Big Bill
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 22, 2004
Closed May 16, 2004
Opened Feb 22, 2004
Closed May 16, 2004
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A moving and incisive portrait of legendary tennis player William Tilden. Big Bill, by A.R. Gurney, is a quick-paced work that captures Tilden's turbulent life in a series of scenes that shift back and forth in time.
Bill Tilden (known to everyone as Big Bill) was considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, dominating the sport in the 1920's by winning seven U.S. championships. He was also a closeted homosexual. In a series of scenes that shift back and forth in time, the play illuminates Tilden's distinguished career, extravagant style, personal travails, and, ultimately, his calamitous downfall. Mark Lamos directs.
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What becomes a legend most, his achievements or the scandals that cast a pall over his entire career? A.R. Gurney's uneven new play Big Bill tackles the life of celebrated tennis great William Tatem Tilden II. Recognized for almost single-handedly revolutionizing the sport during the first half of the 20th century, Tilden remains a complicated and problematic figure; although he was hailed as a consummate sportsman, he also served time for sexual indiscretions with teenage boys. In Big Bill, Gurney captures many of Tilden's contradictions but ultimately fails to craft a compelling play from the raw material of his subject's life.
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