Review: Broadway's Bare Play 'Heisenberg' Is Sumptuous
9 / 10
'Heisenberg' is as stripped down as theater can get - two chairs, two tables, two actors, one slender script. But Simon Stephens' play also is as sumptuous an experience as theater gets.
Heisenberg 2016
Run Time:
One hour and 25 minutes, with no intermission
Opened: October 13, 2016One hour and 25 minutes, with no intermission
Closing: December 11, 2016
Heisenberg - 2016 Broadway History , Info & More
Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, Georgie (Mary-Louise Parker) spots Alex (Denis Arndt), a much older man, and plants a kiss on his neck. This electric encounterthrusts these two strangers into a fascinating and life-changing game. Directed by Drama Desk Award winner Mark Brokaw (The Lyons, How I Learned to Drive), Heisenberg brings to blazing, theatrical life the uncertain and often comical sparring match that is human connection.
Internationally renowned for his Tony and Olivier Award winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, visionary playwright Simon Stephens returns to Broadway with this sharply original play starring Denis Arndt (The Night Alive at Geffen Playhouse, "The Practice") and Tony and Emmy winner Mary-Louise Parker (Proof, "Weeds").
Internationally renowned for his Tony and Olivier Award winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, visionary playwright Simon Stephens returns to Broadway with this sharply original play starring Denis Arndt (The Night Alive at Geffen Playhouse, "The Practice") and Tony and Emmy winner Mary-Louise Parker (Proof, "Weeds").
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Broadway review: Mary-Louise Parker and Denis Arndt strike unusual sparks in Heisenberg
8 / 10
If I understand the oblique title correctly, Heisenberg is about how being with another person-being observed, at close range -can affect your direction. Georgie and Alex are set in their different ways, defining who they are by who they've been; their unlikely romance opens them to things they would not have imagined for themselves. Mark Brokaw's spare production, which played at Manhattan Theatre Club's small City Center space last year, seem even less imposing in the company's Broadway house, but that works to its advantage. Stephens's carefully crafted 75-minute play has a sense of how little its characters matter to the universe. It makes that smallness feel liberating.
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Heisenberg History
Other Productions of Heisenberg
| 2017 | West End |
Original West End Production West End |
Heisenberg - 2016 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners are highlighted with a background.
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Denis Arndt |
| 2016 | The Lortels | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play | Denis Arndt |
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