Present Laughter
Broadway Comedy Previews
January 2 2010
Opens January 21 2010
Limited Run to March 21 2010
Run 23 previews & 69 performances
Running Time 2 hrs 30 mins | 2 intermissions Tickets $66.50 to
$116.50
Prices do not include any taxes,
service charges or other charges
Performances
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Producer
Roundabout Theatre Company
Creative
Noel Coward author
Nicholas Martin director
Jane Greenwood costume design
Rui Rita lighting design
Alexander Dodge scenic design
Drew Levy sound design
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Opening Night Cast |
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Victor Garber |
Gary Essendine |
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Harriet Harris |
Monica Reed |
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Brooks Ashmanskas |
Roland Maule |
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Lisa Banes |
Liz Essendine |
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Nancy E Carroll |
Miss Erikson |
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Alice Duffy |
Lady Saltburn |
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Holley Fain |
Daphne Stillington |
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Pamela Jane Gray |
Joanna Lyppiatt |
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James Joseph O'Neil |
Fred |
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Richard Poe |
Henry Lippiatt |
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Mark Vietor |
Morris Dixon |
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Synopsis
Garry Essendine is an aging actor who
has agreed to tour Africa. As the date for his departure approaches
he and his apartment are besieged by members of his extended
"family" of employees, friends, near friends and, hmm, at least one
very close acquaintance. It's a classic British farce that has
entertained audiences for almost 70 years
Broadway Show History
Present Laughter's first
Broadway run opened October 29, 1946, at the
Plymouth
Theater. Clifton Webb played Gary Essendine, joined onstage by
Aidan Turner (Monica Reed), Cris Alexander (Roland Maule), Doris
Dalton (Liz Essendine), and Robin Craven and Marta Linden as Hugo
(now Henry) and Joanna Lyppiatt
The show has had three previous
Broadway revivals. At the
Belasco
Theater starting in January 1958, Noel Coward reprised the Gary
Essendine role he originated in the first production in Blackpool,
England in 1942. Eva Gabor appeared as Joanna Lyppiat
June 1982 saw George C Scott
directing and starring at the Circle in the Square Theater. Also on
the boards were Dana Ivey as Monica and Christine Lahti as Joanna.
Both Kate Burton (Daphne) and Nathan Lane (Roland) made their
Broadway debuts
Frank Langella starred in 1996's
175-performance run at the Walter Kerr Theater. Allison Janney
played ex-wife Liz |
