The Importance of Being Earnest
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 13, 2011
Closed Jul 3, 2011
Opened Jan 13, 2011
Closed Jul 3, 2011
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Running Time:
2hr. 20min.
(includes 2 intermission)
2hr. 20min.
(includes 2 intermission)
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http://www.roundabouttheatre.org
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Nominated for 3 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Play!
The Importance of Being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identity, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette. Dashing men-about-town John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff pursue fair ladies Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Matters are complicated by the imaginary characters invented by both men to cover their on-the-sly activities - not to mention the disapproval of Gwendolen's mother, the formidable Lady Bracknell. Brian Bedford directs and stars as Lady Bracknell.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
a treasure!
It was so great to see this classic on the Broadway stage! It is the mother of modern comedy!
Reviewed by nymae
on Friday, Jul 1st, 2011
AN ENCHANTING "EARNEST"
This is an absolutly enchanting production that makes this 1895 comedy of manners seem as fresh as a daisy. Wonderfully staged and stunningly designed and beautifully acted, this is a pleasure to see and hear. Very much worth seeing.
Reviewed by MRBDWAY
on Friday, Feb 11th, 2011
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Oscar Wilde's 1895 comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, now being revived by the Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theatre, is a perfect piece of writing -- a verbal playground you wouldn't want to add a single word to or subtract a single word from. Nonetheless, that doesn't mean it can't be compromised by a less-than-perfect production. Luckily, this new Broadway mounting, directed by and starring Brian Bedford, is as nearly perfect as it gets.
Wilde's three-act play, which unfolds on Desmond Heeley's beautifully appointed gauzy sets, focuses on John Worthing (David Furr), who has his reasons for calling himself Ernest to his friend Algernon Moncrieff (Santino F[...]