"This production is top notch in every respect: acting, set
design, costumes, projections and music."

'Zuckerman's adaptation, with an assist from director John W. Cooper's skillful,
ingenious staging, succeeds in creating a play that fascinates from beginning to end.'

-Gene Kilik
Town and Village Review

 

.... leads are appealing: Nick Fesette , as an idealistic journalist-turned-novelist (a Dos Passos stand-in) and Casandera M.J. Lollar , as an ambitious actor and serial adulterer.'

"Brad Coolidge exudes a suitably oily undertone in the third lead, as a womanizing, self-made, ambulance-chasing lawyer who rises to become the district attorney for Manhattan."

"John L. Payne nails the Irish Tammany Hall ward heeler."

"Kelley Dorney has some touching moments as his beleaguered younger wife."

"Mark A. Keeton provides needed comic relief as a sexually ambiguous cross-dressing performer with a Southern drawl."

-Robert Windeler
Backstage

 

Manhattan Transfer

Previews

Thursday, July 8th at 7PM.

Other preview performances

Friday & Saturday, July 9th and 10th at 8PM;

Monday & Wednesday, July 12th -14th at 7PM.

The show opens
Saturday, July 17th at 8PM.

Other dates: Sunday, July 18th at 2PM;

Wednesday & Thursday, July 21st 22nd at 7PM;

Saturday, July 24th at PM

Sunday, July 25th at 2PM;

Monday & Tuesday, July 26th and 27th at 7PM;

Saturday, July 31st at 8PM

Sunday, August 1st at 2PM.

Tickets: $18 at TheaterMania.com or

Call 212-352-3101

Venue: The Turtle's Shell Theater (in the Times Square Arts Center)

300 W. 43 rd Street, New York, NY 10036



THE WORLD PREMIERE OF A NEW ADAPTATION BY MARTIN ZUCKERMAN OF JON DOS PASSOS'S CLASSIC NOVEL MANHATTAN TRANSFER

DIRECTED BY
JOHN W. COOPER


Jenn Goodson (Nevada)

CLASSIC NOVEL’S ADAPTATION BRINGS A YOUNGER NEW YORK TO LIFE ON STAGE
MANHATTAN TRANSFER PREMIERES AT ‘THE SHELL’ NEW YORK – A foreign war, burgeoning immigration, market ups and downs, exhaustion from the last
decade and fear mixed with hope as technology changes rapidly. It’s just another typical day in today’s society. But turn back the clocks 100 years and theatergoers will soon discover that life in the early 20th
century was very similar when they see Manhattan Transfer.
Adam Shorsten (Stan) & Casandera M.J. Lollar (“Ellen”).
Adapted from John Dos Passos’s classic novel of the same name, Manhattan Transfer, by playwright Martin M. Zuckerman, is a portrait of a much younger New York City and told through the interconnected stories of exemplary Manhattanites.
“When I first read Dos Passos’s novel ten years ago, I thought it had the making of a fascinating play”, says Zuckerman, who added, “The challenge was to choose among the dozens of plot lines and the
hundred fifty or so characters to select the representative”. From that process, Zuckerman wrote the play which focuses on the lives of three people, all in search of something different but connected by the tragic hero of the story and the “center of everything,” Manhattan.
“George” (Brad Coolidge) is an ambitious lawyer who seeks love, “Ellen” (Casandera M.J. Lollar) is a tenacious young actress who seeks fame and “Jimmy” (Nick Fesette) is an idealistic reporter who seeks to elevate the common man through his writing. The cast also includes a variety of other characters that make the journey more colorful: Phillip Christopher (Congo), Rick Dettwyler (Jeff Merivale), Kelly Dorney (Nellie), Anthony J. Gallo (Detective/Mike Cardinale), Jenn Goodson (Nevada), Rachel Halper (Cassie), Briana Paken (Ruth), John L Payne (Gus), Adam Shorsten (Stan), and Mark A. Keeton (Jojo)
 Mark A. Keeton (Jojo),

Under John Cooper's direction is a talented production team that includes Stanley L. Ralph III (Stage Manager), Jackie McCarthy (Scenic Designer), Stephen Sakowski (Lighting Designer), A. Christina Giannini (Costume Designer), Eric Evans (Assistant Costume Designer), Rocco Disanti (Projection Designer), Josh Millican (Sound Designer)

“Jimmy” (Nick Fesette) & Phillip Christopher (Congo)