Beasley's Christmas Party
Tickets and Information
SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 7, 2009
Closed Jan 3, 2009
Opened Dec 7, 2009
Closed Jan 3, 2009
Directions & Map
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Keen Company presents Booth Tarkington's Beasley's Christmas Party, helmed by Carl Forsman, the company's artistic director.
The show tells the tale of a curious journalist and his extremely unusual next door neighbors, including a turn-of-the-century Midwestern gubernatorial candidate. Tarkington is best known as the author of The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Clurman Theatre
410 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036
The Clurman Theater, although it has the same name as its predecessor, bears no resemblence to it. This brand new theater features fixed, plush seating as well as heat and air conditioning. Located on the lower level of the Theater Row complex, the C [...] Read More
410 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036
The Clurman Theater, although it has the same name as its predecessor, bears no resemblence to it. This brand new theater features fixed, plush seating as well as heat and air conditioning. Located on the lower level of the Theater Row complex, the C [...] Read More
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
No user reviews have been posted yet.
Write a review
NEWSLETTER SIGN UP
MOST POPULAR
SHARED ON FACEBOOK
By providing information about entertainment and cultural events on this site, TheaterMania.com shall not be deemed to endorse,
recommend, approve and/or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and/or information contained therein.
©1999-2012 TheaterMania.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
recommend, approve and/or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and/or information contained therein.
©1999-2012 TheaterMania.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
Beasley's Christmas Party, now being presented by the Keen Company at Theatre Row, is a 75-minute charmer that manages the neat trick of being both tender and tart. Adapted by CS Munger from Booth Tarkington's story, and surely directed by Carl Forsman, the play finds its way into your heart through its careful balance of broad performance and purposeful understatement. And while this delicate and sensitive Christmas story is about love and redemption; it is also chock full of barbs about politics that are as pointed today as they were at the turn of the 20th Century, when the play is set.
The story begins with a long, very literary monologue that, while beautiful, is anything but theatri[...]