Helen
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 8, 2002
Closed Apr 21, 2002
Opened Apr 8, 2002
Closed Apr 21, 2002
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Tony Kushner directs the world premiere of Helen, a comedy by Ellen McLaughlin that imagines Helen of Troy spending the Trojan War stranded in a hotel room in Egypt, baffled by her odd escape from history. Longing to be returned to her own myth, she swats flies, has her nails done, and channel surfs in search of news of the war for which she was blamed. Donna Murphy stars as Helen, with Johanna Day, Denis O'Hare, Phylicia Rashad, and Marian Seldes in supporting roles.
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Public Theater/Martinson Hall
425 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10003
The Martinson Theatre at the Public seats 135. Founded in 1954 by Joseph Papp, this is arguably the strongest not-for-profit theater in New York. The productions presented here are continually daring and inventive. The success of this theater stem [...] Read More
425 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10003
The Martinson Theatre at the Public seats 135. Founded in 1954 by Joseph Papp, this is arguably the strongest not-for-profit theater in New York. The productions presented here are continually daring and inventive. The success of this theater stem [...] Read More
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It's a big day for Helen of Troy...and a lousy one. After spending 17 years all alone in a hotel room, she is surprised by not one, but three visitors. First comes Io, who tells a harrowing tale about the time when she was a refugee and Zeus turned her into a cow. Next, Athena barrels in and gives Helen an earful about why the gods take a sadistic pleasure in watching humans suffer. Then, just when it looks like her depressing day has come to an end, Helen's husband Meneleus arrives to inform her that he can't take her back home to Greece. Such is the fate of the most beautiful woman in the world.
In her new play Helen, a takeoff on Euripides, Ellen McLaughlin imagines that the mythic [...]