Cult of Love
Closing: February 02, 2025Cult of Love - 2024 Broadway History , Info & More
Hayes Theatre (Broadway)
240 West 44th St. New York, NY
The holidays aren't over yet at the Hayes Theatre. Playwright Leslye Headland makes her Broadway debut with Cult of Love, directed by Trip Cullman and presented by Second Stage Theatre.
What's it all about? It’s the holiday season for the Dahl family! The four adult children return to their childhood home with partners in tow. The Dahl traditions include singing carols in harmony at the drop of a hat, but the gathering is anything but harmonious.
Old conflicts resurface, new issues battled, and dinner is taking absolutely forever to be served. Will the love the Dahls have for each other be enough to get them through, or will this be their last Christmas together?
Before Broadway, the family dramedy premiered at the IAMA Theatre in Los Angeles as part of their 10th Anniversary season in 2018. It went on to play at the Williamstown Theatre Festival as an audio production, which was presented by Audible. A later version was presented by Berkeley Repertory Theatre is 2024, directed by Cullman.
The star-studded Broadway cast includes: Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto, Barbie Ferreira, Christopher Lowell, Mare Winninham, David Rasche, Molly Bernard, Roberta Colindrez, Rebecca Henderson and Christopher Sears.
Cult of Love - 2024 - Broadway Cast
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Cult of Love: Leslye Headland Takes On, and Takes Down, Family and Religion
9 / 10
Helmed by Headland’s go-to collaborator Trip Cullman—who also directed Assistance (inspired by the playwright’s years working for Harvey Weinstein at Miramax), the deliciously bawdy Bachelorette, and the 2016 psychodrama The Layover—Cult of Love couldn’t be better timed: As we’re all agonizing over our own impending holiday family gatherings, there’s nothing more comforting than watching other people’s messed-up relatives tear each other to pieces, especially when there’s a prescription painkiller involved. Now will someone please bring us some figgy pudding?
Cult of Love
9 / 10
Larger themes notwithstanding, Cult of Love is mostly concerned with exploring just such complicated smallness. With an analytic precision that is tempered by sympathy and humor, Headland expertly renders the shifting dynamics and allegiances within the family and the couples: the gang-ups and ambushes, the protective measures and defensive thrusts. And Trip Cullman’s Second Stage production captures that complexity beautifully. It’s there in every inch of John Lee Beatty’s detailed farmhouse set and in Sophia Choi’s perfectly chosen costumes, and especially in the first-rate work of the large cast. Whether singing or sniping or merely stewing, these ten actors don’t hit a false note, and they blend together seamlessly. It's ensemble acting at a shared high level. They do themselves proud.
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Cult of Love History
Other Productions of Cult of Love
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Cult of Love - 2024 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Trip Cullman |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play | Mare Winningham |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Cult of Love |
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