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Summer, 1976 on Broadway Starring Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht - NYC

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Laura Leggett Linney&nbsp;was born on February 5, 1964 in Manhattan, New York. She is an accomplished stage and screen actress&nbsp;who has four Tony Award nominations, three Academy Award nominations, two Golden Globe wins and four Emmy Award wins to her name.

Linney graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts in 1982 and went on to Northwestern University in Illinois&nbsp;before transferring to study acting at Brown University in Rhode Island. After graduating in 1986, she continued her training at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City through 1990.

Linney made her Off-Broadway debut for Manhattan Theatre Club in John Patrick Shanley’s Beggars in a House of Plenty at New York City Center in 1991, and she then made her Broadway debut as a replacement for the role of&nbsp;Tess in Lincoln Center Theater’s 1990 premiere of John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation at the <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/vivian-beaumont-theater">Vivian Beaumont Theater</a>. She received her Theatre World Award (and first Drama Desk Award nomination) after originating the role of Grete in Donald Margulies’ Sight Unseen, once again for MTC at <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/new-york-city-center">New York City Center</a>, in 1992. She would then become a regular performer on Broadway throughout the 1990s, appearing in The Seagull (1992-93), Hedda Gabler (1994), Holiday (1995-96), and Honour (1998). In 2000, she starred as Yelena Andreyevna in Uncle Vanya and then took on the coveted role of Elizabeth Proctor in the 2002 revival of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, earning her first Tony Award nomination. She would receive three further Tony nominations in her Broadway career: for the Broadway premiere of Sight Unseen in 2004, for Manhattan Theatre Club’s Time Stands Still in 2010, and for MTC’s <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/the-little-foxes">The Little Foxes</a> in 2017 (where she alternated the roles of Regina Giddens and Birdie Hubbard with co-star Cynthia Nixon at each performance, also winning her first Drama Desk Award). Additionally, she starred as La Marquise de Merteuil in the 2008 revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses for Roundabout Theatre Company.

Linney’s film career has also been widely celebrated. She most notably earned&nbsp;Oscar nominations for her performances in You Can Count On Me&nbsp;in 2001, Kinsey&nbsp;in 2005, and The Savages&nbsp;in 2008. Her other most notable film credits include a 2006 Golden Globe-nominated performance in The Squid and the Whale,&nbsp;alongside Congo&nbsp;(1995), Primal Fear&nbsp;(1996), The Truman Show&nbsp;(1998), Mystic River&nbsp;(2003), Love Actually&nbsp;(2003), The Exorcism of Emily Rose&nbsp;(2005), The Nanny Diaries&nbsp;(2007), Hyde Park on Hudson&nbsp;(2012), Mr. Holmes&nbsp;(2015), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows&nbsp;(2016), Sully&nbsp;(2016), and Nocturnal Animals&nbsp;(2016).

On television, Linney has enjoyed equal success, winning a total of four Emmy Awards —&nbsp;for Wild Iris&nbsp;in 2002, for Frasier&nbsp;in 2004, for John Adams&nbsp;in 2008, and for The Big C&nbsp;in 2013. She also won Golden Globes for her roles in John Adams&nbsp;and The Big C&nbsp;in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Since 2017, she has starred as Wendy Byrde in Netflix’s Ozark,&nbsp;earning an Emmy Award nomination in 2019.

Linney made her London stage debut at the Bridge Theatre in June 2018 in the one-woman show My Name Is Lucy Barton, later reprising the role for an encore performance at the venue in January 2019. Manhattan Theatre Club presented&nbsp;the American premiere of the solo show at the <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/samuel-j-friedman-theatre">Samuel J. Friedman Theatre</a> from January 4&nbsp;through February 29, 2020.

In 2023, she returned to MTC to star in the new Broadway play *Summer, 1976* opposite [Jessica Hecht](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jessica-hecht).

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Jessica Hecht is a Tony and Emmy Award-nominated actress best known for playing Gretchen Schwartz on *Breaking Bad* and Susan Bunch on *Friends*, as well as for numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway performances.

Born June 28, 1965, Jessica Hecht grew up in Connecticut and eventually attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with a B.F.A. in drama. After graduating, she found success in an Off-Broadway production of *Othello* and landed small roles on television shows like *Seinfeld* and *Party of Five*.

In 1994, she got her big break playing Susan Bunch, the new partner and later wife of Ross’s ex on the hit sitcom *Friends*. During the show’s 10-season run, Hecht would return to play Susan several times. This performance helped Hecht land other television roles, including main roles in the 1995 NBC sitcom *The Single Guy* and the 2001 ABC sitcom *What About Joan?*

Hecht's most notable roles also include Gretchen Schwartz in the hit drama *Breaking Bad* and Karen Hayes in the Netflix show *Special*, which earned her an Emmy nomination. She also had a multi-episode arc on the Amazon Prime show *The Boys*.

Hecht has had a steady film career as well, appearing in movies like *Dan in Real Life*, *J. Edgar*, and *A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood*.

In addition to her film and television work, Hecht has been a regular in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. She received a Tony Award nomination for her role in *A View from the Bridge*, which she starred in alongside Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber. Some of her other notable stage credits include *Harvey* (alongside [Jim Parsons](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jim-parsons)), *The Price* (alongside Mark Ruffalo), and *Fiddler on the Roof*, in which she played Golde.

In 2023, Hecht returned off Broadway in *Letters From Max*, followed by a Broadway run in the new play *Summer, 1976* opposite [Laura Linney](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/laura-linney).

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The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre originally opened on December 7, 1925 as the Biltmore Theatre. Herbert J. Krapp designed the building for impresario Irwin Chanin. Its inaugural production was *Easy Come Easy Go*. 

From 1952 to 1962, CBS used the theatre for television and radio broadcasting purposes. In 1963, it reopened as a traditional theatre with Neil Simon's *Barefoot in the Park*.

In 1987, the theatre closed following an arson attack and sat vacant for 14 years. In 2001, Manhattan Theatre Club took over the venue and reopened the performance space in 2003 after renovations. MTC renamed it the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on September 4, 2008, to honor the Broadway publicist.

## How to get to the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway

The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre is closest to the 50th Street subway stop on the C and E line. The closest bus stops are 8 Av/W 46th St. on the M20 and M104 lines and 8th Ave/W 43rd St. on the M34A-SBS line.

## Restaurants near the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre is located across the street from three popular pre- and post-show restaurants: Trattoria Trecolori (Italian), Glass House Tavern (American), and Friedman's (American). Also nearby are the Irish pubs Mean Fiddler and Playwrights Celtic Pub, as well as Restaurant Row, the stretch of 46th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues lined with eateries.