Written by Jonathan Tolins
Directed by Stephen Brackett
Starring Michael Urie
NOW EXTENDED THROUGH MAY 12!
March 20-May 4
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 7
Friday at 8
Saturday at 3 and 8
Sunday at 3
Alex More has a story to tell. A struggling actor in L.A., Alex takes a job working in the Malibu basement of a beloved megastar. One day, the Lady Herself comes downstairs to play. It feels like real bonding in the basement, but will their relationship ever make it upstairs?
Buyer & Cellar is an outrageous comedy about the price of fame, the cost of things, and the oddest of odd jobs.
Buyer & Cellar runs from March 20- May 4
Opening Night April 3
at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 224 Waverly Place
Showtimes:
Mondays at 7PM
Wednesdays at 7PM
Thursdays at 7PM
Fridays at 8PM
Saturdays at 3PM & 8PM
Sundays at 3PM
Talkbacks:
Have a question for Michael Urie or Jonathan Tolins? Come out to see BUYER & CELLAR on one of these dates! Monday, March 25
Monday, April 8
Monday, April 15
Monday, April 22
Tickets can be purchased online or by calling OvationTix at 866.811.4111
Regular Reserved Seating – $55
Patrons Under 30 – $15
Students – $10
Please note that there are no refunds or late seating for this production.
Jonathan Tolins’s plays include The Twilight of the Golds (Booth Theater), If Memory Serves (Promenade Theater), The Last Sunday in June (Rattlestick and Century Center), and Secrets of the Trade (Primary Stages). Jon co-wrote the films The Twilight of the Golds and Martian Child. He was a consulting producer on the recent CBS comedy Partners and was a co-producer on the first season of Queer As Folk on Showtime. He has written for the Academy Awards and the Tony Awards, and co-wrote Bette Midler’s Divine Miss Millennium Tour and The Showgirl Must Go On in Las Vegas.
Stephen Brackett’s credits include The Trouble With Doug (TheatreWorks), The Material World (Dixon Place), American River (Lesser America), After (Partial Comfort), Be A Good Little Widow (Ars Nova), The Tenant (Woodshed Collective), David Mixner’s From the Front Porch (Dixon Place), The Sporting Life (Studio 42), F#@king Up Everything (NYMF), Whore and The Ones That Flutter (Summer Play Festival), PN1923.45LS01 Volume 2 (FringeNY), and Kilroy Was Here: A Styx Rock Opera (Williamstown). Assistant Director: Passing Strange (The Public and Belasco Theaters).
Michael Urie’s New York Theatre credits include: How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Broadway), The Cherry Orchard (CSC), Angels in America (The Signature), The Temperamentals (Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, and Theatre World Awards, Drama League nomination), The Revenger’s Tragedy (Red Bull), Another Vermeer (HB Playwrights). Regionally, he’s worked for The Old Globe, Vineyard Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, The Folger Shakespeare, Barrington Stage, Hyde Park (Austin), and The Blank (LA). Film: He’s Way More Famous Than You (also directed), Thank You For Judging (co-director/exec producer), Beverly Hills Chihuahua, WTC View, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, The Decoy Bride, and Petunia. TV: ”Partners” and as Marc St James on “Ugly Betty”. Training: Juilliard.
