Manhattan Theatre Club presents
Our Leading Lady
Written by Charles Busch
Directed by Lynne Meadow
New York City Center
Stage II
New York City Center is located on West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues in mid-town Manhattan - New York City
 
Previews - February 22 to March 18, 2007
Opening Night - March 20, 2007
Closed - April 29, 2007
 
The author of the hilarious MTC hit The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, which earned a Tony nomination for Best Play, returns with a truly original play about the theatre. Laura Keene, a 19th-century American stage luminary, prepares to perform at Ford’s Theatre on the fateful night when Abraham Lincoln is in the audience. This new play captures the magic of the theatre as only Charles Busch can. Directing is MTC’s Lynne Meadow, who staged The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. 
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Role
Actor
Laura Keene
Kate Mulgrew
Harry Hawk
Maxwell Caulfield
Gavin De Chamblay
Reed Birney
Verbena De Chamblay
Kristine Nielsen 
Maude Bentley
Barbara Bryne
W.J. Ferguson
Billy Wheelan 
Madame Wu-Chan
Ann Duquesnay
Clementine Smith
 Amy Rutberg
Major Hopwood
J.R. Horne
Time
April 1865
Place
In and around Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Photo by Henry Leutwyler
Fiona's "Our Leading Lady" Report
Seeing Kate in "Our Leading Lady" - Priceless!

New York City Center
Photo by Fiona
Our Leading Lady Official Site
Back From the Footnotes, Taking Her Bows Behind the Footlights
New York Times
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Published: March 21, 2007

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Kate Mulgrew, seated, in the title role, and Ann Duquesnay as her dresser in “Our Leading Lady.” 

 Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
From left, Reed Birney, Kristine Nielsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Kate Mulgrew and Billy Wheelan in Charles Busch’s “Our Leading Lady.”

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
 Kristine Nielson, Reed Birney,  J.R. Horne , Amy Rutberg,  Kate Mulgrew, Ann Duquesnay,  Billy Wheelan,  Maxwell Caulfield  in Charles Busch’s “Our Leading Lady.”
It's curtains for Mr. Lincoln
New York Daily News
By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
DAILY NEWS THEATER CRITIC
Wednesday, March 21st 2007

Billy Wheelan and Kate Mulgrew in 'Our Leading Lady
Our Leading Lady: Backstage at Ford's Before and After the Shot That Killed Lincoln
American Theater Web
March 21, 2007

A Skillful Mix Of Laughs, Emotional Depth
With 19th-Century Stage As Backdrop, `Our Leading Lady' Benefits From Range Of Playwright, Cast
The Hartford Courant
March 21, 2007
By MALCOLM JOHNSON, Special to The Courant 

Recasting another famous balcony scene
The Star-Ledger
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

Our Leading Lady
BackStage.com
March 21, 2007
By David A. Rosenberg 

Charles Busch Celebrates a Theater Diva
Associated Press via HappyNews.com
March 24, 2007
By MICHAEL KUCHWARA

Charles Busch Peeks Backstage at Ford's Theater
Bloomberg.com
March 26, 2007
By John Simon
Torn Curtains
Gay City News
April 13, 2007
By DAVID KENNERLEY
Theater Review: Our Leading Lady
The Advocate
May 8, 2007
By Don Shewey

©2007 Joan Marcus
Kate Mulgrew as Laura Keene
 Photos from New York Magazine

©2007 Joan Marcus
Kate Mulgrew as Laura Keene

©2007 Joan Marcus
Kristine Nielson (Verbena De Chamblay), Kate Mulgrew (Laura Keene), Ann Duquesnay (Madame Wu-Chan)

©2007 Joan Marcus
Kristine Nielson (Verbena De Chamblay), Reed Birney (Gavin De Chamblay), Barbara Bryne (Maude Bentley),  J.R. Horne (Major Hopwood), Amy Rutberg (Clementine Smith), Ann Duquesnay (Madame Wu-Chan), Kate Mulgrew (Laura Keene), Billy Wheelan (W.J. Ferguson), Maxwell Caulfield (Harry Hawk)

©2007 Joan Marcus
Maxwell Caulfield (Harry Hawk), Kate Mulgrew (Larua Keene), Ann Duquesnay (Madame Wu-Chan)

Photo by Aubrey Reuben
Opening Night Photos from Playbill.com

Photo by Aubrey Reuben
Kate Mulgrew & Charles Busch on Theater Talk 
Check my MySpace page for a YouTube Clip and view the entire interview on-line here

Transcript
Screen Captures

Charles Busch: Backstage the Night Lincoln Was Shot
by Charles Busch
Broadway.com
March 13, 2007

©2007 Joan Marcus
Kate Mulgrew as Laura Keene
in Our Leading Lady
TO BOLDLY GO FROM 'STAR TREK' CAPTAIN TO 1860S ACTRESS
New York Post
March 20, 2007

Photo by Michael Sofronski
Kate Mulgrew & Charles Busch
 Curtain Rises Feb. 22 on Kate Mulgrew as Our Leading Lady, for MTC
Playbill.com
February 22, 2007 

The cast of MTC's production of Our Leading Lady
photo by Joan Marcus

Photo by Henry Leutwyler
Kate Mulgrew to Star in Charles Busch's Our Leading Lady
Playbill.com
December 20, 2006
Mulgrew, Caulfield, Nielsen Among Cast of Charles Busch's Our Leading Lady
Broadway.com
December 20, 2006
Mulgrew, Caulfield, Nielsen, Etc. Set for Our Leading Lady
Broadwayworld.com
December 20, 2006
Caulfield, Duquesnay, Mulgrew, et al. Set for MTC's Our Leading Lady
TheaterMania.com
December 20, 2006
 Tickets for "Our Leading Lady" are available on-line , by calling CityTix® at 212-581-1212 or 1-877-581-1212 (outside metropolitan NYC, NJ, & CT); or through the City Center Box Office, on West 55th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues. Please note tickets are general admission - there is no assigned seating - and are non-refundable. 

New York City Center is located on West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues in mid-town Manhattan. Audience entrances to the theaters (New York City Center's Mainstage, Stage I & Stage II) are on West 55th Street.


 
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