Six Degrees of Separation Revival
One hour and 30 minutes, with no intermission
Six Degrees of Separation - 2017 Broadway History , Info & More
Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Broadway)
243 West 47th St. New York, NY
Inspired by a true story, the play follows the trail of a young black con man, Paul, who insinuates himself into the lives of a wealthy New York couple, Ouisa and Flan Kittredge, saying he knows their son at college.
Producer Stuart Thompson announced that John Guare's critically acclaimed play Six Degrees of Separation will return to Broadway in a revival starring seven-time Emmy Award winner Allison Janney ("Mom," The Girl on the Train) as Ouisa and Tony Award winner John Benjamin Hickey (The Normal Heart, "Manhattan") as Flan.
Trip Cullman (Significant Other, Punk Rock) will direct the production, which is set to open at the Barrymore Theatre in April 2017 and will run for 15 weeks only.
Six Degrees of Separation - 2017 - Broadway Cast
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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Six Degrees of Separation
Broadway Review: Allison Janney, Corey Hawkins Lead ‘Six Degrees Of Separation’
9 / 10
On the evidence of the spectacular revival that opened tonight at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, with a cast led by Allison Janney (Mom, The West Wing), Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton) and John Benjamin Hickey (The Normal Heart), either it's been a very long moment that Guare captured. Or, more likely, Six Degrees transcends its particulars and addresses something ineffably human: The terrifying gulf between how we see ourselves and how we need others to see us. That's a theme for the ages, from Moliere to Arthur Miller to Tony Kushner. Guare, however, using a brief, intriguing newspaper report as his jumping off point, found a way in Six Degrees to make us laugh in the face of our own insufficiency in bridging that midnight-dark gulf.
Theater Review: Can Six Degrees of Separation Still Bring Home the Bacon?
8 / 10
Even softened slightly as it is in this production, the play's brutal message to sophisticates, whether at the end of Reagan's era or the start of Trump's, comes through. We still do not know anyone but ourselves - and ourselves not too well, either. The idea that there are 'six degrees of separation' between any two people, which in Guare's formulation became a global catchphrase, is not merely a humanistic piety about interconnectedness; it's also a warning. Those six degrees are unbridgeable if you live on an island.
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Six Degrees of Separation History
Other Productions of Six Degrees of Separation
| 1990 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1990 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2010 | West End |
Old Vic Production West End |
| 2017 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
Six Degrees of Separation - 2017 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Corey Hawkins |
| 2017 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Allison Janney |
| 2017 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Six Degrees of Separation |
| 2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Allison Janney |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Corey Hawkins |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Six Degrees of Separation |
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