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Previews:
March 20, 2014
Opened:
April 17, 2014
Ended:
June 15, 2014
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
Lincoln Center Theater
Theater Type:
Broadway
Theater:
Vivian Beaumont Theater
Theater Address:
150 West 65 Street
Website:
lct.org
Running Time:
2 hrs, 30 min
Genre:
Comedy-Drama
Director:
James Lapine
Review:
Moss Hart’s autobiographical “Act One” is one of the best books ever written on the intricacies of putting a play together and taking it to Broadway. The play of the same name, written and directed by James Lapine, gives us, in act one, an overblown expansion of the background leading up to the collaboration between Hart and the well-known writer George S. Kaufman. Act two gives us the meat of the book: the process of creating, of taking a show on out-of-town tryouts, the frustrations, steps up the ladder, and the payoff.
Tony Shalhoub shines as both the old Hart and as Kaufman, and all the cast are top notch. This show is a must for anyone deeply involved in theater as a patron or participant.
Cast:
Santino Fontana, Tony Shalhoub, Andrea Martin, Chuck Cooper, Bill Army, Will Brill, Laurel Casillo, Steven Kaplan, Will LeBow, Mimi Lieber, Charlotte Maier, Debra Offner, Matthew Saldivar, Bob Stillman, and Amy Warren, Matthew Schechter.
Other Critics:
TOTALTHEATER David Lefkowitz 4/14 +
Critic:
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed:
May 2014
