New York City Center
W 55th St
btwn 6th & 7th Aves
212.581.1212
This event has passed.
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- When
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Dec 1, 2011 – Feb 5
Daily (schedule)
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- Price
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$80
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“David Hyde Pierce and Rosie Perez each play themselves, to an extent, in Leigh Silverman's (Chinglish) production of Close Up Space. But let's be clear: that works. Pierce is a neurotic and flustered book editor dealing with a histrionic writer (Perez), his estranged daughter — who speaks to her father only in Russian poetry — and a bumbling office assistant who is camping out in the office. Witty and funny, but also touching, the show is a must for anyone in the publishing industry for the grammar jokes alone — Oxford commas, with pro and con arguments for them, feature prominently.”
Leah Taylor, Flavorpill
Tony Award and four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce (Accent on Youth, Curtains, “Frasier”) brings his signature wit back to the MTC stage in the World Premiere of CLOSE UP SPACE by Molly Smith Metzler. Pierce stars as Paul Barrow, an obsessive book editor on a major deadline. With an assistant (Chernus) who’s been camping in the office (Michael Chernus), a famous author (Perez) threatening to bail on him and an intern (DiGiovanni) who is no help at all, Paul’s just about had it! But when his fiery daughter (Minifie) shows up and lambasts him in Russian, Paul faces a glaring personal error that can’t be corrected with red ink. Leigh Silverman (Well, From Up Here, Chinglish) returns to MTC to direct this funny and poignant new play about how hard it can be to communicate… in any language.
