Curse of the Starving Class Revival
Curse of the Starving Class - 2025 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
The Pershing Square Signature Center [The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre]
480 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036
Sam Shepard’s fiercely funny, OBIE award-winning play returns to the stage. With their family home on the verge of collapse and the creditors closing in, the Tate family white knuckles to their past, while scratching and clawing their way towards a better future. Told through a contemporary biting lens, this classic story dismantles the American dream in its look at a family fighting to stay alive.
Curse of the Starving Class - 2025 - Off-Broadway Cast
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Review: ‘Curse of the Starving Class’ Doesn’t Satisfy
4 / 10
Scott Elliott’s direction fails to fit all the seemingly disparate vocabulary of Shepard’s work into a coherent stage language. Throughout the play, the characters randomly break out into monologues that seem taken from a lucid dream state. ... These speeches then feel didactic in a way Shepard’s script never does, their fourth-wall-breaking execution making the play feel disjointed and self-consciously stagy — which is also a problem with the performances.
This Curse of the Starving Class Doesn’t Have Much in Its Fridge
6 / 10
In this production, Jeff Croiter’s lighting focuses a spotlight on each actor as they get their big moment. Elliot may have been aiming for a feeling of immediacy with that choice, but double-underlining those speeches makes them each feel like more of an exercise. This may be a recurring problem with revivals of Shepard, as my colleague Sara Holdren noted with the last Curse go-round. Actors might love the cachet of trying to bull-ride a canonical work, but they’re not prepared for just how difficult a play like this is.
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by A.A. Cristi - February 25, 2025
Reviews are in for Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class at The New Group, starring David Anzuelo, Kyle Beltran, Calista Flockhart, Cooper Hoffman, Jeb Kreager, Stella Marcus and Christian Slater, directed by Scott Elliott, running now through April 6.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 19, 2025
The New Group will present an additional week for Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class with David Anzuelo, Kyle Beltran, Calista Flockhart, Cooper Hoffman, Jeb Kreager, Stella Marcus and Christian Slater. Learn how to purchase tickets.
by Josh Sharpe - January 21, 2025
On a recent visit to Late Night with Seth Meyers, Christian Slater opened up about one of his unusual co-stars in the upcoming off-Broadway production of Curse of the Starving Class. Watch the interview now!
by A.A. Cristi - January 9, 2025
The New Group will present Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class with David Anzuelo, Kyle Beltran, Calista Flockhart, Cooper Hoffman, Jeb Kreager, Stella Marcus and Christian Slater, directed by Scott Elliott. Check out photos from inside rehearsal.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 12, 2024
The New Group has revealed the complete cast for Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class, starring Calista Flockhart, Christian Slater and more. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Curse of the Starving Class History
Other Productions of Curse of the Starving Class
| 1978 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1985 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1997 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2019 | Off-Broadway |
Signature Theatre Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway |
| 2025 | Off-Broadway |
The New Group Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway |
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