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The new Broadway revival of Christopher Hampton’s ”Les Liaisons Dangereuses” celebrates its opening night.
The new Donmar Warehouse Broadway production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses celebrated its opening night at the Booth Theatre on October 30. Directed by Josie Rourke, the production runs through January 22, 2017.
As previously announced, the production stars Tony winners Janet McTeer (La Marquise de Merteuil) and Liev Schreiber (Le Vicomte de Valmont), alongside Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (Madame de Tourvel), Mary Beth Peil (Madame de Rosemonde), and Elena Kampouris (Cécile Volanges).
Rounding out the ensemble are Raffi Barsoumian (Le Chevalier Danceny), Ora Jones (Madame de Volanges), Katrina Cunningham (Émilie), Josh Salt (Azolan), Joy Franz (Victoire), David Patterson (Major-domo), Laura Sudduth (Julie), and standbys Rachel de Benedet and Ron Menzel.
The show attracted a star-studded guest list including Pierce Brosnan, Naomi Watts, Hugh Dancy, Bernadette Peters, Cynthia Erivo, and many others. Check out TheaterMania's photos in the gallery below.
Choderlos de Laclos' novel of sex, intrigue, and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France scandalized the world in 1782. Two hundred years later, in 1985, Christopher Hampton's stage adaptation became an award-winning sensation in London's West End and on Broadway, followed by the Academy Award-winning film Dangerous Liaisons, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
The play is described as follows: "Former lovers, La Marquise de Merteuil and Le Vicomte de Valmont compete in games of seduction and revenge…Merteuil incites Valmont to corrupt the convent-educated Cecile de Volanges before her wedding night but Valmont has other designs. His target is the peerlessly virtuous and happily married Madame de Tourvel."