Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam
Theatricals
Bat-Barry Productions, Michael Cohl, Ergo Entertainment, Michael Filerman
Ronald Frankel, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, James Fuld Jr., Roy Furman
JK Productions, Harold Thau, Jamie deRoy/Ted Snowdon, Wendy Federman
Present
NATHAN LANE
LAURIE METCALF
DYLAN BAKER
In
NOVEMBER
By DAVID MAMET
With
MICHAEL NICOLS and ETHAN PHILLIPS
Directed by JOE MANTELLO
Scenic Design: SCOTT PASK
Costume Design: LAURA BAUER
Lighting Design: PAUL GALLO
Casting: TELSEY+COMPANY
Production Stage Manager: JILL CORDLE
Technical Supervision: HUDSON THEATRICAL ASSOCIATES
General Management: RICHARDS/CLIMAN, INC.
Marketing Services: TMG THE MARKETING GROUP
Company Manager: BRUCE KLINGER
Barrymore Theatre
243 West 47th Street (between Broadway & Eighth Avenue)
(212) 239-6200 or www.telecharge.com
Opening Night: January 17, 2008
Absolutely hysterical! Those are the only words for David Mamet’s NOVEMBER.
This political farce, and I’m not even sure you can call it a farce because too
many improbable premises ring almost true, is set in the Oval Office, currently
inhabited by President Charles Smith (Nathan Lane) on the eve of his
quite-likely unsuccessful bid for a second term. In addition to dealing with
polls that indicate he is well-hated by the American public, he also has the
pardoning of two turkeys, an out-of-control Native American looking for a place
to build his casino, and a speech writer (Laurie Metcalf) who demands to
be married to her lesbian lover before another word will hit her paper on his
crowded plate clamoring for his attention. To his credit, his capable
assistant/lawyer (Dylan Baker) manages to keep up with the action.
Lane, as usual, turns in an amazingly high-energy performance. Metcalf
and Baker hold their own with perfectly-timed responses and one liners.
Ethan Phillips and Michael Nichols round out this superb cast.
In NOVEMBER the humor is bitingly witty, the execution of Mamet’s
script is flawless, the direction of Joe Mantello is brisk and full of
laugh-out-loud action, and the audience doesn’t get a chance to take a break
from pure out-and-out fun.
- Laurie Lawson -