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Skeleton Crew Begins Final Week of Performances At MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Skeleton Crew

Begins Final Week of Performances

At MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

 Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Barry Grove, Executive Producer)’s Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony Award-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, begins its final week of performances tonight. After opening to rave reviews, the limited engagement must close on Sunday, February 20 at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

 

The critics said:

 

“CRITICS’ PICK. Skeleton Crew is a pleasure for the excellent cast to perform and for audiences to experience.” (Jesse Green, The New York Times)

 

"Performed by an excellent ensemble, the play was terrific when it first landed in 2016. It is essential now.” (Greg Evans, Deadline)

 

“A vibrant, profoundly layered play! Dominique Morisseau’s moving drama has poetic dialogue and pristine delicacy. Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s direction is masterful.” (Ayanna Prescod, Variety)

 

“A stupendous and memorable rollercoaster ride of emotions demonstrating the heart, soul, humor, hardships, dreams and desperate circumstances that can befall any one of us.” (Linda Armstrong, New York Amsterdam News)

 

"Joyous. This play moves and purrs and swerves. See it.” (Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker)

 

The cast of Skeleton Crew features Chanté Adams (A Journal for Jordan), Joshua Boone (Actually at MTC, NetworkA Jazzman’s Blues), Brandon J. Dirden (MTC’s Jitney), Adesola Osakalumi (Fela!), and Tony Award® winner and five-time Emmy Award nominee Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun).

 

The full creative team for Skeleton Crew includes Michael Carnahan (scenic design), Emilio Sosa (costume design), Rui Rita (lighting design), Rob Kaplowitz (original music and sound design), Nicholas Hussong (projection design), Jimmy Keys aka “J. Keys” (original music and lyrics), Adesola Osakalumi (choreography), Cookie Jordan (hair & wig design), and Kamra A. Jacobs (production stage manager).

 

Tony Award winner and five-time Emmy Award nominee Phylicia Rashad returns to Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. In 2008 Detroit, a small automotive factory is on the brink of foreclosure, and a tight-knit family of workers hangs in the balance. With uncertainty everywhere, the line between blue-collar and white-collar becomes blurred, and this working family must reckon with their personal loyalties, their instincts for survival, and their ultimate hopes for humanity. The New York Times gives this astonishing work a Critic’s Pick and cheers, “A very fine new play… warm-blooded, astute, deeply moral and deeply American.” The Amsterdam News hails it as “a prime example of how theatre imitates life… intense, touching and funny.”

 

HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION

MTC has aligned with our Broadway colleagues in setting safety protocols. Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test, and a valid I.D. will be required to enter the theatre. Masks must be worn at all times. For more specific information go to: manhattantheatreclub.com/protocols.

TICKETING INFORMATION

Tickets for Skeleton Crew are available online at Telecharge.com, by phone at 212-239-6200, or in person at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre box office (261 West 47th Street).


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