Profoundly touching and wickedly hilarious, Matthew Lopez’s two-part play The Inheritance, asks how much we owe to those who lived and loved before us, and questions the role we must play for future generations.
Brilliantly re-envisioning E. M. Forster’s masterpiece "Howards End" to 21st-century New York, it follows the interlinking lives of three generations of gay men searching for a community of their own – and a place to call home.
This epic new play by Matthew Lopez marks the Broadway debut of a bold new voice in American theatre, directed by visionary two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry.
The Inheritance is a life-affirming journey of tears and laughter, through conflicts and connections, heartbreak and hope. A new play, generations in the making.
The best advice about seeing The Inheritance on Broadway - which you definitely should if you're looking for a head-spinning, heart-rending theatrical experience - is to forget the hype surrounding it. And that won't be easy. Playwright Matthew Lopez, a Puerto Rican transplanted to New York City from the Florida panhandle, is fresh from London where his ardently ambitious play about different generations of gay men living in post-AIDs Manhattan won an armful of Oliviers (the Brit Tonys named after the late, great Lord Larry) and gushy reviews that called it 'the most important American play of the century.' Try living up to that. You can't, but it's impossible not to marvel at the incisively hilarious and deeply humane effort put forth by Lopez, director Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot), and a cast that could not be better. The Inheritance is an emotional powerhouse. It's also approximately seven hours long. That means you have to see it in two parts (the . Another gay fantasia, Tony Kushner's Angels in America, pulled it off, but unless you're J.K. Rowling's pre-sold Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, you're fighting an uphill battle.
It is tempting to compare 'The Inheritance' with Tony Kushner's masterwork 'Angels in America,' which is also a two-part, six-act, roughly seven-hour drama centered on AIDS, historical connections, and politics. However, 'The Inheritance' very much stands on its own as a separate work with a very different sensibility, and I strongly suspect that it will soon join 'Angels in America' in the pantheon of great gay dramas.
2018 | West End |
West End transfer of the Young Vic production West End |
2019 | Broadway |
Broadway Premiere Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Kyle Soller |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Stephen Daldry |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Paul Hilton |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Lois Smith |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | The Inheritance |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Paul Arditti |
2020 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Paul Hilton |
2020 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Play | The Inheritance |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Stephen Daldry |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | John Benjamin Hickey |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Paul Hilton |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Samuel H. Levine |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Lois Smith |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | The Inheritance |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Bob Crowley |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Stephen Daldry |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jon Clark |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score | Paul Englishby |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | John Benjamin Hickey |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Paul Hilton |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Andrew Burnap |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Lois Smith |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Matthew Lopez |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Bob Crowley |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Paul Arditti |
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