Jennifer Tilly Stars in The Adding Machine Off Broadway Revival
Academy Award nominee Jennifer Tilly is at present performing in a revival of Elmer L. Rice’s 1923 expressionist play, The Adding Machine, on the Theater at St. Clement’s in Hell’s Kitchen. The manufacturing, directed by Scott Elliott, is scheduled to run by May 17, 2026, in keeping with a report from Art Threat.
Tilly portrays Mrs. Zero, a personality who opens the two-hour and 15-minute manufacturing with an intensive monologue delivered from a Murphy mattress. The play explores the existential disaster of Mr. Zero, performed by Daphne Rubin-Vega, who’s changed by automation after 25 years of employment.
The manufacturing includes a solid together with Sarita Choudhury as Daisy and Michael Cyril Creighton in a number of roles. Set designer Derek McLane used modular submitting cupboards to create the present’s varied environments, whereas Thomas Bradshaw supplied revisions to Rice’s unique 100-year-old script.
| Role | Actor | Known For |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Zero | Jennifer Tilly | Bullets Over Broadway, The Real Housewives |
| Mr. Zero | Daphne Rubin-Vega | Rent (Broadway), In the Heights (movie) |
| daisy | Sarita Choudhury | And Just Like That…, Homeland |
| Multiple Roles | Michael Cyril Creighton | The Good Wife, Broadway veteran |
The efficiency has drawn reward for its exploration of company greed and the displacement of human employees by know-how. These themes have been famous by critics as notably related to up to date discussions relating to office automation and synthetic intelligence.
“Jennifer Tilly’s tour-de-force monologue at the beginning of The New Group’s revival of The Adding Machine immediately sets the tone for what is one of the most exciting off-broadway productions in recent memory.” mentioned Exeunt Magazine.
The New Group has scheduled a dwell stream of the efficiency for May 5, 2026, at 7 PM Eastern for distant audiences. Tickets for the in-person present in Manhattan begin at $50, with the manufacturing really useful for audiences aged 13 and up attributable to mature language and period-appropriate slurs.
