EVERYTHING IN THE GARDEN Reading Today, 6/21

Edward Albee's rarely-seen "Everything in the Garden" will be the first play to be read in The Peccadillo Theater Company's new "The Plays-You-Should-Know-And-Probably-Don't Reading Series" on Monday, June 21st (3PM) at the Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street.) This private-industry reading will be directed by Peccadillo's Artistic Director Dan Wackerman and will feature John Rubinstein, Angelica Torn, Kathleen Butler, Michael Hayden and Susan Jeffries.

Having originally premiered on Broadway in 1967, "Everything in the Garden" featured a cast which included Barry Nelson, Barbara Bel Geddes, Beatrice Straight and Richard Thomas.

Adapted from a play by Giles Cooper, Everything in the Garden lampoons the upper-middle-class suburbs where conformity and a hypocritical show of respectability are all that count. The action starts in an entertaining 'comedy of manners' style in the home of Jenny and Richard, two social climbers struggling to make ends meet. Enter Mrs. Toothe, a mysterious business woman who offers Jenny the opportunity to make more money than she and Richard have ever known, to purchase all the little luxuries that their neighbors seem to enjoy. Richard's realization that their newfound money is being earned by his wife's whoring comes during a cocktail party at which Mrs. Toothe makes an unexpected appearance. Mayhem ensures as it becomes clear that (almost!) all the neighbors are already acquainted with Mrs.Toothe.

The Peccadillo Theater Company is currently presenting the acclaimed revival production of Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest" playing through July 3rd at St. Clement's.
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