On The Twentieth Century

First Preview: Jan 13, 2015

Opening Date: Jan 13, 2015

Closing Date: Jul 19, 2015

Running Time: 02:30

http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/On-the-Twentieth-Century.aspx

Playing @

Todd Haimes Theatre

227 W 42nd St New York, NY 10036

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It's nonstop laughs aboard the Twentieth Century, a luxury coach travelling from Chicago to New York City.

NOMINATED FOR BEST REVIVAL: TONY, DRAMA DESK, OUTER CRITIC CIRCLE

Luck, love and mischief collide when the bankrupt theater producer Oscar Jaffe (Peter Gallagher) embarks on a madcap mission to cajole glamorous Hollywood starlet Lily Garland ( Kristin Chenoweth) into playing the lead in his new, non-existent epic drama. But is the train ride long enough to reignite the spark between these former lovers, create a play from scratch, and find the money to get it all the way to Broadway?

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 2 PM

Broadway Musical Family

Age Guidance: 13

Show Notes: 1 Intermission

Audience Advisory:

Curtain Time: 7 PM - APRIL 7 - 11 & APRIL 14 - 17

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......you need performers who can not only sing in an operatic style, but are also capable farceurs in the outsized emotional style of silent films. Chenoweth is all of those things rolled into one, a genius comedienne with a flawless soprano and the ability to elicit laughter from the smallest gesture.

-------TheatreMania

Perhaps best of all, this “Century” brings Ms. Chenoweth and Mr. Gallagher back to Broadway, where they can demonstrate the subtleties of being larger than life. These fine performers have been largely confined to television screens in recent years. And they grab the chance to chew (and devour) some real live scenery — and in Ms. Chenoweth’s case, hit pretty much every note on the scale, musical and otherwise — with the ecstatic vengeance of genies let out of their bottles.

------New York Times

Lending sterling support as Oscar’s right-hand “musketeers” are Mark Linn-Baker and Michael McGrath. Mary Louise Wilson lets her inner rascal out as a fanatical, off-kilter millionaire who promises to back Oscar’s movie. And Andy Karl (remember him as the best thing about “Rocky”?) adds big laughs and huge biceps, along with some ace physical comedy, as Lily’s boy toy Bruce Granit. In the show’s title song, it comes out that the Twentieth Century famously gives passengers “nothing but the best.” This production, fizzy and dizzy entertainment, does likewise.

-----New York Daily News

Accessibility:

Wheelchair Info

Designated, flexible wheelchair seating area behind the last row of the center orchestra and the last row of the mezzanine

Seating

Seats 740. Orchestra, 1st floor; Mezzanine, 2nd and 3rd Floor; 5th floor Penthouse lobby open to the public. 4th floor private. Lower lobby main public facilities and lounge.

Entrance

Primary entrance from street, through double doors into outer lobby with box office, through double doors into main lobby, through 2 sets of double doors (each 31") into Orchestra.

Box Office

227 West 42nd St between 7th and 8th Avenues. Hours: 10am - 8pm: Tuesday through Saturday. 10am - 6pm Sunday and Monday. The box office closes at 6pm on any evening with no performance.

Restroom

Accessible restrooms on Orchestra level only

Telephone

There is a secure cell phone charging station on the 5th floor, reachable by elevator. The station is complimentary to use but requires a credit card to “unlock” devices. The station is 69” high.