NewsPHOTO CALL: A Delicate Balance, Starring Glenn Close and John Lithgow, Opens on Broadway; Curtain CallThe starry revival of A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama starring Glenn Close and John Lithgow, opened on Broadway Nov. 20 following previews that began Oct. 20 at the John Golden Theatre.
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Matthew Blank
November 20, 2014
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A Delicate Balance, Starring Glenn Close and John Lithgow, Opens on Broadway; Curtain Call
A Delicate Balance, Starring Glenn Close and John Lithgow, Opens on Broadway; Curtain Call
The starry revival of A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama starring Glenn Close and John Lithgow, opened on Broadway Nov. 20 following previews that began Oct. 20 at the John Golden Theatre.
Directed by Tony Award winner , A Delicate Balance stars three-time Tony Award winner Close (Sunset Boulevard, Death and the Maiden) and two-time Tony Award winner Lithgow (The Changing Room, Sweet Smell of Success). The cast also includes Tony Award winner (Private Lives, Les Liaisons Dangereuses), (Plaza Suite, The Inspector General), (Vincent in Brixton, Sweet Bird of Youth) and (Top Girls, The Coast of Utopia).
Here's how the production is billed: "In A Delicate Balance, Agnes (Glenn Close) and Tobias (John Lithgow), a long-married couple, must maintain their equilibrium as over the course of a weekend they welcome home their 36-year-old daughter (Martha Plimpton) after the collapse of her fourth marriage, and give shelter to their best friends (Bob Balaban and Clare Higgins), all the while tolerating Agnes鈥� alcoholic sister Claire (Lindsay Duncan)." The original Tony-nominated 1966 production starred and , while the 1973 film starred , and . A 1996 Broadway revival of A Delicate Balance, starring , and , was a critical and popular success, winning the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.
The production features scenic design by , costume design by and lighting design by .
A Delicate Balance is produced by .
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