Therese Raquin
Two hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission
Therese Raquin - 2015 Broadway History , Info & More
Studio 54 (Broadway)
254 West 54th St. New York, NY
In this tale of love, lust, betrayal, and guilt, based upon the novel by Emile Zola, Therese has made peace with her loveless marriage to a weak man when her world is turned upside down by Laurent walking through the door. Unable to ignore their passion, the pair sets off on a violent path that may have far worse consequences for the perpetrators than for the victims.
Therese Raquin - 2015 - Broadway Cast
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‘Therese Raquin’ Broadway Review: Keira Knightley Gets Caught Between Tragedy and Grand Guignol in Debut
5 / 10
In her own Broadway debut, Keira Knightley plays the title character, and she also has been directed (by Evan Cabnet) to be utterly still, at least for most of the first act. Edmundson gives Therese very little to say in the beginning...When Knightley is able to inject humor into a performance...the results are marvelous. When she's wholly dramatic, as in 'Anna Karenina' or this 'Therese Raquin,' she's monotonous. The larger problem is that Edmundson and Cabnet haven't decided whether 'Therese Raquin' is a great tragedy or some Grand Guignol potboiler...Not everything goes wrong. Ryan, the show's major piece of eye candy, is appropriately studly...Judith Light as Therese's mother-in-law makes the character's tiresomeness almost bearable. But even she can't escape Edmundson and Cabnet's need to go over the top.
Thérèse Raquin review – Keira Knightley languishes in lugubrious dud
4 / 10
Emile Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin, published in 1867, portrays an adulterous couple driven to murder the woman's husband. It was, depending on your preferred critic, a success, a scandal, a triumph of scientific realism, a shambles of cheap pornography. It was not a bore. It was not a comedy. So something has gone wrong with the Roundabout's lugubrious and giggly adaptation...The actual sex shown -- no foreplay, five thrusts, breathless collapse -- is not precisely beguiling...Edmundson's adaptation is often cinematic and Cabnet seems like he would rather be directing a film. Scenes fade in and out; far too many moments show Thérèse looking on languishingly...Perhaps a camera would lend emotional variety and substance to Knightley's performance...[she] seems oddly flat here, though predictably shapely in the period costuming and somehow charismatic for all her lack of affect.
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Other Productions of Therese Raquin
| 2015 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Therese Raquin - 2015 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Judith Light |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Judith Light |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Helen Edmundson |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Beowulf Boritt |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Beowulf Boritt |
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