Accent on Youth
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 29, 2009
Closed Jun 28, 2009
Opened Apr 29, 2009
Closed Jun 28, 2009
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Running Time:
2hr. 5min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 5min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Manhattan Theater Club presents Samson Raphaelson's Accent on Youth, a rollicking salute to love's possibilities, both on stage and off. Successful playwright Stephen Gaye (played by Tony & Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce) is about to abandon his latest script, when his young secretary offers him new inspiration. With her as his muse, he stages the show on Broadway, only to learn, to his dismay, that the show's young leading man is being inspired by her too. Daniel Sullivan directs.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
Is there anyone better suited to Broadway than David Hyde Pierce?
If there is, I dont know who it is. He is so perfect in this role, its hard to believe it wasnt written for him.
The show is a bit dated, being a revival of a 1934 show, but it still has some relevant things to say about love and age.
David Hyde Pierce perfectly plays the workaholic playwright who doesnt quite trust the love that is right in front of him. I sat in the second row, and could see up close the painful look in his eyes as he believes his love is passing him by. So touching!
Charles Kimbrough is also marvelous as Flogdell the butler, bringing a bit of his famous Jim Dial character from Murphy Brown to the role.
You simply cant go wrong with a David Hyde Pierce show on Broadway.
Reviewed by laruediane2000
on Monday, Jun 1st, 2009
All DHP
Ive seen this play twice n actually like the play. Its a bit dated in that in this day n age 50 is anything but old...its hardly middle age. David Hyde Pierce actually is beginning to look his age which makes his Stephen Gaye believable. The story line has already been related here so Ill just say that in the performances i saw with the exception of Charles Kimbrough Davie Hyde Pierce *is* the show. Contrary to what others have said, I did NOT see any of Niles or Cioffi in these performances. I thought he was absolutely brilliant n kept the show moving with h is impeccable timing!! In terms of Broadway performances the rest of the cast is amateurish, especially Ms. Garretson. So its an old play...its nice not to have sex thrown in your face for a change as well as not to h ave all the screaming n the *F* word thrown around as in so many other shows.
Just my humble opinion.
Reviewed by Liz50
on Thursday, Apr 30th, 2009
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Samson Raphaelson's Accent on Youth, now being given a rare revival at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman, was introduced to Broadway audiences in 1934, when a playwright could call a central figure Steven Gaye without worrying that anyone would assume the surname was intended to have suggestive societal or psychological connotations. So it's no surprise to find this comedy is dated in other ways and little more than mild entertainment for ticket buyers content with a passing-the-time trifle.
What hasn't gone out of fashion is Raphaelson's knack for presenting recognizably amusing figures and his gift for witty one-liners, which are welcomed by a cast of adept comic actors, [...]