Lauria and Peter Scolari, becomes the highest grossing play at GSP.
**"The West Wing's" Richard Schiff stars in "Underneath the Lintel", a play by Glen Berger, sets a new record for per-performance attendance.
*2006: Jack Klugman stars in The Value of Names by Jeffrey Sweet with Dan Lauria and Liz Larsen.
*2007 Artistic Director, David Saint celebrates his 10th Anniversay Season with the opening of "The Sunsine Boys" starring Jack Klugman and Paul Dooley
**Rosemary Harris stars in "Oscar and the Pink Lady" by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, directed by Frank Dunlop
**"Roger is Dead", a new play written and directed by Elaine May with Marlo Thomas debuts.

External links

* [http://www.georgestplayhouse.org/ George Street Playhouse Home Page]