Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge come to the Hudson Theatre on Broadway July 26th through September 29th.
Meet Alex, a photographer on a holiday with his family in the south of France. Meet Abe, a music producer with a baby on the way. Two men - both fathers, husbands, and sons - take us on a journey you will never forget.
The finest actors of their generation, Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Sunday In The Park With George) and Tony Award nominee Tom Sturridge (1984), had audiences roaring to their feet at the sold-out engagement at The Public Theater. Now Sea Wall/A Life, from the visionary creative team behind The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Constellations and A Doll's House, comes to Broadway.
But in the context of these monologues, a word like 'delight' must be taken with caution. There's pleasure to be had at the sound of pretty prose, and it's a joy to watch two fine actors perform in flawless character. But it might take a couple of stiff drinks to get the ashen taste of death out of your mouth.
Directed by Carrie Cracknell, 'Sea Wall/A Life' - a hit downtown early this year, at the Public Theater - is the most stripped-down storytelling on Broadway right now. The quiet spectacle these plays offer is in the acting of tragicomedies of love and loss, young men's stories about fatherhood and family, and about the hole that grief can blast right through a person's center.
2019 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2020 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Tom Sturridge |
2020 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Jake Gyllenhaal |
2020 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Play | Sea Wall/A Life |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jake Gyllenhaal |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Sturridge |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Simon Stephens |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Daniel Kluger |
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