Blackbird 2016
Run Time:
One hour and 30 minutes, with no intermission
One hour and 30 minutes, with no intermission
Ages: 14+
Opened: March 10, 2016Closing: June 11, 2016
Blackbird - 2016 Broadway History , Info & More
Belasco Theatre (Broadway)
111 West 44th St. New York, NY
Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams will return to Broadway this season to star in David Harrower's Olivier Award-winning drama BLACKBIRD. The production, to be directed by Joe Mantello.
BLACKBIRD tells the story of Una and Ray. Fifteen years earlier they had a relationship and haven't set eyes on each other since. Now she's found him again.
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Blackbird review – Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels stun in abuse drama
10 / 10
Blackbird...is a distressing two-hander about the dangerous influence and magnetism of traumatic events. It courts ethical dangers, in daring to characterize the bond between abuser and abused as a kind of perverse love story...Under Joe Mantello's direction, there is considerable tension in the opening moments, not all of it calculated or purposeful. Daniels begins the play in such a paroxysm of fear and anger that one worries he will quickly exhaust himself...In Una's self-conscious performativity, Williams indicates an emotionally stunted young woman whose earlier ordeal has prevented her from ever establishing a coherent adult identity. As the play continues, she begins to exhibit a strong dissociative quality, showing the confusion she still experiences, the crossed wires of pain and desire...There are no weapons on display here...but this is the most lacerating play on Broadway this season.
'Blackbird,' with Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams, has bite
9 / 10
Williams brings more of that slow-burning, nervous intensity to Una...Part of Blackbird's potency lies in Harrower's refusal to make Una either pathetic or especially likable, even as her utter devastation is revealed. Ray, similarly, is no two-dimensional monster; though he seeks to deny his demons, he has plainly done some battle with them...Daniels' performance, which was superb nine years ago, is better here -- at once more vital and more aching in its weariness, and still beautifully shaded, so that we see Ray's capacity to deceive himself and others. As his frustration and anger tip over into something more dangerous and sad, it becomes almost painful to watch the actor, but impossible to look away.
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Blackbird History
Other Productions of Blackbird
| 2007 | Off-Broadway |
Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2016 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Blackbird - 2016 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Jeff Daniels |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Michelle Williams |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | David Harrower |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Michelle Williams |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Blackbird |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jeff Daniels |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Michelle Williams |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Blackbird |
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