The Broadway cast of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is headed to London, for a limited run which begins previews on January 20, 2006 for a January 31 opening. The show will run through May 13, 2006. The entire Broadway cast, including Kathleen Turner, and Tony-Winner Bill Irwin are set to reprise their roles for the London production.
A bitterly funny play about a night of pyschological warfare between two married couples, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
will star Kathleen Turner as Martha, David Harbour as Nick, Mireille Enos
as Honey and Bill Irwin as George. The latter was honored with a 2005
Tony for Best Actor in a Play, and the show received five other
nods--including Best Revival of a Play. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opened at the Longacre Theatre (220 W. 48th St.) on March 20th, after starting previews on March 12th.Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is
directed by Antony Page, and produced by Elizabeth McCann, Daryl Roth,
Terry Allen Kramer, Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, James L. Nederlander
and Nick Simunek. It features scenic design by John Lee Beatty,
costume design by Jane Greenwood, lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski
and sound design by Mark Bennett.Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
originally opened at the Billy Rose Theatre on October 13th, 1962,
where it was immediately dubbed a masterpiece of modern theatre and ran
for 664 performances. It received the 1963 Tony for Best Play, and
stars Uta Hagen and Arthur Hill were also rewarded. A 1966 film
classic was directed by Mike Nichols, and starred Elizabeth Taylor and
Richard Burton in an art-imitates-life reflection of their rocky
marriage. The film was nominated for Best Picture, and also netted
Oscars for Taylor and Sandy Dennis.
