BWW Flashback: LOVE LETTERS Closes on Broadway Today
By: BWW News Desk Dec. 14, 2014
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The critically acclaimed Broadway revival of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters, directed by Gregory Mosher plays its final performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47 Street), today, December 14, 2014, where it will have played 6 preview and 95 regular performances. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you back through LOVE LETTERS' run on Broadway!
LOVE LETTERS opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Thursday, September 18, 2014, starring Brian Dennehy and Mia Farrow. Carol Burnett joined Mr. Dennehy on October 11, 2014, with their run followed by the current stars, Alan Alda and Candice Bergen, who stepped into the critically acclaimed production on November 9, 2014.
LOVE LETTERS has scenic design by two-time Tony Award winner John Lee Beatty, costume design by Tony Award winner Jane Greenwood, and lighting design by Tony Award winner Peter Kaczorowski.
LOVE LETTERS is a disarmingly funny and unforgettably emotional portrait about the powerful connection of love. Two friends, rebellious Melissa Gardner and straight-arrow Andrew Makepeace Ladd III have exchanged notes, cards and letters with each other for over 50 years. From second grade, through summer vacations, to college, and well into adulthood, they have spent a lifetime discussing their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, and victories and defeats. But long after the letters are done, the real question remains: Have they made the right choices or is the love of their life only a letter away?
Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy kicked off performances in LOVE LETTERS at the Brooks Atkinson Theatr on September 13. Below, check out photos of the marquee and opening night bows, the pair onstage, and highlights from the play!
Carol Burnett soon joined Dennehy onstage, and you can scroll down for photos!
Beginning in November, Alan Alda and Candice Bergen took over the starring roles in LOVE LETTERS, and BroadwayWorld was there to capture photos and footage of the duo!
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, A.R. Gurney's Love Letters became an instant smash hit that was performed all over the country. The universality of the piece quickly led to the play being translated into 24 languages. In the last 26 years, productions of Love Letters have played in over 40 countries around the world.
A national tour of Gregory Mosher's production of Love Letters will launch in the fall of 2015. But for now, we bid the show a fond farewell!
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