“FIRST-RATE! Simple yet opulent by Off-Broadway standards.
Marina Squerciati is EXCELLENT!  
Saundra Santiago, one of the chicest actresses around, charms everyone on stage and off.”
- TalkEntertainment.com
 
“Manipulation shifts between reality and fantasy, recalling the works of Lorca and Marquez.
Staged in heightened, expressionistic style by director Will Pomerantz.  
Saundra Santiago is commanding as the mother from hell!”
- New York Post

  “Victoria E. Calderon’s playwriting debut is offbeat enough to intrigue.”
- Theatermania

  “METICULOUS DIRECTION from Will Pomerantz.
Saundra Santiago gives a VIBRANT performance.”
- Backstage

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NORMAN Lear attended Saturday's matinee and Pacino Sunday's matinee of "Manipulation" by Mexico's Victoria Calderon, who lives in Monaco. Both loved it . . .

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Richard Gere, Carey Lowell and Annabella Sciorra visit Manipulation:

On Thursday, July 28, actors Richard Gere, Annabella Sciorra, and Carey Lowell attended Off-Broadway's MANIPULATION, a new play by Victoria E. Calderon at the Cherry Lane Theatre, directed by Will Pomerantz. After the performance, they visited with Manipulation cast members Marina Squerciati and Saundra Santiago.

Previous guests for the world-premiere play, which runs through August 21, have included Al Pacino, Olivia Newton-John, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Norman Lear and designer Nicole Miller.

TheatreMania - PHOTO FLASH: Richard Gere, Carey Lowell and Annabella Sciorra visit Off-Broadway's Manipulation

BroadwayWorld - Photo Flash: Gere, Sciorra, Lowell et al Attend Manipulation

Norman Lear visits Manipulation:

During the Independence Day weekend, famed TV producer and writer Norman Lear attended Off-Broadway's MANIPULATION, a new play by Victoria E. Calderon at the Cherry Lane Theatre, directed by Will Pomerantz. Mr. Lear visited with cast members backstage following Saturday's performance.

"At the risk of coming away with a better understanding of the extremes we humans will go to in an attempt to control one another, check out some brilliant MANIPULATION performed by a first class ensemble at the Cherry Lane Theater."

Performances run through August 21 at Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St.)

Al Pacino visits Manipulation:

Al Pacino visited with cast members backstage after Sunday's matinee performance.

Barbara Feldon visits Manipulation:

Barbara Feldon, best known for her Emmy-nominated work on the hit TV series "Get Smart" and recently seen Off-Broadway in "Love, Loss & What I Wore," visited the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street) to see Off-Broadway's MANIPULATION, a new play by Victoria E. Calderon, directed by Will Pomerantz.

Olivia Newton-John visits Manipulation:

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