THE ETERNAL SPACE
Written and Produced by JUSTIN RIVERS

Starring
CLYDE BALDO and MATTHEW PILECI

Directed by MINDY COOPER
Scenic Designer: JASON SHERWOOD
Costume Designer: TRISTAN RAINES
Lighting Designer: BRAD PETERSON
Sound Designer: JEREMIAH ROSENTHAL
Props Designer: SAMANTHA SHOFFNER
Graphic Design: COURTNEY ZELL
Understudy/Assistant Stage Manager: IAN McDONALD
Production Manager: ROME BROWN
Assistant Director: ALLISON RERECICH
Featured Photography by
NORMAN McGRATH, AARON ROSE, PETER MOORE, RON ZIEL, ALEXANADER HATOS
Executive Producers: LOUIS DiBELLA & JAY WARTSKI
Managing Producer: JOHN CUNNINGHAM
Producing Consultant: CASSIE FARRELLY
Producer: DENNIS McCARTHY
Public Relations: JOHN CAPO PUBLIC RELATIONS
Martketing assistant: KEVIN PHALON
Marketing Director: MALINI SINGH McDONALD
Social Media Director: DAWN McDONALD
Associate Producers:
SARA ZICK, AMY VEREL, MALINI SINGH McDONALD, DAWN McDONALD, MICHAEL GURDO

Lion Theatre @ Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues)
(212) 239-6200 or www.Telecharge.com
November 14 - December 6, 2015

Justin Rivers’ THE ETERNAL SPACE reminds us that there is more to a building than brick and mortar. He chronicles the demolition of the Old Pennsylvania Station in New York City through the interaction of two unlikely characters. Joseph Lanzarone (Clyde Baldo) is an almost-pompous English professor dedicated to stopping the dismantling of the building, and Paul Abbot (Matthew Pilieci) is one of the many construction workers hired to do just that. Between 1963 and 1966, they form an uneasy camaraderie that reveals special memories that bond them to the building. The repartee between the two is both confrontational and congenial tinged with humor and frustration. Kudos to both Baldo and Pilieci for convincingly accomplishing this.

Amidst fantastic scenic design, projections of original photography from journalists documenting the process, and recreations of 1960 broadcast recordings, THE ETERNAL SPACE becomes an impressive tribute that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the loss of a New York City landmark.

- Laurie Lawson -