| Tickets Now On Sale for CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER, starring Caroline Aaron & Matt Doyle | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 02:43 pm EST 11/22/24 | |
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| Tickets Now on Sale for Conversations with Mother Starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle A New Comedy by Matthew Lombardo Directed by Noah Himmelstein At Theatre 555 Previews begin February 7, Opening Night February 23 Strictly Limited Run Through May 11 New York, NY – Tickets for the off-Broadway comedy, Conversations with Mother, starring Caroline Aaron ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel") and Matt Doyle (Tony Award winner for Company) are now on sale and available through Venuetix.com. Matthew Lombardo's Conversations with Mother will play a limited engagement at Theatre 555 (555 West 42nd Street) beginning February 7 with an opening on February 23; it will run through May 11. Noah Himmelstein directs. Casting is by Nick Peciaro. The rest of the creative team is to be announced. Lombardo's semi-autobiographical comedy traces the relationship between Italian matriarch Maria Collavechio (Caroline Aaron) and her gay son (Matt Doyle) spanning the course of five decades. As they continue to test their lifelong bond, the play depicts the outrageously funny and sometimes completely infuriating dynamic between a domineering mother and her rudderless son. The show is produced by Bryan McCaffrey, BPM Theatrical and Laura Z. Barket, Theatre Nerd Productions. Showtown Productions (Nathan Gehan and Jamison Scott) serve as executive producer with Showtown Theatricals/Jessica Morrow general managing. BIOS: CAROLINE AARON (Maria) recently finished her fifth and final season as Shirley Maisel in Amazon's "The Marvelous Mrs Maisel" and is currently recurring on CBS's, "Ghosts". Select TV: "Transparent", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Episodes", "The Odd Couple", "Desperate Housewives", "Modern Family", "Code Black", "Law and Order". Select stage: Madwomen of the West (London, LA and NYC), Kennedy Center's Bye Bye Birdie, Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; The Iceman Cometh, Social Security, I Hate Hamlet, The Ritz, Relatively Speaking, Call Waiting, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire De Lune, A Kid Like Jake. Select Film: 21 and 22 Jump Street, Primary Colors, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Beyond the Sea, Edward Scissorhands, Joe Dirt, Theatre Camp and Between the Temples. MATT DOYLE (Bobby) won the 2022 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Jamie in Broadway's revival of Company. He recently made his UK stage debut starring as Frank Sinatra in the world premiere of Sinatra: The Musical. Broadway credits include Tony-winning musicals The Book of Mormon and Spring Awakening; Tony Award winning Best Play War Horse ; and the revival of Bye Bye Birdie. Off-Broadway credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Sweeney Todd, and Brooklynite. Matt has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, at symphonies across the country, and continues to headline a sold-out solo show throughout New York City and beyond. NOAH HIMMELSTEIN (Director). Current projects in development include Andrew Lippa's musical Leap and Matthew Lombardo's comedy When Playwrights Kill. Recent work includes his acclaimed age-blind version of A Midsummer Night's Dream (Baltimore's Everyman Theatre); Michael John LaChiusa's Los Otros (A.R.T./NY); Deborah Zoe Laufer's comedy Rooted (world premiere, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Andrew Lippa's I Am Harvey Milk (Lincoln Center, Strathmore, San Francisco, LA, Denver, Princeton); Karen Hartman's The Lucky Star (The Director's Co, 59e59); Chelsea Marcantel's Everything is Wonderful (Philadelphia Theatre Co.); Jonathan Tolins's The Forgotten Woman (world premiere, Bay Street Theatre); Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth (Everyman Theatre). Associate Director: LCT, Second Stage, City Center Encores. noahhimmelstein.com MATTHEW LOMBARDO (Playwright) Broadway: High (w/ Kathleen Turner) at the Booth Theatre and Looped (w/ Valerie Harper in a Tony-nominated performance) at the Lyceum Theatre. Off-Broadway: Who's Holiday! at The Westside Theatre (Lucille Lortel Award Nomination for Outstanding Solo Show); Tea at Five (w/ Kate Mulgrew) at the Promenade Theatre (IRNE Award Winner for Best Solo Play); Mother and Child (w/ Ann Wedgeworth) at Second Stage and Guilty Innocence at The Actors' Playhouse. Television: "Another World" (WGA Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Writing). Regional: Hartford Stage, American Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Seattle Rep, and others. Upcoming: When Playwrights Kill (2025). www.matthew-lombardo.com |
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