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Tomei set to return to N.Y. stage
Posted by Lisa | October 19, 2007
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From upi.com
Marisa Tomei has begun rehearsals for the off-Broadway production of “Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions,” the Oscar-winning actress said in New York.
Tomei, who will soon be seen in Sidney Lumet’s film “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” told UPI: “I’m rehearsing a play. … It’s at the Flea Theater and it’s called ‘Oh the Humanity.’ It’s a Will Eno play. He did ‘Thom Pain’ a couple years back and Jim Simpson is directing. I’m very excited.”
The Brooklyn-born actress has previously starred on Broadway in “Salome” and “Wait Until Dark.”
“If you’re lucky enough to have grown up in New York, or gotten yourself to New York or London, some place where there is a lot of (theater acting) going on, if you get it in your blood early on, it’s something that’s very hard to shake,” she said. “It really revives you on your soul level. I don’t think it’s something you can easily give up. … I feel lucky even to get to do this play we were just talking about. It’s a really good play.”
The world premiere production will begin previews Nov. 3 and run through Dec. 22, Playbill.com said.
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Posted by Lisa | October 15, 2007
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Marisa Tomei will star in the premiere of Will Eno’s “Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions,” at the Off Broadway Flea Theater. Previews will begin Nov. 3 for a Nov. 29 opening.
Tomei will star opposite Brian Hutchison in the collection of five short plays by Eno, who was a 2005 Pulitzer finalist for his play Thom Pain (based on nothing).
Tomei won a best supporting actress Oscar in 1992 for her role in My Cousin Vinny as Mona Lisa Vito, the girlfriend of a trial lawyer who famously stomped her leg to emphasize the tic-toc of her biological clock. Classic scene. We just hope she won’t have to wear any floral, open-backed cat suits in any of Eno’s plays.
According to the press release,
….OH THE HUMANITY and other good intentions is five short plays about people like you, facing lives like yours. About life, in a word. Not suitable for children.
Marisa Tomei will star in the premiere of Will Eno’s “Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions,” at the Off Broadway Flea Theater. Previews will begin Nov. 3 for a Nov. 29 opening.
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Tomei to star in ‘Oh, the Humanity’
Posted by Lisa | October 12, 2007
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Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei will head the cast of the Flea Theater’s upcoming production of Will Eno’s Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions.
The world premiere production will begin previews Nov. 3 at the Off-Broadway venue with an official opening Nov. 29. The limited engagement will run through Dec. 22.
Directed by Jim Simpson, the cast will also include Brian Hutchison and Drew Hildebrand. The production will feature set design by Kyle Chepulis, lighting design by Brian Aldous, costume design by Claudia Brown, sound design by Jill BC DuBoff and video/projection design by Dustin O’Neill.
Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions comprises five short plays: Behold The Coach, In Sorrow, Uninsured; Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rain; Enter the Spokeswoman, Sideways; The Bully Composition; and Oh, the Humanity. The plays, according to press notes, are about “people like you, facing lives like yours. About life, in a word.” The production, press notes add, is “not suitable for children.”
Marisa Tomei has appeared on Broadway in Salome and Wait Until Dark. She won the Academy Award for her performance in “My Cousin Vinny” and was Oscar-nominated for her work in “In the Bedroom.” Tomei is a member of the Naked Angels Theater Company.
The Flea Theater is located at 41 White Street, between Broadway and Church Streets. For tickets visit www.theflea.org or call (212) 352-3101.
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