Peter Dinklage, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Chloë Sevigny Meet Off-Broadway’s Clive on Opening Night

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Silver-haired Tony nominee Ethan Hawke (The Coast of Utopia) returns to the stage to direct and star in Clive as the eponymous, self-destructive rock singer on a downward spiral.
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Hawke is joined on stage by the show’s playwright (and his longtime friend), Jonathan Marc Sherman (Things We Want).
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent star Vincent D’Onofrio appears as Doc, one of Clive’s companions and followers.
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Zoe Kazan (Ruby Sparks) plays the multiple women in Clive’s life.
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Clive ladies Stephanie Jannsen, Mahira Kakkar, and Zoe Kazan are ready to celebrate their opening.
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Cast members Aaron Krohn and Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Promises Promises) join one another for a photo at the after party.
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In 2007, Emmy-winning Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage appeared in Clive playwright Jonathan Marc Sherman’s Things We Want, directed by Ethan Hawke.
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Oscar and Tony nominee Mark Ruffalo (Awake and Sing!) is glad to be on hand to support his pal, Ethan Hawke.
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We’re ready for pals Natasha Lyonne (American Pie) and Chloë Sevigny (Big Love) to finally share the stage.
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Josh Hamilton (Dead Accounts) has appeared in many New Group productions, including A Lie of the Mind, Things We Want, and Hurlyburly.
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Alessandro Nivola was a cast member of the New Group’s Ethan Hawke-directed A Lie of the Mind in 2010.
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Darren Goldstein (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) took the stage in the New Group’s most recent production, The Good Mother.
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Emmy winner and Tony nominee Tony Lo Bianco (A View from the Bridge) will return to the stage in March with his play The Little Flower, about the life of former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
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Clive playwright Jonathan Marc Sherman and director/star Ethan Hawke flank the New Group’s artistic director, Scott Elliott.
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The New Group‘s production of Jonathan Marc Sherman’s new drama, Clive, held its opening night on Thursday, February 7 with a post-performance celebration at the West Bank Café. Directed by and starring Tony nominee Ethan Hawke (The Coast of Utopia), the work runs at Theater Row’s Acorn Theatre through March 9.

Inspired by Bertolt Brecht’s play, Baal, Clive is set in 1990’s New York City and follows a self-destructive rock singer on a downward spiral. Joining Hawke and Sherman in the cast are Tony Award nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Present Laughter), Drama Desk Award nominee Zoe Kazan (The Seagull), Vincent D’Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Stephanie Janssen (Ivanov), Mahira Kakkar (Harper Regan), Aaron Krohn (The Glass Cage), and Dana Lyn (Hamlet). The production also features live music, performed by GAINES.

Guests at the opening included Emmy winner Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo (The Kids are All Right), Natasha Lyonne (American Pie), Chloë Sevigny (Big Love), Josh Hamilton (Dead Accounts), Alessandro Nivola (A Lie of the Mind), Darren Goldstein (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Mark Blum (Gore Vidal’s The Best Man), Francine Volpe (The Good Mother), Eric Nelsen (The Good Mother), and Tony Lo Bianco (The Little Flower).