The Great Gatsby 1926 - Articles Page 1.8

Opened: February 2, 1926

The Great Gatsby - 1926 - Broadway History , Info & More

Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of obsession, greed and danger. The breathtaking glamour and decadent excess of the Jazz Age come to the stage in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, and in Simon Levy’s adaptation, approved by the Fitzgerald Estate.

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Review - The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
by Ben Peltz - Sep 12, 2011

Last year around this time, Elevator Repair Service had Gotham playgoers abuzz with their cover-to-cover, word-for-word staging of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, re-titled Gatz. Director John Collins' off-beat adaptation, which had Computer Age office workers assuming the roles of Fitzgerald's Jazz Agers, intrigued many, but also terrified quite a few with its six hour and twenty minute length. (Intermissions and a dinner break stretched the production to over eight hours.)

DON'T MENTION CASABLANCA Premieres at Court Theatre, 9/11
by BWW News Desk - Sep 11, 2010

DON'T MENTION CASABLANCA is playwright Michelanne Forster's powerful true story of the explosive love affair between her Jewish grandmother and her famous grandfather Michael Curtiz, the director of Casablanca and many other Hollywood classics.

DON'T MENTION CASABLANCA Premieres at Court Theatre, 9/11
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 26, 2010

DON'T MENTION CASABLANCA is playwright Michelanne Forster's powerful true story of the explosive love affair between her Jewish grandmother and her famous grandfather Michael Curtiz, the director of Casablanca and many other Hollywood classics.

Broadway Diva Bernadette Peters Brings the Curtain Up
by Nancy Grossman - Mar 8, 2008

The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in Worcester opens in grand style with featured artist Bernadette Peters and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday, March 14, at 8:00 p.m.

Doubt and Rachel Corrie Highlight Seattle Rep Season
by Robbie Wachs - Apr 8, 2006

Doubt, My Name is Rachel Corrie, and Gem of the Ocean among the plays in Seattle Rep's 2006-2007 Season

The Great Gatsby FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of The Great Gatsby have there been?
The Great Gatsby has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 1926.

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