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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Two British Plays Put Society In The Spotlight
4 / 10
Instead, Mrs. Warren and her daughter, Vivie, are respectively reintroduced as a blowzy old biddy and a neurotic, sniveling girl. That's especially disappointing, since the title character is played by no less reliable or resourceful an actress than Cherry Jones. Having excelled as a number of robustly human heroines (among them Shaw's Major Barbara), Jones would seem ideally cast as an Englishwoman who escapes poverty through prostitution, then exploits Victorian hypocrisy by making a fortune running high-end brothels.
Mrs. Warren's Profession
8 / 10
I've seen Uta Hagen and Dana Ivey do excellent work in the title role. Jones equals them, though hers is a much different Mrs. Warren. As Shaw requests in his stage directions, the character affects an upper-class accent and manner unless she is disturbed, when she reverts to lower-class speech. Jones instead creates a fascinating accent, more upper-class than not, that places the character solidly outside of polite society while still allowing her to function within it. Jones is also a much more sensual woman than is traditional. She looks smashing in Catherine Zuber's rich costumes, color-coded to Mrs. Warren's mood, and you can easily envision her as the center of attention in an elegant whorehouse. She also brings a broad emotional range to the part, with the intensity of her love and need for her daughter particularly compelling.
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Mrs. Warren's Profession History
Other Productions of Mrs. Warren's Profession
| 1905 | Broadway |
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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 |
London Production West End |
| 2010 | Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Broadway |
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