Look Back in Anger
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 2, 2012
Closed Apr 8, 2012
Opened Feb 2, 2012
Closed Apr 8, 2012
Playing at
Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
Directions & Map
Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
Directions & Map
Visit the Look Back in Anger website:
http://www.roundhousetheatre.org
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Look Back in Anger is often regarded as a pivotal theatrical work of the last century. It is a shocking and vibrant drama about four people struggling to live together and love each other in 1950s England.
The cast features Adam Driver as "Cliff," Sarah Goldberg as "Allison," Anastasia Griffith as "Helena," and Matthew Rhys as "Jimmy". Sam Gold directs.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
111 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036
111 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
Definitely worth seeing
Very powerful performances of a classic that stands the test of time. Brilliant stage design. I very much recommend,
Reviewed by mrc0201
on Saturday, Feb 11th, 2012
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John Osborne's 1956 play Look Back in Anger, now being presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company at the Laura Pels Theatre, shook English-speaking theater to its foundations and led to the newly coined term "Angry Young Man."
So there's no question the challenge director Sam Gold faced in mounting this possibly-dated work was finding an approach to the fire-brand script that would infuse it with the shock value it had at its debut. Not only has he met the test, Gold deserves a chorus of huzzahs for unmitigated audacity.
What he and set designer Andrew Lieberman have done is erect a ceiling-high black wall approximately three or four feet from the edge of the stage, forcing onto very fe[...]