Festen
Broadway Drama
Previews March 23 2006
Opened April 9 2006
Closed May 20, 2006 Run
20 previews & 49 performances Running Time
1 hr 50 mins | 1 intermission Tickets $76.26 to $96.25
Standing Room Only $21.25 day of
performance tickets available if show is sold out | Box office only
Prices do not include any taxes,
service charges or other charges
Advisory Strong language, adult situations and
nudity might make this not appropriate for children under 16
Restrictions Children under 4 years
old not permitted
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Producers
Marla Rubin, Bill Kenwright
Creative
David Eldridge author
Rufus Norris director
Joan Wadge costume design
Jean Kalman lighting design
Ian MacNeil scenic design
Paul Arditti sound design
Opening Night Cast
Larry Bryggman | Ali MacGraw | Juliana Margulies | Michael
Hayden | Jeremy Sisto | Diane Davis | Keith Davis | David Patrick
Kelly | Stephen Kunken | Carrie Preston | C J Wilson
Synopsis
At a family reunion to celebrate the
60th birthday of Helge
Klingenfelt, one son decides that the family secret just
must be discussed. We won't give away much of the plot. Though
the secret is shocking, it's a bit overused of late, a plot line
seen on Law and Order SVU at least once a season; the
family's reaction spawns the play's energy
The Road to Broadway
Festen, or The Celebration, is a
stage adaptation of a 1998 film by Thomas Vinterberg of the Danish group
Dogme
95, whose projects must adhere to a certain set of principles,
mostly the foreswearing of technology to control aesthetic aspects
of the film, in order to be certified. Adapted for the stage by Mr Eldrdige,
it was first reported to be heading to New York for a Spring 2005
bow after a seven-month run at London's Lyric Theatre. The
creative folks from the London production are the same involved in
the Broadway run |
