Stage to PageSee Donna Murphy, Michael Urie, and More at the Opening Night of Summer and Smoke Off-BroadwayThe Tennessee Williams play officially opened May 3 at Classic Stage Company.
By
Hannah Vine
May 04, 2018
Classic Stage Company and Transport Group celebrated the opening of their co-production of Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke at CSC May 3. The Off-Broadway revival began previews April 13, with a cast led by Tony nominee Marin Ireland(Reasons to Be Pretty) as Alma Winemiller alongside House of Cards actor Nathan Darrow as Dr. John Buchanan, Jr.
Transport Group Artistic Director Jack Cummings III directs a cast completed by Glenna Brucken as Rosemary, Phillip Clark as Dr. Buchanan, Sr., Hannah Elless as Nellie Ewell, Elena Hurst as Rosa Gonzales, Tina Johnson as Mrs. Bassett, Gerardo Rodriguez as Papa Gonzales, T. Ryder Smith as Reverend Winemiller, Ryan Spahn as Archie Kramer, Jonathan Spivey as Roger Doremus, and Barbara Walsh as Mrs. Winemiller.
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Inside the Opening Night of Summer and Smoke, With Marin Ireland and Nathan Darrow, Off-Broadway
Set design is by Dane Laffrey with costume design by Kathryn Rohe, lighting design by R. Lee Kennedy, and sound design by Walter Trarbach. Original music is by Michael John LaChiusa. Casting is by Nora Brennan Casting.
Surrounded by period accurate 19th-century holiday decorations lit via candlelight, the 70-minute production is based on Dickens' own script of the classic.