Skylight Revival 2015
Run Time:
Two hours and 20 minutes
Two hours and 20 minutes
Ages: 14+
Opened: April 2, 2015Closing: June 14, 2015
Skylight - 2015 - Broadway History , Info & More
John Golden Theatre (Broadway)
252 West 45th St. New York, NY
On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Carey Mulligan) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy), a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship, only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.
David Hare's Skylight originally premiered at the National Theatre in London in 1995 before going on to play smash hit engagements in the West End and on Broadway the following year. When the 2014 production of Skylight opened in the West End in June it was praised by critics on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Review: ‘Skylight,’ With Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy, Opens on Broadway
8 / 10
They are hardly a well-matched pair, this couple that has been given such transfixing life in two of the most expert stage performances you're likely to see for many seasons. As embodied by Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy in the heart-piercing revival of David Hare's 'Skylight,' Kyra Hollis and Tom Sergeant have none of the things in common that usually make for a fine romance...Yet as you watch Ms. Mulligan and Mr. Nighy move magnetically toward and away from each other in Stephen Daldry's exquisitely balanced London-born production...you can't help thinking that on some profound level these two were made to be together...The great achievement of this production from Mr. Daldry...is that it sustains each perspective with crystalline focus...As played by Ms. Mulligan...Kyra is obdurately calm and centered. But Ms. Mulligan achingly conveys just how hard-won this defensive stillness is. She has an uncommon gift for radiating complex layers of feeling by simply inhabiting a space. Mr. Nighy's Tom, in contrast, is a blinding kinetic force, a creature who never stops moving, advancing and retreating in a flurry of knife-edged angles, forever casing out and sizing up his environment.
'Skylight': Theater Review
8 / 10
...the three-decade age difference adds interesting layers to Kyra's daddy complex, and Nighy projects such unforced charm and wit that it's easy to imagine him seducing a smart, attractive girl in her twenties. The actor has a peerless way with Hare's caustic dialogue; he's magnetic in sardonic mode, when feigning indifference, in sputtering moments of rage, or letting down his guard to show his creeping desperation...Mulligan is more contained but no less commanding. She's watchful, controlled and wary, almost as if Kyra has played out this encounter many times in her head. And yet she's unable to deny a deep affection for Tom that lingers as undiminished as the hurt. If restless physicality and verbal dexterity are the signature traits of Nighy's performance, it's Mulligan's stillness and emotional transparency, battling with pride and anger, that distinguish her fine work, even navigating some of Hare's speechier passages with naturalness. Daldry has drawn three exquisite performances from his cast, and they lock together both in sharp contrast and in melancholy harmony with one another.
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Skylight FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What productions of Skylight have there been?
Skylight has had 3 productions including Broadway which opened in 1996, West End which opened in 2014 and Broadway which opened in 2015.
What Tony Awards has Skylight been nominated for?
Skylight has been nominated for the following Tony Awards: Best Direction of a Play for Stephen Daldry, Best Lighting Design of a Play for Natasha Katz, Best Revival of a Play for Jay Alix, John Johnson, Sue Wagner, Joey Parnes, David Mirvish, Carlos Arana, The Araca Group, True Love Productions, Stuart Thompson, Spring Sirkin, Heni Koenigsberg, Scott M. Delman, Una Jackman, Catherine Adler, Stephanie P. McClelland, The Shubert Organization, Jon B. Platt, Roy Furman, Roger Berlind, Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Robert Fox, and Best Scenic Design of a Play for Bob Crowley.
What Tony Awards has Skylight won?
Skylight has won the Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play for Stephen Daldry, Best Lighting Design of a Play for Natasha Katz, Best Revival of a Play for Jay Alix, John Johnson, Sue Wagner, Joey Parnes, David Mirvish, Carlos Arana, The Araca Group, True Love Productions, Stuart Thompson, Spring Sirkin, Heni Koenigsberg, Scott M. Delman, Una Jackman, Catherine Adler, Stephanie P. McClelland, The Shubert Organization, Jon B. Platt, Roy Furman, Roger Berlind, Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Robert Fox, and Best Scenic Design of a Play for Bob Crowley.
What awards has Skylight been nominated for?
Skylight has been nominated for several awards. These include the Distinguished Performance Award for Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy at the Drama League Awards. Additionally, David Hare was nominated for Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play at the Drama League Awards, and Skylight was nominated for Outstanding Revival Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
What awards has Skylight won?
Skylight has won several awards including the Distinguished Performance Award for Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy at the Drama League Awards. The play also won the Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play award for David Hare at the Drama League Awards, as well as the Outstanding Revival Play award for Skylight at the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
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