A number of stage and screen favorites will appear in the upcoming New Group production David Rabe’s Good for Otto. Rosie O'Donnell and Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham are among the stars joining the previously announced husband-and-wife Ed Harris and Amy Madigan in the New York premiere.
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In addition to O’Donnell as Nora, Abraham as Barnard, Harris as Dr. Michaels, and Madigan as Evangeline, the cast will feature Rileigh McDonald as Frannie and Michael Rabe (playwright David's son) as Jimmy. Additional casting for the Scott Elliott-helmed production will be announced at a later date.
Harris and Madigan also co-starred in the New Group's Buried Child and the subsequent West End engagement, as well as The Jacksonian with the Off-Broadway company.
O'Donnell, a lifelong theatre supporter, returns to the New York stage after appearing on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof, Seussical, and Grease.
Rabe's play, which premiered at Chicago's Gift Theatre in 2015, explores the relationships between health professionals, patients, and families in a rural Connecticut mental health center.
The production has been running for over three decades.
Zi Alikhan will direct the Tony-winning musical for Red Bull Theater.
Due to the expansive nature of Off-Broadway, this list is not comprehensive.
Created and performed by Sydney-based comedian and visual artist Sam Kissajukian, the show comes to New York directly from a sold-out engagement at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Lileana Blain-Cruz is directing the new family play, which opened November 21 at Lincoln Center Theater.
Randal Myler will direct the rotating cast of the new show penned by Behar.
David Herskovits is directing the reexamination of the 1927 Oscar Hammerstein II-Jerome Kern musical Show Boat.
The Michael Griffo play is headed to St. Clement's Theatre beginning December 5.
Francesca Sabel will direct the 1950 Carson McCullers drama.
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