The Common Pursuit
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY RUNNING!
Opened May 24, 2012
Closes Jul 29, 2012
Opened May 24, 2012
Closes Jul 29, 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
Running Time:
2hr. 30min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 30min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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http://www.roundabouttheatre.org
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit chronicles twenty years in the lives of six friends, from their ambitious collegiate days to their surprising discoveries in the real world. Idealistic Cambridge student Stuart Thorne enlists some of his classmates to help him launch a new literary magazine. With the pursuit of great literature as their common thread, they become lifelong friends. But when damaging secrets crop up and business demands creep in, Stuart is faced with some unexpected decisions. Delightfully witty and remarkably poignant, The Common Pursuit is a captivating journey from who we think we are...to who we turn out to be. Directed by Moises Kaufman.
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?
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Go See…
Excellent, go see it. Great play, fantastic, well performed cast, direction, definitely a don't miss. Been a while since I saw theater of this caliber, just a good show for anyone who loves good theater.
Reviewed by strongfeet
on Monday, May 14th, 2012
Pursue This "Pursuit"
A revival of a 1984 play by British playwright Simon Gray, scores a modest hit for the Roundabout theatre.
Throughly enjoyable, with excellent performances by the entire cast and vivid direction by Moises Kaufman, I would recommend this to serious theater-goers who enjoy well written, intellectual theater, which also provides a few laughs amid all the drama. I found it a throughly entertaining afternoon at the theater.
Reviewed by gabbym
on Thursday, May 10th, 2012
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When British dramatists educated at Cambridge or Oxford write about what they know, as Simon Gray did in his biting, slightly awkward play,
The Common Pursuit, now being revived by the Roundabout Theatre Company at the Laura Pels Theatre, they tend to present one or more brilliant but dissatisfied characters unable to maintain the undergraduate ideals they once claimed to cherish.
Moreover, while these whip-smart playwrights are at it, they usually shape the sort of to-kill-for roles that allow actors to shine, which six fine performers do in Moises Kaufman's fine production.
When first spotted in his untidy, book-filled, 1960s Cambridge digs, Stuart (Josh Cooke) is only briefly inter[...]