Synopsis:
Three lawyers in a firm, two black and one white, must decide whether to defend
a white man charged with a crime against a black woman.
Update:
RACE also announces its altered summer schedule. Beginning on June 21st, the show
will play on Monday nights and not on Sunday matinees. The schedule is as follows:
Mondays at 8 pm, Tuesdays at 7 pm, Wednesday at 8 pm, Thursdays at 8 pm, Fridays
at 8 pm and Saturdays at 2 pm and 8 pm.
Race—the David Mamet drama about
how everything on the sociopolitical landscape isn't just black and white—didn't
get any Tony Awards, but it is getting some new cast members, including the wildly
cerebral comic/actor Eddie Izzard.
At a meet-and-greet the other day, Izzard
told me he already feels a special kinship with his character (the not-nice lawyer
originated by James Spader). "There's a part of me that could have been this guy,"
he admitted. "My brother is a lawyer, and I could have been one, too. I'm going
into politics in 10 years. I have a heart, but a part of me can understand removing
the heart and saying, 'Fuck it.' "
Wait, back up a heartfelt minute. Going
into politics? "Yes," Izzard said, looking intense. "I want to run for either
Parliament or the mayor of London. It may be eight years, it may be 12 years,
but I think 10 years. I'm military in my thinking. I'm quite good with logic,
even if my humor is bonkers." I guess Europe is way different from America; there,
it's the good actors that go into politics. But that continent could use Izzard
(and his heart) right away, I said. "We got through World War II," he replied,
calmly. "We can get through a credit crisis."
Show Run Time:
100 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission
Public Transportation: Take the N,R,W to 49th St. OR the 1 to 50th St., walk South to 47th
St. and West to the theatre OR Take the C,E to 50th St., walk South to
47th St. and East to the theatre
Parking: Central Parking System
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Quik Park Garage 201 West
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Synopsis:
Three lawyers in a firm, two black and one white, must decide whether to defend
a white man charged with a crime against a black woman.
Show Advisory:
Mature
Cast List: James Spader (thru 6/20) Eddie Izzard (begins
6/21) David Alan Grier (thru 6/13) Dennis Haysbert (begins 6/21) Kerry Washington
(thru 6/13) Afton C. Williamson (begins 6/14) Richard Thomas
Written
by: David Mamet
Eddie Izzard to
Join David Mamet's RACE
The producers of David Mamet’s
acclaimed hit play RACE are proud to welcome the internationally acclaimed, two-time
Emmy award-winning actor EDDIE IZZARD for an exclusive nine week limited engagement,
beginning performances on Monday, June 21st through Saturday, August 21st.
Izzard is no stranger to David Mamet, having originated the role of “Del” in the
1994 world premiere of Mamet’s The Cryptogram at London’s Ambassadors Theatre.
He joins recent additions Golden Globe and SAG award nominee DENNIS HAYSBERT (“24”,
“The Unit”), AFTON C. WILLIAMSON (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone) and original cast
member RICHARD THOMAS.
Beginning June 21st, RACE’s summer schedule is as
follows: Monday at 8pm, Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday at 2pm & 8pm, Thursday at 8pm,
Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm The recently recouped RACE, currently starring
Emmy winner James Spader, 2010 Tony Nominee David Alan Grier, acclaimed actress
Kerry Washington, and Emmy winner Richard Thomas, continues to play at the Barrymore
Theatre (243 West 47th St.).
Tickets can be purchased by visiting Telecharge.com
or calling 212-239-6200.
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RACE is the riveting
new play by America's foremost playwright, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner
David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-the-Plow, American Buffalo, November),
in which three attorneys, two black and one white, are offered a chance to defend
a white man charged with a crime against a black woman. Directed by the playwright,
RACE stars Emmy Award winner James Spader (Boston Legal, Sex, Lies, and Videotape),
Tony nominee and television star David Alan Grier (A Soldier's Story, In Living
Color, Chocolate News), Kerry Washington (Ray, Lakeview Terrace) and Richard Thomas
(The Waltons, Democracy, Twelve Angry Men). RACE began performances on Monday,
November 16, 2009 and officially opened on Sunday, December 6, 2009. RACE features
set design by Santo Loquasto, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt and costume design
by Tom Broecker. RACE is produced by: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals,
JK Productions, Peggy Hill & Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Scott M. Delman, Terry
Allen Kramer/James L. Nederlander, Swinsky Deitch, Bat-Barry Productions, Ronald
Frankel, James Fuld Jr., Kathleen K. Johnson, Terry Schnuck, The Weinstein Company,
Marc Frankel and Jay & Cindy Gutterman/Stewart Mercer.
