You don't have to fly to England to get a front row seat at a live performance coming straight from the stage of London's West End to the BIG Screen in Ridgefield. Following a sell-out run at the
Royal Court Theatre, Academy Award winner
Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, The Cripple of Inishmaan, In Bruges) returns with
Matthew Dunster's award-winning production of his intensely funny new play Hangmen. Broadcast live to select cinemas by National Theatre Live, AAA Northeast at
The Playhouse: Live in HD will present this live screening on Thursday, March 3 at 2 p.m. Time Out calls it "the funniest and most entertaining play in London right now." In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry (
David Morrissey - The Walking Dead, State of Play) is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they've abolished hanging? Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harry's reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd (
Andy Nyman - Peaky Blinders, Death at a Funeral) and the peculiar Mooney (
Johnny Flynn - Clouds of Sils Maria) lurk with very different motives for the visit. AAA Northeast at
The Playhouse Live in HD Series is underwritten by Lori and John Berisford, Jeanne Cook, Anita and Nicholas Donofrio, Liz and Steven Goldstone, Sabina and Walter Slavin. With Support from The Ridgefield Press and Whistle Stop Bakery.
The Ridgefield Playhouse brings more world class entertainment with HD performances by The Met Opera and Bolshoi Ballet. Upcoming events include an encore screening of National Theatre's As You Like It on Sunday, February 28 at 11:30 a.m., a live screening of The Met Opera Puccini's Manon Lescaut on Saturday, March 5 at 12:55 p.m. and the Bolshoi Ballet's encore presentation of Spartacus on Sunday, March 13 at 12 p.m.
For tickets ($25, $20 Members/Seniors, $15 Students - tickets are free for children 18 and under) call or visit the box office,
203-438-5795 or go online at
ridgefieldplayhouse.org. Tickets are free for anyone 18 and under. The Ridgefield Playhouse, located at 80 East Ridge Road in Ridgefield, is a not for profit 501 (c)(3) whose mission is to present a variety of performing arts to the community and the surrounding area that they can enjoy and experience at a varied price point.
