The Rose Tattoo - 2019 Broadway History , Info & More
Todd Haimes Theatre (Broadway)
229 W. 42nd St. New York, NY
This is one Tennessee Williams woman you won't soon forget. Marisa Tomei plays Serafina, a widow who rekindles her desire for love, lust and life in the arms of a fiery suitor. Sharply directed by Cullman, Williams' lesser-known gem sizzles with humor and heart in sultry New Orleans. Serafina erupts from the depths of despair to the heights of passion in this Tony Award-winning Best Play.
The Rose Tattoo - 2019 - Broadway Cast
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Review: Marisa Tomei Braves a Typhoon in ‘The Rose Tattoo’
7 / 10
Tomei knows from Italian-flavored portraiture. (She won an Oscar playing a character named Mona Lisa Vito in 'My Cousin Vinny.') If, in the closefitting 1950s slips and dresses the costume designer Clint Ramos has provided, her affect is more cuddly pixie than temperamental colossus, she is nonetheless a bold and inventive comic performer. Unfortunately, she is in hard-fought competition with her environment. It's not that she's operating in a vacuum, which might be easier. Cullman has populated the stage with an ever-present chorus of singing Italian women and frantic children.
THE ROSE TATTOO: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ ROSE ISN’T A ROSE ISN’T A ROSE
6 / 10
But with Tomei, the Williams heartbreak is elusive. She looks the neighborhood scourge in costume designer Clint Ramos's slips and robes and Tom Watson's wigs, but the debilitating weight of her loss and the fear that it won't be regained is not in her eyes or in the effortful way she carries herself. Tomei is effective as far as she goes, and it's likely she has it in her to go much farther. But she hasn't been guided that way.
The Rose Tattoo History
Other Productions of The Rose Tattoo
| 1951 | Broadway |
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| 1966 | Broadway |
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| 1995 | Broadway |
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| 2019 | Broadway |
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The Rose Tattoo - 2019 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Marisa Tomei |
| 2020 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Rose Tattoo |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Clint Ramos |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score | Fitz Patton |
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