Roundabout Theatre Company Presents John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger"

Roundabout Theatre Company Presents John Osborne's Look Back in Anger

Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre, between 6th & 7th Aves (111 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036)

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Roundabout Theatre Company presents an Off-Broadway production of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger starring Adam Driver (Broadway: Man and Boy). Written in 1956 and nominated for a Tony Award at its Broadway debut, this shocking, vivid drama was part of the "angry young man" trend in writing that swept British theater in the mid-century. This strongly autobiographical work portrays four friends, two of whom are in a crumbling relationship, while the other two deal with their emotional fallout. More than 50 years after its debut, Look Back in Anger remains timely, and its themes of political disillusionment, alienation from society, class conflict and identity crisis hit especially close to home in America right now.

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The last date listed for Look Back in Anger was Sunday March 4, 2012 / 2:00pm.

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Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre

between 6th & 7th Aves,

111 West 46th Street

New York, NY 10036

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http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Look-Back-in-Anger.aspx

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Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation, Tigers Be Still) directs one of theater’s most pivotal works, John Osborne's classic drama about four friends and lovers struggling to find direction without losing one another—or themselves. Adam Driver (Man and Boy), Charlotte Parry (Roundabout's The Importance of Being Earnest), Sarah Goldberg (Royal Court’s Clybourne Park) and Matthew Rhys (Brothers & Sisters) star in this scorching new production.

For Jimmy Porter, there is nothing more criminal than the lack of emotion and enthusiasm he sees evident in his generation, especially in his well-born wife, Alison, and their roommate Cliff, who have grown addicted to Jimmy’s passion and rage. But when Alison’s childhood friend Helena visits, she exposes the unsustainable madness of their relationships and living situation, forcing Alison to decide whether to leave the most exciting and dangerous man she’s ever known.

Still as shocking and relevant as when it first premiered in post-war London, Look Back in Anger is a sharply funny, fiercely honest exploration of political disillusionment and basic human yearning.