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A Little Life

Run Time:
4hrs 10 min with intermission
Closing: October 29, 2022

A Little Life - 2022 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Howard Gilman Opera House
30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn

Based on the novel by Hanya Yanagihara

Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Concept and direction by Ivo van Hove

Part of Next Wave 2022

No book has captivated and moved millions of readers during the past few years like A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.

In this epic, worldwide bestselling novel, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award in 2015, the complex relationships between four ambitious friends—a lawyer, an actor, an architect, and an artist—unfold over more than three decades. Adapted for the stage by celebrated director Ivo van Hove, this harrowing story follows them from college into the pressures of middle age in New York City. Jude, the troubled protagonist, is an introverted lawyer. Intense friendships are everything to him. Fearing intimacy as much as he hungers for it, his physical and mental well-being are at stake. The book and the play, both requiring total surrender, test the profound limits and potential of love.

Note: This show includes strong language, nudity, violence, and content about suicide.


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A Little Life History

Other Productions of A Little Life

2022   Off-Broadway BAM Next Wave US Premiere Production
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2023   West End
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