STAGE
GALLERY
THE FATHER
By Florian Zeller
Translation by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Doug Hughes
BROADWAY @ MTC's Samuel Friedman Theater, 3/22/16 - 6/19/16
CAST: Frank Langella, Kathryn Erbe, Brian Avers, Hannah Cabell, Charles Borland, Kathleen McNenny, Anthony Newfield, Andrew Hovelson & Pilar Witherspoon
* 2016 Tony Winner for Best Actor: Frank Langella
* 2016 Tony Nominee for Best Play
* A staggering play on the horrors of dementia, The Father left audiences shaken. Florian Zeller's Olivier Award-winning script was nominated for Best Play, Frank Langella won his 4th Tony Award for Best Actor, and the 2020 feature film with Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman and Rufus Sewell won two Academy Awards.
ROCK N' ROLL
By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Trevor Nunn
BROADWAY @ The 'Bernie' Jacobs Theater, 11/4/07 - 3/9/08
CAST: Rufus Sewell, Sinead Cusack, Brian Cox, Alice Eve, Stephen Kunken, Nicole Ansari, Brian Avers, Seth Fisher, Mary Bacon, Anna O'Donoghue, Alexandra O'Neil, Ken Marks, Quentin Mare, Joseph Collins, Angela Reed, Joe Vincent & Julie Jesneck
* 2008 Tony Nominated for Best Play, Best Actor, Best Actress & Sound
* Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard's most personal play, staged by one of the world's great directors, Trevor Nunn, featuring a beautiful cast, Rock n Roll left the audience entranced by the power of language and music. . . RIP to our rockin' romantic, Quentin Mare. Some sunny day.
KING LEAR
By William Shakespeare
Directed by James Lapine; Music by Stephen Sondheim
@ THE PUBLIC THEATER, 2/9/07 - 3/29/07
CAST: Kevin Kline, Larry Bryggman, Michael Cerveris, Logan Marshall-Green, Brian Avers, Kristen Bush, Angela Pierce, Laura Odeh, Philip Goodwin, Michael Rudko, Daniel Pearce, Piter Marek, Tim Stickney, Joaquin Torres & Ryan McCarthy
* Shakespeare's epic tragedy was brought to life in the Anspacher Theater, featuring Kevin Kline as Lear, Michael Cerveris as Kent, Logan Marshall Green as Edmund, and Brian Avers as Edgar. Legendary colleagues James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim brought unique flourishes to this timeless story ...
AMERICAN SON
By Christopher Demos-Brown
Directed by Kenny Leon
BROADWAY @ The Booth Theater, 11/8/18 - 1/27/19
CAST: Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan, Eugene Lee, Brian Avers, Amelia Workman, Jerome Preston Bates
* Brian performed the lead role of Scott opposite Kerry Washington, for 6 weeks. Incredible audiences, profound experience, in a powerful play about love, race and America. A film version with the original cast is currently available on Netflix.
POOR BEHAVIOR
By Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Evan Cabnet
@ Primary Stages, Duke Theater 42nd Street, 7/29/14 - 9/7/14
CAST: Brian Avers, Katie Kreisler Black, Jeff Biehl & Heidi Armbruster
* Struggling spouses have a weekend in the country, and . . . behave poorly! Provocative material from a master of jangling nerves, Theresa Rebeck, one of our most prolific playwrights. Primary Stages is a cherished institution, dedicated to producing work by great writers. This was a (dark) treat.
Becky Shaw
BECKY SHAW
By Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
@ South Coast Rep, 10/22/10 - 11/21/10
CAST: Brian Avers, Angela Goethals, Tessa Auberjonois, Graham Hamilton & Barbara Tarbuck
* West Coast premiere of Gina Gionfriddo's sizzling play, about the perils of family trauma and corrosive impact of romantic obsession ... Staged at historic South Coast Rep, directed by the wonderful Pam MacKinnon. RIP to our sparkling, razor-eyed Barbara Tarbuck.
THE EXPLORER'S CLUB
By Nell Benjamin
Directed by Marc Bruni
@ Manhattan Theater Club, NY City Center, 6/20/13 - 8/4/13
CAST: Jennifer Westfeldt, Loreno Pisoni, David Furr, Carson Elrod, Steve Boyer, Brian Avers, Max Baker, Arnie Burton & John McMartin
* Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Play; Drama Desk nominee, Best Play
* Wildly funny farce from Nell Benjamin, with a "pitch perfect" cast, The Explorer's Club had audiences in stitches, with madcap physicality, and a particularly memorable bit of cocktail catching ... "To Science!" ... RIP to the great gentleman and stage angel, John McMartin.
TRAVESTIES
By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Patrick Marber
BROADWAY @ Roundabout Theater, 3/29/18 - 6/17/18
CAST: Tom Hollander, Seth Numrich, Peter McDonald, Scarlett Stratten, Sara Topham, Dan Butler, Opal Alladin, Patrick Kerr, Brian Avers, Peter Bradbury, Rosalyn Coleman, Richard Hollis & Sarah Killough
* 2018 Tony Award, Outer Critics, Drama League & Drama Desk Nominations for Best Revival, Best Actor & Best Director
* In shocking circumstance, due to injurious malady, there was for 4 performances the delight of Brian Avers as James Joyce. . .
For his pains Mr. Avers was highly thanked, and yet, he persists, the pleasure was entirely his. (Gratitude to Tom Stoppard!)
COMPLETENESS
By Itamar Moses
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
@ Playwrights Horizons, 8/19/11 - 9/25/11
CAST: Aubrey Dollar, Karl Miller, Brian Avers & Meredith Forlenza
* From the brilliant Itamar Moses (Tony Winner, The Band's Visit), directed by Tony & Obie-Award winner Pam MacKinnon (Clybourne Park, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), this NYC premiere was staged at the Playwrights Horizons. Romance, comedy and the stage breakdown (on purpose) made this a memorable, personal night for audiences.
BLACK COMEDY
Dir Lou Jacob - 7/19 - 8/4/2007
CAST: Brian Avers, Ginifer King, Nell Mooney, Gerry Bamman, Beth Dixon, Mark H. Dold, Gordon Stanley & Robert Lydiard
THE VIOLET HOUR
Dir Barry Edelson - 7/20 - 8/2/2008
CAST: Austin Lysy, Brian Avers, Heidi Armbruster, Opal Alladin & Nat DeWolf
ART
By Yazmine Reza
Dir Henry Wishcamper - 7/22 - 8/7/2010
CAST: Brian Avers, David Garrison, Michael Countryman
* Three great plays, three hilarious roles, three beautiful summers in the unforgettable Berkshires. Many thanks to Julianne Boyd, great audiences, and everyone at Barrington Stage Company.
SZINHAZ
By Itamar Moses
Dir Michelle Tattenbaum - 4/11-4/22/07
CAST: Brian Avers & Bess Wohl
* Part of ARMED and NAKED in AMERICA, a collection of one acts at the Duke on 42nd St, produced by Naked Angels, featuring a stellar lineup of writers including Will Eno, Theresa Rebeck, David Rabe, and this "highlight of the evening" from Itamar Moses: a Q&A gone wrong, between a Slavic director and his muse. Dark, funny & unforgettable. A highlight indeed...
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
By Martin McDonagh
Directed by Wilson Milam
BROADWAY @ The Lyceum, 4/06-9/06
CAST: David Wilmot, Alison Pill, Domnhall Gleeson, Peter Gerety, Brian Darcy-James, Andrew Connolly, Dashiell Eaves, Jeff Binder, Brian Avers, John Ahlin & Cristin Milioti
* 2006 Tony Nominations for Best Play, Best Actor, Best Featured Actor & Actress
* The incomparable Martin McDonagh smashed stages in 2006 with arguably his best play, about an Irish terrorist who wreaks havoc on anyone who hurts his cat, Wee Thomas . . . With gore dripping & audiences screaming, these were grand circumstances for a Broadway debut, which occurred when Tony nominee David Wilmot injured his voice, leading to an extended run for his lucky understudy ... Thanks to a first-class writer, an all-time stage manager, and a cast that refused to let a rookie fall. RIP Randall Wreghitt, a lovely, generous man, who knew how to throw party & made a feckin' hit.
