The Realistic Joneses 2014 - Articles Page 1.8
Run Time:
1 hour and 30 minutes
Opened: April 6, 20141 hour and 30 minutes
Closing: July 06, 2014
The Realistic Joneses - 2014 - Broadway History , Info & More
Lyceum Theatre
(Covent Garden/Charing Cross) Wellington Street, just off Strand London
Will Eno's new play The Realistic Joneses comes to Broadway starring Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner; Academy Award and Tony Award-nominee Toni Collette ("Hostages," "United States of Tara," The Sixth Sense, The Wild Party), Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner Michael C. Hall ("Dexter," Chicago), Tony Award-winner Tracy Letts (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; August: Osage County; "Homeland"), and Academy Award-winner and Gold Globe-nominee Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny; The Wrestler; Salome). The production is directed by Obie Award-winner Sam Gold, who was recently represented by Fun Home at the Public Theater.
This new American play comes to Broadway after a critically acclaimed run at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 2012. The Realistic Joneses is produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Stacey Mindich, and Susan Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe.
Further details about this production will be announced at a later date.
In The Realistic Joneses, we meet Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbors John and Pony, two suburban couples who have more in common than their identical homes and their shared last names. As their relationships begin to irrevocably intertwine, the Joneses must decide between their idyllic fantasies and their imperfect realities. This contemporary comedy explores how our joys and sorrows - and how we choose to face them - can come to define our lives.
The Realistic Joneses - 2014 - Broadway Cast
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STAGE REVIEW The Realistic Joneses
6 / 10
Alas, nothing ensues or unfolds, which makes for an excruciatingly long 90 minutes (despite director Sam Gold's snappy pacing). As Jennifer says dejectedly to her husband, 'We're - I don't know - throwing words at each other.' Like the dead squirrel, that line comes in the first few minutes. Who could guess it would be a harbinger of things to come?
‘The Realistic Joneses,’ theater review
6 / 10
It's funny how trying to connect with neighbors, spouses, God, whomever, can lead you nowhere. Will Eno takes that idea and runs with it in 'The Realistic Joneses,' an anxious comedy that packs rueful zingers, four first-rate starry performances and - buzzkill time, kids - diminishing returns for the entire second half...Under Sam Gold's tight direction, the cast is natural and convincing. But three-quarters of an hour into the 95-minute show, the script simply circles without deepening, darkening or clarifying...But in 'Realistic Joneses,' his Broadway debut, the engine remains stuck in second. Keeping up with these Joneses quickly loses its appeal.
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21 - 25 of 25
The Realistic Joneses FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What productions of The Realistic Joneses have there been?
The Realistic Joneses has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 2014.
What awards has The Realistic Joneses been nominated for?
The Realistic Joneses has been nominated for several awards including the Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Michael C. Hall and Tracy Letts, Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play (Drama League Awards) for The Realistic Joneses, and Outstanding New Broadway Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Realistic Joneses.
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