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Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, announced today that the official opening of Anton Chekhovs Ivanov has been postponed from this Sunday, November 4 to Thursday, November 15 due to the continuing power outage at the theater at 136 East 13th Street, which has forced the cancellation of five previews. Directed by Austin Pendleton, Ivanov stars Ethan Hawke, Joely Richardson and Juliet Rylance. The cast also features Glenn Fitzgerald, Annette Hunt, Stephanie Janssen, Roberta Maxwell, George Morfogen, James Patrick Nelson, Anthony Newfield, Austin Pendleton, Jonathan Marc Sherman, and Anne Troupe. Ivanov will play a limited engagement through Sunday, December 9.

Classic Stage Companys new production of Anton Chekhovs Ivanov, starring Ethan Hawke, Joely Richardson and Juliet Rylance, and directed by Austin Pendleton, begins previews Wednesday, October 17 at Csc 136 East 13th Street, prior to an official opening Sunday, November 4. Ivanov has extended its run by popular demand through Sunday, December 9. Hawke, in the title role, Richardson, who will play Anna, and Rylance, who will play Sasha, will be joined in Ivanov by Glenn Fitzgerald Borkin, Annette Hunt Avdotya Nazarovna, Stephanie Janssen Babakina, Roberta Maxwell Zinaida, George Morfogen Shabelsky, James Patrick Nelson Kosykh, Anthony Newfield Guest, Jonathan Marc Sherman Lvov, Anne Troupe Gavrila and Louis Zorich Lebedev.

Sunday, January 8 at 4pm Smoke Jazz Club will presents a reading of Frank Christophers play Flutter Bys, a play that pushes the suspension of disbelief envelope. The comedy is set in turbulent New York circa 2001 and examines the lives of the ONeil family and the lives of their son Anthonys childhood friends. The show will star Michael Cunio, America Olivo, Christian Campbell, Lou Liberatore, Ann Dowd, Brian Kerwin, Lea DeLaria, Annette Hunt, Gerardo Gudino, Eric Michael Gillett and Cindy Cheung.