Ana Gasteyer The Royal Family Broadway Show
Saturday Night Live Alumn Joins Broadway Show
The Manhattan Theatre Club delightfully announces stage and television actress Ana Gasteyer’s return to Broadway. Gasteyer best known for her roles on Saturday Night Live for six seasons, will return to the Manhattan Theatre Club to appear as ‘Kitty Dean’ in the upcoming Broadway production of THE ROYAL FAMILY by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes.
Gasteyer previously appeared in MTC’s acclaimed 2003 production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Kimberly Akimbo. Ms. Gasteyer’s Broadway credits include The Threepenny Opera and Wicked. She received a Jefferson Award nomination for her portrayal of ‘Fosca’ in Passion at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
Gasteyer’s castmates include Emmy Award nominee Stephen Collins as ‘Gilbert Marshall,’ Tony winner John Glover as ‘Herbert Dean,’ Tony Award winner and Oscar nominee Rosemary Harris as ‘Fanny Cavendish,’ Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Jan Maxwell as ‘Julie Cavendish, Tony Award nominee Tony Roberts as ‘Oscar Wolfe,’ and Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award nominee Reg Rogers as ‘Tony Cavendish.’
THE ROYAL FAMILY will begin previews Tuesday, September 15 and open Thursday, October 8 at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).
A little about the play: It’s half past one in the fabulously cluttered Cavendish duplex in the East Fifties, and anyone who’s anyone is still asleep. So begins THE ROYAL FAMILY, the classic comedy of theatrical manners, written by two of the theatre’s greatest writers, George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, whose other storied collaborations include Dinner at Eight and Stage Door.
This devilishly funny play follows the Cavendishes, the famous family of stage stars, as they go about the drama of the day: choosing scripts, dashing off to a performance, and stealing kisses with handsome beaus. But what’s this business about the younger Miss Cavendish wanting to quit the stage for domestic bliss? Never, darling!
The creative team behind THE ROYAL FAMILY will include John Lee Beatty (Scenic Design), Catherine Zuber (Costume Design), Kenneth Posner (Lighting Design), Darron L West (Sound Design), Maury Yeston (Original Music), Tom Watson (Hair & Wig Design), and Rick Sordelet (Fight Director).
Photo: D. Shareski
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