ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES ADDED!
2014 LONDON EVENING STANDARD AWARD WINNER
BEST REVIVAL OF THE YEAR
CAREY MULLIGAN and BILL NIGHY
IN
“SKYLIGHT”
by DAVID HARE
directed by STEPHEN DALDRY
featuring MATTHEW BEARD
WILL NOW BEGIN PERFORMANCES FRIDAY, MARCH 13
OPENING NIGHT IS THURSDAY, APRIL 2
AT THE JOHN GOLDEN THEATRE
The upcoming Broadway production of the sold-out West End production of David Hare’s SKYLIGHT, directed by Stephen Daldry, winner of the 2014 London Evening Standard Award for Revival of the Year, will now begin performances Friday, March 13 at the John Golden Theatre. The production, which will star Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy, and feature Matthew Beard, all recreating their acclaimed London performances, opens Thursday, April 2 for a strictly limited 13-week engagement.
On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Carey Mulligan) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy), a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship, only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.
David Hare’s SKYLIGHT originally premiered at the National Theatre in London in 1995 before going on to play smash hit engagements in the West End and on Broadway the following year. When the 2014 production of SKYLIGHT opened in the West End in June it was praised by critics on both sides of the Atlantic. The Guardian said “Hare’s play hits you straight between the eyes with its mixture of private pain and public rage at our profoundly polarised society,” while The Observer declared, “Stephen Daldry’s production dances—it is a high-velocity encounter between two exceptional actors. This is a pivotal play.” Variety said, “Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy are so perfectly matched and balanced—watching them lock horns is riveting,” and The Mail on Sunday called SKYLIGHT “tense, moving, magnificent . . . within a hair’s breadth of perfection.” The Washington Post described it as “a pinnacle event . . . an artfully crafted piece of penetrating drama. Stephen Daldry’s flawless staging explores the fissures among the characters so potently that the evening hums along on what feel like the vibrant currents of life as it is actually lived. . . . Exceptional is the adjective that comes to mind.” The Telegraph summed it all up by proclaiming, “West End productions don’t come any better than this.”
SKYLIGHT is designed by Bob Crowley, with lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Paul Arditti, and original music by Paul Englishby.
Tickets to SKYLIGHT, ranging from $60 to $149, are now available at Telecharge.com. For the performance schedule and additional information visit Telecharge.com or call (212) 239-6200.
SKYLIGHT is produced on Broadway by Robert Fox and Scott Rudin.
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