George Street Playhouse and Artistic Director David Saint have announced that New Jersey native John Tartaglia — from the original Broadway cast of “Avenue Q,” “Sesame Street,” and “Johnny and the Sprites” — will appear in New Brunswick as the sole cast member of “Buyer & Cellar,” the fourth production of the New Brunswick theater’s current season. Tartaglia will take the fictional journey to the fictional version of Barbra Streisand’s fictional basement through March 29.
Taking Streisand’s coffee-table book “My Passion for Design” as its jumping-off point, “Buyer & Cellar” is the fictional tale of an underemployed actor who becomes curator of her vast collection of costumes, dolls, clocks and other items, which is arranged as a shopping mall in the basement of her Malibu Beach compound. In the course of his fictional employment, he becomes shopkeeper, confidant and drama coach to the famous actress.
“I am thrilled to welcome John to George Street in this wonderful comedy by Jonathan Tolins,” Saint said. “He has the perfect combination of comic timing and an innate likability that works so well for this character.”
Tickets, starting at $28, are on sale through the George Street Playhouse box office at 732-246-7717 or www.gsponline.org. George Street Playhouse is located at 9 Livingston Ave. in the heart of New Brunswick’s downtown.