Good Time Charlie

A man with thwarted artistic ambitions of his own plays mentor to his nephew, a young man who dreams of Broadway stardom, in this multigenerational gay comedy by the gifted Ryan J. Haddad (Dark Disabled Stories). Jonathan Raviv plays guncle to Haddad himself as the theater kid; the cast of seven also includes Michael Cristofer, Beth Malone, Nael Nacer, Artemis Pebdani and the ubiquitous TV actor-comedian Tim Bagley (Somebody Somewhere). Danny Sharron directs the world premiere for the Public Theater, where he and Haddad began developing the play nearly a decade ago as part of the company's Emerging Writer's Group.