Linda Vista
2 hours and 40 minutes with one intermission
Linda Vista - 2019 Broadway History , Info & More
Hayes Theatre (Broadway)
240 West 44th St. New York, NY
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts takes a brutally comedic look at Wheeler, a 50-year-old divorcee in the throes of a mid-life spiral. Just out of his ex-wife’s garage and into a place of his own, Wheeler starts on a path toward self-discovery — navigating blind dates, old friends, and new love. Full of opinions, yet short on self-examination, Wheeler must reconcile the man he has become with the man he wants to be.
Linda Vista - 2019 - Broadway Cast
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BWW Review: Abrasive, Insensitive Men Need Lovin', Too in Tracy Letts' LINDA VISTA
7 / 10
If there ever was a demand for greater representation on Broadway stages for straight, single, cisgender white guys in their 50s who are insensitive to the women they manage to date and have sex with, Tracy Letts' Linda Vista would surely fill the void. A sort of 21st Century toxic male take on Paddy Chayefsky's classic 'Marty', Letts' new one has its funny moments, and maybe even a bit of poignancy here and there, but is it worth spending nearly three hours watching some full-of-himself average lug continually screw up his romantic opportunities?
'Linda Vista': Theater Review
7 / 10
Tracy Letts, the profusely gifted playwright who also happens to be a brilliant actor, or vice versa, is working in an elevated sitcom mode as well as a revealing personal vein in Linda Vista. The self-inflicted woes of a middle-aged white man, victim of his own inebriating cocktail of testosterone and narcissism, might seem a tone-deaf subject for character study in our current moment of masculinity vivisected and reconstructed. But don't let the slick barrage of one-liners deceive you into thinking there's no room here for bruising self-examination and perhaps even tentative growth.
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Linda Vista History
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| 2019 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Linda Vista - 2019 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Ian Barford |
| 2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Linda Vista |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Ian Barford |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Cora Vander Broek |
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