Denzel Washington, two-time Academy Award winner and Tony Award winner, returns to Broadway in one of the signal roles in the American theatre in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, for 14 weeks only.
Frank Rich of The New York Times raved, "the word 'masterwork' is not invoked lightly. Eugene O'Neill's tragic vision remains undiminished by time. The Iceman Cometh is a ferocious American classic that has lost none of its power to send one shaking into the middle of the night." Beginning March 22, 2018, Denzel Washington, fresh off his extraordinary sell-out runs in both Fences and A Raisin in the Sun, comes back to the Main Stem in "the greatest American play" (New York Magazine) by "the greatest American playwright" (The Washington Post).
Five-time Tony winner George C. Wolfe directs this strictly limited engagement.
"Before Eugene O'Neill, America had entertainment; after him, it had drama." John Lahr, The New Yorker
"Eugene O'Neill did nothing less than re-invent - or rather invent - the American theater." - Sarah Churchwell, The Guardian
"The Iceman Cometh ranks among the theater's finest works. One final salute to a notable drama by a man who writes with the heart and wonder of a poet." - Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times
If you have a good time at a production of 'The Iceman Cometh,' does that mean the show hasn't done its job? I was beaming like a tickled 2-year-old during much of George C. Wolfe's revival of Eugene O'Neill's behemoth barroom tragedy, which opened on Thursday night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, with Denzel Washington more than earning his salary as its commanding star.
The revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh-now at the Bernard B. Jacobs under the direction of George C. Wolfe and strapped with heavy starpower in Denzel Washington-is the kind of production that puts prospective audience members off 'classics' for good. Whether you're a card-carrying member of the O'Neill Society or you simply flipped a coin at the TKTS booth, you'd be within your rights to run screaming from the theater by the first of the show's two intermissions. If, however, you decided to stick around for the whole moribund, infuriating ride, you might find yourself wondering why this play is considered a classic at all, how it's earned a place on a shelf so high that, these days, we can't get to it without sending up little hot-air balloons of reverence. You might be angry not only at the clumsy production but-blasphemy!-O'Neill's play itself.
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Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2018 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | David Morse |
2018 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Denzel Washington |
2018 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | The Iceman Cometh |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | David Morse |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Ann Roth |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | George C. Wolfe |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jules Fisher |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | David Morse |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Denzel Washington |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | The Iceman Cometh |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Santo Loquasto |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Dan Moses Schreier |
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