10th Anniversary Season
3 play for $90
THREE SISTERS
by Anton Chekhov, directed by Christopher McElroen
February, 2009
Considered by many to be one of the greatest plays ever written, Chekhov’s Three Sisters offer audiences a chance to consider the spiritual paralysis that keeps us from pursuing our dreams, the feeling of unlived lives and the longing for meaning. The result is an uncanny blend of the painful and trivial, the ordinary and the catastrophic. Conventional boundaries between comedy and tragedy are deliberately blurred, and things are seldom what they seem in one of the theatre’s most enigmatic and beautiful explorations of man’s “pursuit of happiness.”
SUPREME JEALOUS DIVINE
adapted from Moliere's Tartuffe
by Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner
May, 2009
Tartuffe, or The Imposter, is a timeless story of religious hypocrisy and opportunism. As with previous works (Medea, Electra, Trojan Women, Caligula, Native Son) the Classical Theatre of Harlem will create an original adaptation of Moliere's Tartuffe, set during the apex of the Harlem Renaissance and inspired by the work of Father Divine.
THE GREAT MacDADDY
by Paul Carter Harrison, directed by Alfred Preisser
September, 2009
The Classical Theatre of Harlem will present the first New York revival of Paul Carter Harrison’s OBIE Award-winning The Great MacDaddy. Originally staged in a 1974 production that featured Al Freeman, Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Cleavon Little and Hattie Winston, The Great MacDaddy is an episodic journey across 20th century America. The Great MacDaddy begins as a princely bootlegger, a prohibition era hustler in search of his lost friend Wine, who holds the mysteries of the race. Insightful, outrageous and heartbreaking, Paul Carter Harrison’s play is a classic – as great, unique and timely as when it premiered.
See all three shows in the award winning Classical Theatre of Harlem’s 10th Anniversary Season for only $90, a savings of over 25% off the regular single ticket price.
As a member you will receive advance booking notice for each show, allowing you to select the date and time that best fits your schedule.
Three ways to order:
Phone: 212.868.4444
Mail: Classical Theatre of Harlem
520 8th Ave. #313
NYC, 10018
