Fool for Love - 2015 Broadway History , Info & More
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Broadway)
261 W. 47th St. New York, NY 10036
Holed up in a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert, two former lovers unpack the deep secrets and dark desires of their tangled relationship, passionately tearing each other apart. Beaten down by ill-fated love and a ruthless struggle for identity, can they ultimately live with, or without, each other? Led by director Daniel Aukin (Back Back Back at MTC; 4,000 Miles), Tony Award winner Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur at MTC, Born Yesterday)and Sam Rockwell (A Behanding in Spokane, The Way Way Back) bring an explosive intensity to Sam Shepard's (Buried Child, True West) landmark myth of the new Wild West.
Fool for Love - 2015 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Fool for Love
'Fool for Love' review: Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda star in Sam Shepard drama
6 / 10
Sam Rockwell has earned a reputation for bringing a whiff of weirdness and explosive emotion to his roles. He delivers the goods -- and so does costar Nina Arianda -- in Broadway's combustible revival of 'Fool for Love'...Daniel Aukin directs a well-paced production and guides the cast to juicy performances. Arianda, ever fascinating, turns on a dime from light to dark. Her May is sad, sexy and desperate. Rockwell's Eddie is seductive, scary and impressive with a lasso...In short order, she slips free of the rope. Catch and release is the story of their lives -- forever. They'd be fools to believe otherwise.
'Fool for Love' a solid revival of Sam Shepard's drama
8 / 10
The thin 70-minute drama, which won acclaim three decades ago and was made into a film with Kim Basinger, is essentially an unsettling character study with a sense of mystery behind it. Daniel Aukin's focused, highly physical revival is built around the intense interplay between Arianda, who evokes both a hurt young girl and a torrent of violent emotion, and Rockwell, who coolly struts around and cockily plays with his lasso as if he were the Marlboro Man.
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Fool for Love History
Other Productions of Fool for Love
| 1983 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2015 | Broadway |
Manhattan Theatre Club Broadway Revival Broadway |
Fool for Love - 2015 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Nina Arianda |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Sam Rockwell |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Fool for Love |
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