Friedman Theatre
THE PITMEN PAINTERS (American Premiere)
By Lee Hall
Inspired by a book by William Feaver
Directed by Max Roberts

with Christopher Connel, Michael Hodgson, Ian Kelly, Brian Lonsdale, Lisa McGrillis, Deka Walmsley, David Whitaker and Phillippa Wilson.

Previews begin September 14, 2010
Patron/Subscriber run through November 14, 2010

Direct from a sold-out engagement at London’s National Theatre, this fascinating new play by Tony Award winner Lee Hall (writer of Broadway’s mega-hit Billy Elliot) comes to Broadway with its entire original London cast intact. The Pitmen Painters is based on the triumphant true story of a group of British miners who discover a new way to express themselves and unexpectedly become art-world sensations! An arresting and witty salute to the power of individual expression and the collective spirit, The Pitmen Painters takes you on an unforgettable journey from the depths of the mine to the heights of fame.

Friedman Theatre
GOOD PEOPLE (World Premiere)
By David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Daniel Sullivan

with Tate Donovan and Frances McDormand

Previews begin February 8, 2011
Subscriber/Patron run through April 10, 2011

Together, playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and MTC have brought four outstanding new plays to the New York stage. Their most recent collaboration, Rabbit Hole, earned Lindsay-Abaire the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Now, he returns to MTC, along with Rabbit Hole director and Tony Award® winner Daniel Sullivan, to premiere his newest work, the timely and powerful Good People.

Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo… where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills… and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who's made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start. But is this apparently self-made man secure enough to face his humble beginnings? Margie is about to risk what little she has left to find out.

With his signature humorous glow, Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America.

City Center Stage I
SPIRIT CONTROL (World Premiere)
By Beau Willimon
Directed by Henry Wishcamper

with Mia Barron, Charles Borland, Aaron Michael Davies, Brian Hutchison, Maggie Lacey and Jeremy Sisto.

Previews begin October 7, 2010
Subscriber/Patron run through December 5, 2010

Playwright Beau Willimon is the breakout young talent behind the provocative drama Farragut North, which is currently being developed into a Warner Brothers film. Now, he brings his latest work, Spirit Control, to MTC.

Adam Wyatt has the perfect family and a perfect record as an air traffic controller. But when the pilot of a small plane suffers a heart attack, Adam must talk a terrified passenger through an emergency landing. What happens next will link him inextricably to a woman he’s never met, and set the life he once knew irrevocably adrift. Spirit Control is a chilling and mesmerizing look at how we navigate a crisis, and the demons that haunt us long after.

City Center Stage I
THE WHIPPING MAN (New York Premiere)
By Matthew Lopez
Directed by Doug Hughes

Previews begin January 13, 2011
Subscriber/Patron run through March 13, 2011

April, 1865: The Civil War has ended. Caleb DeLeon, a Jewish Confederate soldier, returns wounded from the battlefield to find his family home in ruins, abandoned by everyone except Simon and John--two former slaves, who were raised as Jews in the DeLeon home. As the three men reunite to celebrate Passover, and recall the exodus from Egypt in light of their own new liberties, they uncover a tangle of secrets… ties that bind them together and that, ultimately, might cost each man his freedom.

The New York debut of Matthew Lopez’s acclaimed historical drama is a tale of loyalty, deceit and deliverance, and a fascinating portrayal of three men, and this country, at a crossroads.

City Center Stage I
CARL’S SISTER (World Premiere)
By Alfred Uhry
Based on the book, Apples and Oranges by Marie Brenner
Directed by Lynne Meadow

Previews begin May 10, 2011
Subscriber/Patron run through June 19, 2011

Marie Brenner’s extraordinary memoir about her strained, heartwarming, and funny relationship with her brother is adapted for the stage by Pulitzer, Tony, and Academy Award winning author Alfred Uhry. A medical crisis brings Marie, a classic New York liberal and investigative journalist for Vanity Fair, and Carl, a conservative apple grower living in Washington State, together after many years apart. While Marie abandons her life to help her dying brother, Carl fights her every step of the way. This touching memoir tells the story of their attempts to heal and understand one another.

Alfred Uhry’s distinguished body of work includes the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winning Driving Miss Daisy, the Tony Award winning The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Parade as well as the book for MTC’s LoveMusik.

PLUS ONE MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!