American Buffalo - 2022 Broadway History , Info & More
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Emmy and Tony Award winner Laurence Fishburne and Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Sam Rockwell will star in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo.
Mamet will reunite with director Neil Pepe (Speed-the-Plow, A Life in the Theatre) for the production. Performances are set to begin in March 2020 with an official opening on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 in a Broadway theatre to be announced.
American Buffalo - 2022 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR American Buffalo
‘American Buffalo’ Review: To Coin an Angry Phrase
8 / 10
Now might seem an inopportune time to be reviving a play by David Mamet, who could be called America's bard of toxic masculinity, although the term was hardly current-in fact it hadn't entered the popular lexicon, let alone swamped it-when Mr. Mamet was in his prime. But the bruisingly funny revival of Mr. Mamet's 1975 play 'American Buffalo' on Broadway proves that such a judgment would be myopic. It's true that the play depicts men-mostly the foul-mouthed Teach, played by Sam Rockwell -displaying volcanic amounts of swaggering machismo, seasoned by a little misogyny and homophobia. And yet Mr. Mamet's characters are themselves the victims of their flaws and throbbing insecurities, so that any toxins they spew poison their own bloodstreams. In his finest plays, including this one and 'Glengarry Glen Ross,' Mr. Mamet is hardly a cheerleader for testosterone-driven aggression; he is a clear-eyed analyst of its destructive futility.
‘American Buffalo’ Review: Starry but Flat Broadway Revival Doesn’t Make the Case for David Mamet
4 / 10
Mamet's eagerness to join in a vivified backlash against gay and trans people will likely come as a disappointment to those who see, in works like 'American Buffalo,' a rich and textured critique of how this country's way of life pits citizen against citizen. And it comes at a less-than-apt moment for this show, which already feels emptied of the vitality that characterizes the best of Mamet. Delayed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and set in an indeterminate urban landscape of the semi-recent past, this 'American Buffalo' lacks the granularity and specificity to say much of anything, let alone make a case for its creator's continued relevance.
American Buffalo History
Other Productions of American Buffalo
| 1976 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1977 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 1981 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1983 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2000 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2008 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2015 | West End |
West End West End |
| 2022 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
American Buffalo - 2022 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | American Buffalo |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Sam Rockwell |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Scott Pask |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Neil Pepe |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Sam Rockwell |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | American Buffalo |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Scott Pask |
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