Playbill.com - 25/Jun/2006

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Busy World Marks Busy Clayburgh's Third NYC Appearance of the Season
By Kenneth Jones
25 Jun 2006

Jill Clayburgh in a scene from The 

Busy World Is Hushed at Playwrights 

Horizons.

Photo by Joan Marcus

Jill Clayburgh plays a minister and a mother in her Playwrights Horizons debut, the world premiere production of Keith Bunin's The Busy World Is Hushed, opening June 25.

Hannah, played by the two-time Academy Award nominee, "finds her faith at odds with that of Thomas, her estranged, wayward son (Luke Macfarlane)," according to Playwrights Horizons. "But when an inquisitive young writer (Hamish Linklater) hired to assist Hannah with her latest publication learns painful secrets from Hannah's past, she spies a risky, unconventional opportunity for reconciliation."

Previews began June 6.

Mark Brokaw (Reckless, Lobby Hero, How I Learned to Drive) directs on the PH Mainstage Theater on West 42nd Street in Manhattan.

Bunin's plays include The Credeaux Canvas and The World Over, both seen at Playwrights Horizons.

This is Clayburgh's third New York stage appearance in a year, having starred in Broadway's A Naked Girl on the Appian Way and Barefoot in the Park. She was nominated for two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards for roles in "An Unmarried Woman," "Starting Over," "First Monday in October," "La Luna," "Hustling" and "Nip/Tuck."

Clayburgh is also remembered for Broadway's Pippin and The Rothschilds. She will be seen in the upcoming film adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' "Running with Scissors," scheduled for release in 2006.

Hamish Linklater plays Matthew on CBS' new hit comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine," and appeared in Recent Tragic Events at Playwrights Horizons, the world premiere of The Violet Hour at South Coast Rep and in The Singing Forest at Long Wharf Theatre. Luke Macfarlane has been seen in FX's "Over There" and Juvenilia at Playwrights Horizons and Where Do We Live at The Vineyard.

The production will feature scenic design by Allen Moyer, costume design by Michael Krass, lighting design by Mary Louise Geiger and sound design and original music by Lewis Flinn. Production stage manager is David Sugarman.

The performance schedule for The Busy World Is Hushed is Tuesdays through Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2:30 & 8 PM and Sundays at 2:30 & 7:30 PM. Tickets are $65.

For more information, call (212) 279-4200 or visit www.playwrightshorizons.org.