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The Greatest Play in the History of the World... 2019

Ages: 12+
Opened: November 28, 2019
Closing: January 04, 2020

The Greatest Play in the History of the World... - 2019 West End History , Info & More

Trafalgar Theatre (Formally Trafalgar Studios 2
14 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1A 2DY, United Kingdom, London
Run Type Limited Run
Market West End
Previews November 26, 2019
A man wakes in the middle of the night to discover that the world has stopped.

Through the crack in his bedroom curtains he can see no signs of life at all… other than a light in the house opposite where a woman in an over-sized Bowie T-shirt stands, looking back at him.

The Greatest Play in the History of the World... - 2019 - West End Cast

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Lincoln Center Theater has created The Helen Gurley Brown Theater Lab through a $4.25M gift from The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation. The lab will support writers developing new work for the American theater.

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