Samuel J. Friedman
Theatre , Midtown West
Stage and movie
veteran Frank Langella makes a welcome return to Broadway in 2016, in Florian
Zeller's Moliere Award-winning play about dementia. Langella plays the
eponymous Father of the title in a touching portrait of an 80-year old man and
his immediate family - but his memory is failing him. Was he a tap dancer, or
an engineer in his youth?
Furthermore, he lives
with his adult daughter and her beloved husband - or is it a new lover? Add to
this confusion that he permanently lives in his pajamas and he simply cannot
locate his watch, the Father is doubting himself and the life he has led so
far, and the life he is living now. This play returned to the West End in
London this summer and last year earned rave reviews by the British press.
The Father is the
winner of France's highest theatrical honor (and Tony Award equivalent) the
2014 Moliere Award for Best Play, and received an unprecedented eight five star
reviews from major national newspaper critics when it premiered at Theatre
Royal Bath and then at north London's Tricycle Theatre in England. Now it is
set to be directed by Doug Hughes as part of Manhattan Theatre Club's 2015-16
season.
More info
Dates
Previews from: 22
March 2016
Opening night: 14
April 2016
Booking through
until: 12 June 2016
Run time: 90 minutes
with no intermission
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