Exit the King
Broadway Drama Previews
March 7 2009
Opened March 26 2009
Limited run to June 14 2009
Run 21 previews & 93 performances Producer
Stuart Thompson, Robert Fox, Howard Panter,
Scott Rudin, Tulchin/Bartner Productions, et al
Creative
Eugene Ionesco author
Neil Armfield & Geoffrey Rush adaptation
Neil Armfield director
Dale Ferguson costume design
Damien Cooper lighting design
Dale Ferguson scenic design
Russell Goldsmith sound design
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Opening Night Cast |
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Geoffrey Rush |
King Berenger |
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Susan Sarandon |
Queen Marguerite |
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Lauren Ambrose |
Queen Marie |
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Andrea Martin |
Juliette |
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Brian Hutchison |
Guard |
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William Sadler |
Doctor |
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Synopsis
As the "400 hundred year old" King's
megalomaniacal ineptness leaves his country devastated, one wife
tells him of the seriousness of his illness; the second wife wants
to keep it from him
Broadway Show History
The APA-Phoenix Repertory Company
premiered Exit the King on Broadway January 9, 1968. The
47-performance engagement at the
Lyceum Theater
featured Richard Easton as King Berenger, Eva Le Gallienne as
Marguerite and Patricia Connelly as Marie |
