Inherit the Wind
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 12, 2007
Closed Jul 8, 2007
Opened Apr 12, 2007
Closed Jul 8, 2007
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2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Tony Award winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy star in the legendary 1955 drama, Inherit the Wind, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, and directed by Tony Award-winner Doug Hughes. The play is a fictionalized retelling of the famous 1925 "Monkey Trial" in which science teacher John Scopes was tried and convicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution, violating a Tennessee law that forbade teaching any theory that conflicted with the Biblical conception of Divine Creation.
Mr. Dennehy will play the role of attorney Matthew Harrison Brady (based on William Jennings Bryan), and Mr. Plummer will play attorney Henry Drummond (based on Clarence Darrow).
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Lyceum Theatre
149 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036
Built in 1903 by Daniel Frohman, the Lyceum is the oldest Broadway theater in New York. The architect had an apartment over the stage where he could keep an eye on the action. The Great Depression forced Frohman into bankruptcy. He sold the theate [...] Read More
149 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036
Built in 1903 by Daniel Frohman, the Lyceum is the oldest Broadway theater in New York. The architect had an apartment over the stage where he could keep an eye on the action. The Great Depression forced Frohman into bankruptcy. He sold the theate [...] Read More
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Spencer Tracy, who played the role modeled on Clarence Darrow in the movie version of Inherit the Wind, reportedly said about acting, "Don't let 'em catch you at it." In the current revival of the Pulitzer-nominated Jerome Lawrence-Robert E. Lee courtroom drama, there's enough violation of that unwritten show business law by Tony Award winners Christopher Plummer, Brian Dennehy, and Denis O'Hare to justify calling out several NYPD squad cars.
The play's subject, the famous or, by some standards, infamous 1925 Scopes monkey trial in Dayton, Tennessee, remains mesmerizing. Moreover, since it is treated with sufficient command by the authors, Inherit the Wind still comes through like gangbus[...]