by KENNETH LONERGAN
directed by NEIL PEPE
Linda Gross Theater
February 24 – April 17, 2016
Following last season’s hit revival of This is Our Youth on Broadway, this world premiere by Pulitzer Prize finalist Lonergan is directed by Atlantic Artistic Director Neil Pepe (Broadway’s Speed-The-Plow).
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On learning of his mother’s death, world famous country and western star Strings McCrane begins questioning the meaning of his life and what it all adds up to. Determined to abandon his celebrity and his career, he moves back to his hometown in Tennessee. It doesn’t go well. This outstanding new play from acclaimed playwright Kenneth Lonergan examines the costs of fame, fortune and narcissism in pursuit of the American Dream.
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