LONE STAR
RUTH STAGE’S OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE OF JAMES McLURE’S DARK COMEDY
Previews begin Friday, November 24, 2023
Opening Night Sunday, December 3, 2023
Performances through Saturday, December 23, 2023
At Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street)
Ruth Stage is thrilled to announce that the off-Broadway premiere of James McLure’s dark comedy Lone Star will play Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) this fall, directed by Joe Rosario (Ruth Stage’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Courtney Henggeler).
Lone Star takes place in the cluttered back yard of a small-town Texas bar. Roy, a brawny macho type, is back in town, battling symptoms of PTSD, after a hitch in Vietnam. Joined by his younger brother Ray, this hilarious and poignant study of a pair of Texas "good ole boys" explores the depths of brotherhood and the scars to be dealt with from battles fought at home and abroad.
In addition to Lone Star, the McLure Estate has given Ruth Stage exclusive permission to combine elements of its sister play, Laundry and Bourbon, to create a one-of-a-kind adaptation. Laundry and Bourbon’s central character of Elizabeth enters this production with dialogue from both Laundry and Bourbon as well as an unpublished Lone Star screenplay which was set to be made into a film in the 1980's with Sigourney Weaver but never came to fruition. Live music from the Vietnam era will also be woven throughout this timely adaptation.