The House of Blue Leaves Revival 2011
Run Time:
2 hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission
Opened: April 25, 20112 hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission
Closing: June 25, 2011
The House of Blue Leaves - 2011 Broadway History , Info & More
Walter Kerr Theatre (Broadway)
219 West 48th St. New York, NY
The Broadway revival of John Guare's comedic masterpiece THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES will star Ben Stiller, Edie Falco and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The production, directed by David Cromer, will open on Monday, April 25, 2011 at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street). The strictly limited 16-week engagement will begin previews on Monday, April 4, 2011.
In addition to Ben Stiller as Artie Shaughnessy, Edie Falco as Bananas Shaughnessy and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Bunny Flingus, the cast includes Alison Pill as Corrinna Stroller, Christopher Abbott as Ronnie Shaughnessy, Mary Beth Hurt as Head Nun and Halley Feiffer as Little Nun. Additional casting will be announced soon.
In THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, Ben Stiller is Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper and wannabe songwriter, who is trying to cope with a schizophrenic wife (Falco), an impatient girlfriend (Leigh) and a visit from the Pope, all while sustaining his dream of hitting it big. THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES is a satirical take on celebrity, religion, and the frequent merging of the two.
The House of Blue Leaves - 2011 - Broadway Cast
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The House of Blue Leaves
3 / 10
Sometimes the current hot director is not the best choice for a big Broadway revival with star names. David Cromer scored an Off-Broadway hit with a naturalistic staging of 'Our Town,' and though it had a short run, his Broadway production of 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' bravely forsook punching the punch lines to emphasize the strong family connection among Neil Simon's sad-funny Jeromes. The producers of the current revival of John Guare's 1971 'The House of Blue Leaves' must have taken a look at Cromer's résumé and figured he'd be perfect for this sad-funny portrait of shattered ambitions and celebrity worship. Unfortunately, director and play are not a perfect fit. Cromer's kitchen-sink approach doesn't work for Guare's zany dreamers, who are simultaneously nobodies and larger than life.
The House of Blue Leaves
7 / 10
The unevenness of Cromer's direction is most pronounced in the first act, which is dominated by Artie, Bananas, and Bunny. The second act perks to life with the introduction with a farcical fleet of new characters, many of them played by scene-stealing stand-outs: relative newcomer Christopher Abbott as the Shaughnessys' increasingly deranged Vietnam-bound son, Ronnie (the role Stiller once played); Alison Pill (Milk) as the delightfully daffy deaf actress Corrinna Stroller, a vision in a white dress; and Thomas Sadoski (reasons to be pretty) as the neighborhood boy-turned-Hollywood hot shot whose coattails Artie unrealistically hopes to ride to fame. Yet overall, this production of The House of Blue Leaves is not unlike one of Artie's wannabe hit tunes: The notes are there, and the enthusiasm, but it never quite finds its rhythm.
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The House of Blue Leaves History
Other Productions of The House of Blue Leaves
| 1971 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1986 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1986 | Broadway |
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| 2011 | Broadway |
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The House of Blue Leaves - 2011 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Edie Falco |
| 2011 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | 0 |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Edie Falco |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Alison Pill |
| 2011 | Theatre World Awards | Performance | Halley Feiffer |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Edie Falco |
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