NEW YORK,
June 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Online theater streaming service BroadwayHD and THIRTEEN
Productions LLC for WNET will capture the Tony®-winning revival of
Noël Coward's outrageously irresistible comedy Present
Laughter starring Oscar- and three-time Tony® Award winner
Kevin Kline. Seven
high-definition cameras will capture this production at the St.
James Theatre. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the
hilarious production The Wall Street Journal calls, "a
comedic triumph!"
"We're excited to capture this sensational revival of
Present Laughter featuring a star-studded cast," said
BroadwayHD co-founders, Stewart F.
Lane and Bonnie
Comley. "Kevin Kline
gives a spectacular, definitive performance as Garry Essendine,
earning his third Tony® Award for what is arguably the greatest
leading man comedic role ever written. He is matched by
Kate Burton, Kristine Nielsen and Cobie Smulders and the entire cast of this
hilarious production that we frankly can't wait to bring to
audiences around the world."
"As our thrilling limited engagement comes to an end on
Broadway, we are all so excited to be partnering with THIRTEEN/WNET
and BroadwayHD to preserve our beloved production
for audiences around the world and for years to
come," said Jordan Roth,
lead producer of Present Laughter on Broadway.
"Now our Laughter will always be Present!"
Starting this fall, BroadwayHD subscribers can stream
Present Laughter on BroadwayHD.com, Chromecast and
BroadwayHD's Roku, Apple TV, iPad, iPhone and Android mobile
apps. Present Laughter marks
legendary Academy Award® and Tony
Award® winner Kevin
Kline's eagerly awaited return to Broadway. Kline's
performance in Present Laughter earned him the best actor
honors at the 2017 Tony Awards, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk
Awards. The spectacular cast is headed by three-time
Tony® and Emmy® Award nominee
Kate Burton (Scandal,
Grey's Anatomy), Tony Award® nominee
Kristine Nielsen (Vanya
and Sonia and Masha and Spike), and Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your
Mother, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back) in her
Broadway debut, with direction by Tony
Award® nominee Moritz
von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God). It is directed for
the screen by David
Horn.
The incredible ensemble of Present
Laughter also includes Matt Bittner, Ellen Harvey, Peter Francis James, Tedra Millan, Bhavesh Patel, Reg Rogers and Sandra Shipley, with Kelley Curran, Rachel Pickup, James Riordan, and David L.
Townsend. The creative team for Present Laughter
features set design by Tony Award® winner
David Zinn, costume design by
Tony Award® winner Susan
Hilferty, lighting design by two-time Tony
Award® nominee Justin
Townsend, sound design by Fitz Patton, and hair
design by Josh Marquette.
Casting by Telsey + Company.
For BroadwayHD, Present Laughter is a welcome
addition to the theater streaming service's video on demand
library, joining titles like She Loves Me, Daddy Long
Legs, On The Exhale, Disney's Broadway Hits, and
most recently, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me. This summer,
BroadwayHD will be adding multiple titles to its on-demand library
including, If I Forget London's West End musical hit From Here to
Eternity, The Man Who Came to Dinner starring
Nathan Lane, and
Long Day's Journey Into Night
starring Alfred Molina and
Jane Kacsmarek.
To purchase tickets for tonight's performance June 23 at 8:00 p.m.
EDT to be in the audience for this special filming,
visit LaughterOnBroadway.com. The
production runs through Sunday, July
2.
ABOUT PRESENT LAUGHTER
Present Laughter began
performances at the St. James Theatre (246 West
44th Street) on March 10,
2017, and opened officially on Wednesday, April 5 to rave reviews. Present
Laughter ends its strictly-limited engagement on Sunday,
July 2. For more information, visit
www.LaughterOnBroadway.com.
Present Laughter follows a
self-obsessed actor in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Juggling his
considerable talent, ego and libido, the theater's favorite leading
man suddenly finds himself caught between fawning ingénues, crazed
playwrights, secret trysts and unexpected twists.
Present Laughter was nominated
for three 2017 Tony Awards® including Best
Revival of a Play, and the Tony® winner of Best Leading
Actor in a Play (Kevin Kline). It
also received: three nominations from the Drama League
Awards: Best Revival of a Play, and two Distinguished
Performance Award nominations (Kevin
Kline and Kate Burton); the
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play (Kline)
plus nominations for Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
(Susan Hilferty) and Outstanding Wig
and Hair (Josh Marquette); and
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
(Kline) and a nomination for Outstanding Costume Design (Hilferty).
Additionally, Cobie Smulders won the
Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway
Debut.
Present Laughter is produced by
Jordan Roth, Jujamcyn Theaters,
Spencer Ross, A.C. Orange
International, Eric Falkenstein,
Grove Entertainment, Bruce Robert
Harris and Jack W. Batman,
Stephanie P. McClelland, Harbor
Entertainment, Joe Everett Michaels
/ Robert F. Ryan, Daryl Roth.
ABOUT BROADWAYHD
Since launch in 2015,
BroadwayHD aims to extend the reach of
Broadway-caliber productions to theater fans all over the
world. BroadwayHD is the only online streaming service of its
kind, offering Broadway to all through an unprecedented
theater experience. In addition to exclusive live streamed
content, BroadwayHD offers subscribers unlimited on-demand
access to a library of over 190 theater productions from the
comfort and convenience of their own homes – or wherever streaming
is possible. It's the Broadway you know and love, curated from the
stage to your screen.
ABOUT WNET
WNET is
America's flagship PBS station and parent company
of THIRTEEN and WLIW21.
WNET also operates NJTV, the
statewide public media network in New Jersey. Through its
broadcast channels, three cable services (THIRTEEN PBSKids, Create
and World) and online streaming sites, WNET brings quality arts,
education and public affairs programming to more than five million
viewers each week. WNET produces and presents such acclaimed PBS
series
as Nature, Great
Performances, American
Masters, PBS NewsHour
Weekend, Charlie
Rose and a range of documentaries, children's
programs, and local news and cultural offerings. WNET's
groundbreaking series for children and young adults
include Get the
Math, Oh
Noah! and Cyberchase as
well as Mission US, the
award-winning interactive history game. WNET highlights the
tri-state's unique culture and diverse communities through
Theater Close-Up,
NYC-ARTS, Reel
13, NJTV News with Mary Alice
Williams and MetroFocus,
the daily multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New
York region. In addition, WNET produces online-only
programming including the award-winning series about
gender, First Person, and an
intergenerational look at tech and pop
culture, The Chatterbox with Kevin and Grandma
Lill. In 2015, THIRTEEN launched Passport, an online
streaming service which allows members to see new and archival
THIRTEEN and PBS programming anytime,
anywhere: www.thirteen.org/passport.
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