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Beyond Glory
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SHOW INFORMATION

Average of 5 stars from 1 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 21, 2007
Closed Aug 19, 2007
Running Time:
1hr. 20min.

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http://www.roundabouttheatre.org

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

The Roundabout Theatre Company presents the New York premiere of Beyond Glory, written by and starring Stephen Lang, from the book by Larry Smith. Robert Falls directs.

In his theatrical adaptation of Larry Smith's book, Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words, Lang presents the stories of eight veterans from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, rendering first hand accounts of the actions which resulted in each of them receiving the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor. Beyond Glory gathers these men together in the present to look back on the defining moments of their lives and to examine the meaning of courage, duty and, ultimately, humility.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
111 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

In John Patrick Shanley's tough-as-brass Defiance, the always excellent Stephen Lang yet again distinguished himself as a marine colonel in professional and marital conflict. In
Beyond Glory, his new and challenging solo turn at the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre, he once again returns to the theme of military men. But this time, Lang skips the morally confused private and professional aspects of veterans reliving their past to focus on the heroic ones.

The stories of these eight Congressional Medal of Honor recipients will both satisfy and edify crowds -- provided they don't expect anything in the way of an actual play. As directed cleanly by Robert Falls and performed on Tony Cisek's [...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Jun 22, 2007

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