Matthew Broderick, J. Smith-Cameron, Victor Garber, More Join LOVE LETTERS At Irish Rep
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Love is in the air! Today it was announced that Irish Repertory Theatre will present an encore run of Love Letters by A.R. Gurney, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly, following sold-out performances this past spring. The encore run will take place this fall, featuring five performances with returning star, Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick, joined by Talia Balsam; eight performances with Emmy & Tony Award nominee J. Smith-Cameron and Emmy & Tony Award nominee Victor Garber; and seven performances with Golden Globe Award nominee Brooke Shields and Emmy Award nominee John Slattery.
A Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters is a two-hander drama comprised of letters exchanged between two friends over a lifetime. Andrew and Melissa, both born into wealth and position, begin their correspondence in childhood with birthday party thank-you notes. Their letters continue through their boarding school and college years while they are romantically attached and later through their individual marriages and careers. As the actors read the letters aloud, an evocative, touching, frequently funny, but always telling pair of character studies is revealed, where what is implied is as revealing and affecting as what is written down.
Matthew Broderick and Talia Balsam will perform Tuesday September 5 at 7pm, Wednesday September 6 at 2pm & 7pm, Thursday September 7 at 7pm, and Friday September 8 at 7pm. J. Smith-Cameron and Victor Garber will perform Tuesday September 19 at 7pm, Wednesday September 20 at 2pm & 7pm, Thursday September 21 at 7pm, Friday September 22 at 7pm, Saturday September 23 at 2pm & 7pm and Sunday September 24 at 3pm. Brooke Shields and John Slattery will perform Wednesday September 27 at 7pm, Thursday September 28 at 7pm, Friday September 29 at 7pm, Saturday September 30 at 2pm & 7pm, and Sunday October 1 at 3pm & 7pm.
Directed by John Tillinger, Love Letters opened with Kathleen Turner and John Rubenstein on March 27, 1989, at the Off-Broadway Promenade Theatre, which ran for 64 performances. The play was performed only on Sunday and Monday evenings and changed its cast weekly. On October 31 of that same year, a production opened at the Edison Theatre on Broadway, where it ran for 96 performances. It opened with Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards. Other performers paired in the Broadway production included Lynn Redgrave and John Clark, Stockard Channing and John Rubinstein, and Timothy Hutton and Elizabeth McGovern.
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