Race Summary

From Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, comes his most explosive four-letter word yet. Race.

Race is the riveting new play by America’s foremost playwright, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-the-Plow, American Buffalo, November) in which three attorneys, two black and one white, are offered a chance to defend a white man charged with a crime against a black woman.

We Can't Stop Talking About Race in America (NY Times)
What has our country’s 230-year national experience been but a dialogue about race?

Race Cast Members:

Eddie Izzard, Dennis Haysbert, Afton C. Williamson, and Richard Thomas

Race Creative Team

Author: David Mamet
Director: David Mamet
Producer: Race Broadway LLC
Press Agent: Jeffrey Richards Associates

Race Award Winners/Nominees

Nominated for 1 2010 Tony Award

Featured Actor in a Play - David Alan Grier

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Race Tickets

Running Time:

100 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission

Audience :

May be inappropriate for children 12 and under.
Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.

First Preview Date	Opening Date
November 16, 2009	December 6, 2009

Box Office Hours

Monday - Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: Closed

Beginning October 18:
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 8pm
Sunday: Noon - 6pm (Open until curtain when there is a late performance.)

No future sales 30 minutes before start of performance.

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Venue Policies
No weapons permitted on the premises. The use of cameras, recording devices, cell phones, and other electronic devices during the performance is prohibited, except as permitted for accessibility services.

Coat Room

Yes - No strollers or furs.