The Seven Year Disappear
Closing: March 24, 2024The Seven Year Disappear - 2024 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
The Pershing Square Signature Center [The Alice Griffin Jewelbox Theatre]
480 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036
Naphtali’s (Taylor Trensch) world-famous performance artist mother (Cynthia Nixon) disappeared suddenly seven years ago. And yet, he sees her everywhere: in the faces of friends, coworkers, the guy he’s flirting with. When his mother returns with few answers and a major request, Naphtali is forced to confront what he’s spent years trying to forget. A funny, deeply human mystery of mothers and sons, coming of age, and coming apart. This production marks a return to The New Group for Cynthia Nixon, where she directed Rasheeda Speaking and Steve, and appeared on stage in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, directed by Scott Elliott. This marks a New Group debut for playwright Jordan Seavey and Taylor Trensch.
The Seven Year Disappear - 2024 - Off-Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR The Seven Year Disappear
THE SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR: A NOT ALWAYS STRAIGHT-FORWARD LOOK AT MANHATTAN’S ART WORLD
6 / 10
Not able completely to keep all Seavey’s twists clear, Scott Elliott nonetheless directs with style. He’s greatly helped by lighting director Jeff Croiter, sound designers Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen, and perhaps most of all by projection designer Narun. Despite Seavey’s many distracting features, they all contribute to an unusually elegant production, maybe elegant in spite of itself.
‘The Seven Year Disappear’ Review: Looking for Mom in All the Wrong Places
5 / 10
Nixon, a delicately skilled stage performer, plays each character as a slightly exaggerated persona, like roles an artist might try on to demonstrate that identity is a kind of drag. If there are psychoanalytic underpinnings to this approach, they’re not compellingly explored. The result is two actors operating in uneven registers throughout, with Trensch as the so-called straight man to Nixon’s shuffle of mild caricatures. (The exceptions are mother-son confrontations that Elliott pitches as earplug-worthy shouting matches.)
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by Blair Ingenthron - March 20, 2024
The New Group and nonprofit The League of Live Stream Theater (LOLST) are partnering to live stream performances of the world premiere production of The Seven Year Disappear by Jordan Seavey.
by A.A. Cristi - February 26, 2024
Emmy and Tony Award-winner c star in THE SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR, opening tonight at The New Group, a funny, deeply human mystery of mothers and sons, coming of age, and coming apart. Read the reviews!
by Bruce Glikas - February 26, 2024
Emmy and Tony Award-winner Cynthia Nixon and Taylor Trensch star in THE SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR, is running now at The New Group. The play is a funny, deeply human mystery of mothers and sons, coming of age, and coming apart. Go inside the play's opening night in new photos!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 20, 2024
The New Group will present an additional week for The Seven Year Disappear by Jordan Seavey, featuring Emmy and Tony Award-winner Cynthia Nixon and Taylor Trensch.
by Stephi Wild - February 14, 2024
All new photos have been released from The New Group's world premiere production of The Seven Year Disappear, starring Cynthia Nixon and Taylor Trensch. Check out the photos here!
The Seven Year Disappear History
Other Productions of The Seven Year Disappear
| 2024 | Off-Broadway |
New Group Off-Broadway Premiere Production Off-Broadway |
The Seven Year Disappear - 2024 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | Cynthia Nixon |
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