'Magical Thinking' Tix Now Available to Am Ex Holders

Tickets to The Year of Magical Thinking, starring Academy Award- and Tony Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave, are now on sale to holders of American Express cards.  Tickets will go on sale to the general public on December 23rd.

Redgrave returns to Broadway in Joan Didion's new play, directed by Academy Award nominee David Hare.  The show, based on Didion's memoir, opens on Broadway on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street) with preview performances beginning Tuesday, March 6, 2007. This is a limited engagement for 24 weeks only.

In The Year of Magical Thinking, "Vanessa Redgrave relives the unforgettable night in Joan Didion's life when, even as her only child lay in a coma, her husband of 40 years, writer John Gregory Dunne, died suddenly of a massive coronary as they sat down to dinner in their New York apartment.  Capturing the compassion, humor, and bewilderment of a fiercely intelligent woman whose world lurches suddenly from the ordinary to the unimaginable, The Year of Magical Thinking is a love letter to a child and a tribute to an extraordinary, unconventional marriage told with raw candor and a storyteller's gift for the absurd," production notes state.
 

Redgrave returns to Broadway for the first time since winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night.  A member of one of the most enduring theatrical dynasties, Redgrave received the Evening Standard Award for her performance in The Seagull at The Queen's Theatre and starred on Broadway in productions of Orpheus Descending and The Lady from the Sea. She received the Academy Award for her work in Julia and garnered Oscar nominations for Howard's End; The Bostonians; Mary, Queen of Scots; Isadora and Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment.

Critically acclaimed American journalist, essayist and novelist Joan Didion was awarded the National Book Award in 2005 for The Year of Magical Thinking.  A regular contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, Didion is the author of five novels and eight books of nonfiction.  Her collections of essays, Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album made her famous as an observer of American politics and culture with a distinctive style of reporting that mixed personal reflection and social analysis.

The Year of Magical Thinking was the winner of the National Book Award, a Pulitzer finalist, 30 weeks on The New York Times hardcover bestseller list and the subject of worldwide media attention, including a New York Times Magazine cover story and worldwide critical acclaim.  The paperback edition of The Year of Magical Thinking will be released on Thursday, February 13th, 2007.

The show is produced by Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Daryl Roth, Debra Black and The Shubert Organization.  The show is executive produced by Stuart Thompson and John Barlow.

The design team includes Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (Scenic Design), Oscar winner Ann Roth (Costume Design) and Jean Kalman (Lighting Design).

Tickets are currently available exclusively to American Express Card members online at Broadway.Yahoo.com or by phone at (212) 239-6200.

Public on-sale begins December 23 by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, online at Telecharge.com.

Ticket prices for all performances are $76.25 and $96.25. All prices include a $1.25 facility fee.