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Mrs. Warren's Profession Revival 2010
Opened: October 3, 2010Closing: November 28, 2010
Mrs. Warren's Profession - 2010 Broadway History , Info & More
Todd Haimes Theatre (Broadway)
229 W. 42nd St. New York, NY
Tony®-winning director Doug Hughes and Tony®-winning star Cherry Jones astonished Broadway with their work in the smash-hit play Doubt. Now this highly-acclaimed pair reunites in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of George Bernard Shaw's scorching tour de force. Joining Ms. Jones is Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) in her Broadway debut!
Mrs. Warren's Profession - 2010 - Broadway Cast
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A New Take on an Old Shaw
2 / 10
So what went wrong? Pretty much everything, though by far the worst offender is Ms. Hawkins, a British film and TV actor of some note whose performance as Vivie couldn't be further off the mark. Shaw's stage directions describe Vivie as the quintessential example of 'the sensible, able, highly-educated young middle-class Englishwoman ... strong, confident, self-possessed.' For Ms. Hawkins to play her as a squeaky, flighty semitomboy is thus nonsensical, and the fact that she swallows at least half of her lines renders large chunks of the play all but unintelligible.
Cherry Jones Sails Through Mrs. Warren's Profession
4 / 10
Even Jones suffers some directorial hindrances, like having to make her first entrance in a dress that virtually announces her profession. But she holds firm, sailing through the piece with spirit, playing discreetly past the eccentric limitations Hughes has imposed on everyone else. Mrs. Warren is not a refined lady. Shaw's choice for the role, in 1902, was the low-comedy star Fanny Brough; in the mid-'30s, Paramount approached him about buying the film rights for Mae West. Jones, hand on hip, sauntering good-humoredly through a rectory garden, suggests a West character with unexpected emotional depth; when she unpacks her bitter past to Vivie, a dark fierceness spills over the saucy surface. She makes every familiar moment in the role seem fresh. However misguided the surrounding performances, we can be grateful that Mrs. Warren has gained a new Cherry.
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Mrs. Warren's Profession History
Other Productions of Mrs. Warren's Profession
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| 1907 | Broadway |
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| 1918 | Broadway |
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| 1922 | Broadway |
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| 1958 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1976 | Broadway |
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| 1985 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2005 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2010 | West End |
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| 2010 | Broadway |
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