George Street Playhouse's First Production of 2014 Gets Titular Face Lift

Editor's note: The following article is courtesy of George Street Playhouse.

What’s in a name? Plenty – if it is the title of a new play. You want the title to capture your audience’s imagination, yet also be reflective of the play itself.  Often, like the words on the page, the title gets changed in the process as well. 

Such is the case with the third play in George Street Playhouse’s 2013-14 season: Assisted Living by husband and wife team Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman. The new title is now One of Your Biggest Fans.

Mr. Dooley and Ms. Holzman will trod the boards in New Brunswick beginning January 28 through February 23 in the dual role of authors as well as actors.  Noted director Larry Biederman will helm the production.

“One of Your Biggest Fans is touching, smart – and funny,” said GSP Artistic Director David Saint. “Paul was such a delight in The Sunshine Boys and I am so pleased he is returning to George Street. Winnie is a good friend and I am thrilled to have them here at the Playhouse as both actors and playwrights.”

One of Your Biggest Fans explores the surprising connections between four very different characters – Frank, a beloved soap opera star facing an uncertain future; Emily, his former makeup artist and longtime girlfriend; Edgar, a curmudgeon who feels abandoned in his assisted living facility; and Heather, Edgar’s unfulfilled, unmarried daughter who is Frank’s biggest fan. Holzman and Dooley’s play (their first full length collaboration) is a funny and touching look at the ways we can change each other’s lives – sometimes without even knowing it.

Creating the world of the play are Scenic Designer James Youmans (Broadway’s West Side Story, The Nutcracker and I at GSP), costume designer Esther Arroyo (Clever Little Lies), and lighting designer David Lander (The Heiress on Broadway), original sound designer Bob Blackburn’s design will be augmented with addition sound design by Ted Crimy.

Tickets beginning at $28 may be purchased at the George Street Playhouse Box Office, (732) 246-7717, or through the Playhouse website, www.GSPonline.org.

George Street Playhouse is located at 9 Livingston Avenue, in the very center of New Brunswick’s vibrant downtown dining and entertainment scene. Visit GSPonline.org for information on dining, parking and directions.