Serenading Louie 2010

Run Time:
2 hours and 15 minutes, with one interval
Opened: February 16, 2010
Closing: March 27, 2010

Serenading Louie - 2010 - West End History , Info & More

Donmar Warehouse
41 Earlham Street London

'I keep feeling my real life will begin any day now'.



Friends since college, Carl and Alex are struggling to deal with the harsh realities of adulthood as they enter their thirties. Disillusioned by work and struggling to keep their marriages alive, they're desperately trying to make sense of it all.



Lanford Wilson's timeless portrait of two suburban American couples explores the destruction of dreams and the loss of passion and purpose.

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