The Rainmaker
Broadway Drama
Previews October 21 1999
Opened
November 11 1999
Closed January 23 2000
Run 25 previews | 74 performances
Tickets $40 to $65
Prices do not include any taxes,
service charges or other charges
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Creative N Richard
Nash author | Scott Ellis director
Cast Woody Harrelson | Jayne Atkinson |
David Aaron Baker | Jerry Hardin | John Bedford Lloyd | Bernie
McInerney | Randle Mell
Geraldine Page, Katherine Hepburn,
Darren McGavin, Burt Lancaster. None of the fine actors who
originated the stage and film roles are on the boards at the Brooks
Atkinson Theater for this revival of The Rainmaker. But two fine
young actors are. Jayne Atkinson and Woody Harrelson make the roles
of Lizzie Curry and Bill Starbuck theirs, at least for this
generation. Ms Atkinson especially translates her character into a
more knowing, self-assured young woman, making Lizzie's realization
of her need for a Starbuck fix much more believable
Mr Harrelson's rendition of Midwest
con-man Bill Starbuck is all audiences want to see and expect. After
getting his feet wet with this foray, maybe he'll take on something
that demands more of his talent and range the next time around
The Rainmaker has been performed by
most high school and community theater groups not because it has the
intensity demanded by a Death of a Salesman, but especially because
it does not. The show was a lightweight -- and written that way by N
Richard Nash -- the first time around. It's still light, but plenty
enjoyable
Notes The original production
of The Rainmaker opened October 28, 1954, at the Cort
Theater. Geraldine Page and Darren McGavin starred
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