MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB’S
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PRODUCTION OF
TOP GIRLS
IS TAKING THE TOWN BY STORM
Manhattan Theatre Club’s Tony-nominated production of Caryl Churchill’s TOP GIRLS has continued to get across the board critical praise since opening on Broadway on Wednesday, May 7. Directed by James Macdonald, this limited engagement is currently playing at MTC’s Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street) through June 29.
For her performance in TOP GIRLS, Martha Plimpton has received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play. In addition, Plimpton and Elizabeth Marvel were nominated for Drama League Awards. Marisa Tomei received a Drama Desk Award nomination.
For an exclusive look at this new production, captured in images by photographers Joan Marcus and Henry Leutwyler and featuring original music by Matthew Herbert, click here to view a slideshow.
Below is a sampling of what the critics had to say:
“If you only do one thing, GO SEE TOP GIRLS.”
-Time Out New York
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“THE FINEST PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR with THE BEST ENSEMBLE ON BROADWAY! A STAGGERING, EXCEPTIONALLY MOVING PLAY from England’s GREATEST LIVING PLAYWRIGHT.”
- John Heilpern, The New York Observer
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“SUPERB. What keeps you locked in the picture are the STUNNING PERFORMANCES. If the electricity they generate nightly could light your home, Equity could put Con Ed out of business.”
- Michael Feingold, Village Voice
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“A-! A DREAM-TEAM ENSEMBLE OF ACTORS.”
- Lisa Quintela, Entertainment Weekly
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“BRAVO TO MTC!”
- David Cote, for NY1
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“A MASTERPIECE. This DAZZLING, HARROWING and ENDURING play offers just about everything a New Yorker wants from an artistic event. AESTHETICALLY DARING, POLITICALLY PROVOCATIVE, INTRIGUINGLY INSCRUTABLE. A CAST SO GOOD IT’S BARELY PLAUSIBLE.”
- Jeremy McCarter, New York Magazine
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“A fabulous feminist occasion. A DARING PLAY with haunting observations.”
- John Lahr, The New Yorker
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“* * * * * (out of 6)! DYNAMITE! Caryl Churchill’s MASTERPIECE BRISTLES with SHARP WIT and PULSATES with PROVOCATIVE IDEAS. An EXPERT production, THRILLINGLY performed by an AMAZING cast and METICULOUSLY conducted by James Macdonald.”
- David Cote, for Time Out New York
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INFORMATION ON TOP GIRLS
TOP GIRLS features Mary Catherine Garrison (Rabbit Hole, Assassins), three-time Tony Awardâ nominee Mary Beth Hurt (A Delicate Balance, The World According to Garp), Jennifer Ikeda (As You Like It), four-time Obie Award winner Elizabeth Marvel (Seascape and An American Daughter on Broadway), Drama Desk Award winner Martha Plimpton (Shining City at MTC, The Coast of Utopia), Ana Reeder (No Country For Old Men, Sight Unseen), and Academy Award® winner Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny and In the Bedroom, seen on Broadway in Salomé). The play is directed by James Macdonald
TOP GIRLS marks the Broadway debut of Caryl Churchill’s groundbreaking work. At the Top Girls Employment Agency in London in the early 1980s, Marlene has just been appointed head of the firm. But as this ambitious career woman celebrates her achievements, can we applaud her values? This bold and ingenious work from the singularly talented author of Far Away and Cloud Nine offers one of the theatre’s most honest portraits of what it means to be a woman in the modern world.
The creative team for TOP GIRLS includes Tom Pye (scenic design), Laura Bauer (costume design), Christopher Akerlind (lighting design), Darron L West (sound design), Matthew Herbert (original music), Paul Huntley (hair and wig design) and Elizabeth Smith (dialect consultant).
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, MTC has become one of the country’s most prominent and prestigious theatre companies. MTC productions have earned a total of 16 Tony Awards and five Pulitzer Prizes as well as numerous other awards. Renowned MTC productions include LoveMusik; Blackbird; Translations; Shining City; Rabbit Hole; Doubt; Proof; The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife; Kimberly Akimbo; Love! Valour! Compassion!; Sylvia; Four Dogs and a Bone; Putting It Together; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Crimes of the Heart; and Ain’t Misbehavin’.
In 2003, MTC reopened Broadway’s landmark, long-neglected Biltmore Theatre, following a two-year, $35 million capital campaign. In addition to the Biltmore, MTC operates two theatres at New York City Center, its Off-Broadway home since 1984.
During Meadow’s sabbatical this season, Daniel Sullivan, a close associate of MTC and director of several Manhattan Theatre Club productions (Rabbit Hole, Brooklyn Boy, Sight Unseen, Proof, Psychopathia Sexualis), is serving as Acting Artistic Director. Meadow will return to MTC for the 2008-2009 season and will consult on the planning of that season.
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TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets to TOP GIRLS are available by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, online at Telecharge.com, and at the Biltmore Theatre box office (261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Tickets range in price from $46.50-$91.50. For group ticket information, call (800) 432-7780. Student rush tickets are available the day of the performance at the Biltmore Theatre box office for $26.50.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
- Through Sunday, June 29: Tuesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM.
