The Road to Mecca
2 hours, 25 minutes, with one intermission
The Road to Mecca - 2012 Broadway History , Info & More
Todd Haimes Theatre (Broadway)
229 W. 42nd St. New York, NY
Tony Award®, Emmy Award® and Golden Globe Award® winner Rosemary Harris returns to Roundabout alongside the remarkable Carla Gugino and Tony winner Jim Dale in this celebrated work from preeminent South African playwright, Tony winner Athol Fugard.
Acclaimed as “striking, compassionate and Fugard's most personal play” by The New York Times, THE ROAD TO MECCA tells the story of an eccentric elderly artist facing mounting pressure to abandon her independent life for a church retirement home. Out of desperation, she calls upon her only confidant, a fiery young teacher from Cape Town. When the village minister arrives to coax out her decision, the three enter a blazing showdown that pits conformity against free expression...faith in community against faith in oneself.
Set against the charged backdrop of South African apartheid, THE ROAD TO MECCA is a beautifully crafted tribute to the artist's indomitable spirit. Gordon Edelstein directs.
The Road to Mecca - 2012 - Broadway Cast
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Those Who Seek to Make Art Often Find Themselves Alone
8 / 10
In this quiet, slow and ultimately powerful production, directed by Gordon Edelstein and featuring strong performances from Jim Dale and Carla Gugino, Ms. Harris plays Miss Helen, an elderly South African woman who has hitherto seemed gracious, fretful and rather prosaic. Now she has given undiluted voice to the kind of fear that lurks in everyone — one of those personal fears that are so profound that people shirk from naming them. She is magnificent and shrunken, harrowed and harrowing.
Rosemary Harris Plays Cape Town Recluse in ‘Road to Mecca’
8 / 10
Gordon Edelstein has staged “Mecca,” which has slow-going moments, with keen sensitivity to its rhythms...Dale, too long absent from the stage, is a wonderful Marius, his eyebrows registering every emotional bump on this long evening. He also gets the accent better than his two colleagues, though Gugino is affecting as a young woman challenged by her own disappointments. Harris floats about Michael Yeargan’s cluttered desert-hued set, a winsome apparition. Like one of Miss Helen’s own creations, though, the lightness of being is crafted of much sterner stuff.
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Other Productions of The Road to Mecca
| 1988 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2012 | Broadway |
Roundabout Production Broadway |
The Road to Mecca - 2012 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Jim Dale |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Peter Kaczorowski |
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