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Adapted from the 1976 film, the play stages its story as a live television studio with an onstage restaurant, making audience members diners and studio spectators. Its Howard Beale closes with a warning about absolute beliefs and an appeal for compassion and connection.
Opening Night is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Rufus Wainwright and conceived and book by Ivo van Hove. It is based on the 1977 film of the same name by John Cassavetes, which van Hove has also previously adapted as a play in 2005.
This six-hour stage adaptation condenses Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra to examine how political leaders make decisions and mistakes. Set in modern dress, it uses live video, audience seating onstage, surtitles and a news ticker to connect Roman politics with contemporary political life.
Architect Howard Roark pursues an uncompromising modernist vision against colleagues who favor established styles. After Roark agrees to help Peter Keating with a housing project and their agreement is broken, he demolishes the building and faces trial; Dominique Francon leaves Gail Wynand to join him.
Adapted from the 1976 film, the play stages its story as a live television studio with an onstage restaurant, making audience members diners and studio spectators. Its Howard Beale closes with a warning about absolute beliefs and an appeal for compassion and connection.
Opening Night is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Rufus Wainwright and conceived and book by Ivo van Hove. It is based on the 1977 film of the same name by John Cassavetes, which van Hove has also previously adapted as a play in 2005.
This six-hour stage adaptation condenses Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra to examine how political leaders make decisions and mistakes. Set in modern dress, it uses live video, audience seating onstage, surtitles and a news ticker to connect Roman politics with contemporary political life.
Architect Howard Roark pursues an uncompromising modernist vision against colleagues who favor established styles. After Roark agrees to help Peter Keating with a housing project and their agreement is broken, he demolishes the building and faces trial; Dominique Francon leaves Gail Wynand to join him.