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.
Over six-plus hours there are lapses. Political debates can turn soapbox-y and windy, and character sum-ups at the end is a creaky device. Still, a play that asks 'Who are we?' and makes one consider and care about the answer is doing something right. Actually, a lot right.
Before the end of this two-part, six-and-a-half-hour play - opening tonight at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre - Lopez and his phenomenally good dozen-plus-member cast will demand a reckoning of the ages, of Forster's restrictive closet, of Manhattan's Plague Years and of today's, well, whatever today is, mean and brutal and not entirely free of hope.
| 2018 | West End |
West End transfer of the Young Vic production West End |
| 2019 | Broadway |
Broadway Premiere Broadway |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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