Hartford Stage artistic director Michael Wilson got some great news earlier today — his staging of the nine-hour Horton Foote epic “The Orphans’ Home Cycle” has had its run extended for another six weeks at the Signature Theatre in Manhattan.
The show was already a close-to-sold-out hot ticket before Part 3 opened to the press Tuesday night — the rave reviews and the tremendous demand for tickets led to an immediate extension and more buzz that the show will transfer to Broadway in the fall.
The Foote epic began at Hartford Stage last fall — it’s a co-production with the Signature Theatre — and has turned into one of the genuine theatrical triumphs of the current New York season.
You can see “Orphans’ Home” in three, three-hour parts or attend a marathon in which all three parts are performed in one day. I’ve been seeing the show part-by-part — with part three on my schedule two weeks from now — but I wish I had signed up for one of the marathons.
The original marathon performances are sold out, but with the extension two new ones have been added on April 3 and May 8.
For information go to www.signaturetheatre.org
