Bennett's THE HABIT OF ART Broadcast In NYC & Screens Worldwide

Tony & Oliver award winning playwright Alan Bennett's highly acclaimed new play THE HABIT OF ART, directed by Nicholas Hytner, will be filmed live at the National Theatre in London on Thursday, April 22nd and broadcast by satellite to cinemas worldwide. NT Live performances are filmed live in high definition and broadcast via satellite to over 330 cinemas and performing arts centres around the world. THE HABIT OF ART is the final play in the pilot season of NT Live, following the hugely successful broadcasts of Phèdre, All's Well That Ends Well and Nation.

WHERE:
In the New York City area, screenings can be seen at Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Cinema Arts Centre, City Cinema 123, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts/NYU, Fairfield University (CT), Monmouth University (NJ) and the Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC).

Screenings can be seen on dozens of screens across the United States including Washington D.C., Hollywood, CA, Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, Daytona Beach, FL, Amherst, MA, St. Louis, MI, Reading, PA, Middlebury, VT, Brooklyn, NY, Newport, OR, Berkley, CA and many more.

WHEN:
Broadcasts in the New York City area include:
The Brooklyn Academy Of Music - Thursday, April 22 at 7pm
Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU - Thursday, April 22 at 7pm
Cinema 1-2-3 - Thursday, April 22 at 7pm & Sunday, April 25 at 2pm
Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville - Thursday, April 22 at 7pm
The Kew Gardens Cinema, Kew Gardens - Thursday, April 22 at 7pm
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, Old Saybrook (CT) - Thursday, April 22 at 7pm
Pollack Theatre / Monmouth University, West Long Branch (NJ) - Thursday, April 22 at 7pm
Time and Space, Hudson - Thursday, April 22 at 7pm & Sunday, April 25 at 1pm
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University (CT) - Thursday, April 22 at 2pm & Thursday, April 29 at 7pm
Cinema Arts Center, Huntington - Friday, May 14 at 7:30pm
Spectrum 8, Albany - Sunday, May 16 at 12pm & Monday, May 17 at 7pm
Little Theatre Film Society, Rochester - Tuesday, May 11 & Thursday, May 13 at 7pm

For a complete list of U.S. dates, times & locations, please check: www.ntlive.com

TICKETS:
Ticket prices vary by venue. The average ticket price is $20. Contact local venues for ticket information.

The Habit of Art is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men - Benjamin Britten and W H Auden - and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion's spent: ultimately, on the habit of art. The cast is led by Tony Award winner Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings, Adrian Scarborough and Tony Award winner Frances de la Tour.

NT Live is supported internationally by Travelex and distributed by BY Experience, Inc. NT Live is funded in partnership with Arts Council England and NESTA, and supported internationally by Travelex.
NT Live is supported by The Northern Rock Foundation.

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