Peer Gynt 2016

Opened: May 25, 2016
Closing: June 19, 2016

Peer Gynt - 2016 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Classic Stage Company
136 East 13th Street New York City, NY 10003

Director John Doyle (Passion, Allegro) brings to the stage his own adaptation of Ibsen’s tale of the misadventures of Peer Gynt. Follow young Peer from childhood renegade to outcast, adventurer, industrialist and provocateur as he searches for a life that will live up to his impossible and irrepressible expectations.

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Peer Gynt FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Peer Gynt have there been?
Peer Gynt has had 4 productions including Broadway which opened in 1907, Broadway which opened in 1923, Broadway which opened in 1951 and Off-Broadway which opened in 2016.

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