Événement

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE

Sunday, May 14: Talk Back with the cast and director after the show.

Running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes

In this hilarious comedy and winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play, Vanya and Sonia's quiet household is thrown into upheaval when they receive a visit from Vanya's Hollywood star sister, Masha, and her boy-toy Spike.

"VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE"
by Christopher Durang
Directed by Peter Gelblum

Advisory: Some strong language, some mild adult themes and content.

"The kind of full-on comedy that's rare on Broadway. It makes you laugh out loud, and repeatedly at that." Review by Elisabeth Vincentelli from The New York Post.

"One of the funniest comedies Broadway has seen in seasons." Review by Linda Winer from Newsday.

Winner 2013 Tony award for Best Play
***** Outer Circle Critics Award Outstanding New Broadway Play
***** Drama Desk Award Best Play
***** New York Drama Critics Circle Award Best Play
***** Off-Broadway Alliance Award Best Play

Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia live in the family home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Named after Chekhov's characters by their theater-enthusiast professor parents, Vanya and Sonia have not had to grow up. After spending their adulthood looking after their now-deceased parents, neither has a job, and money is provided by their movie star sister Masha, who owns the house and pays the bills. Vanya (who is gay and chaste) and Sonia (who is forever reminding everyone that she was adopted) spend their days reflecting on their lost chances, debating whether the grove of nine cherry trees on their property constitutes an orchard, and bemoaning their rather Chekhovian lot in life. Their only regular visitor is their cleaning woman Cassandra, who, like her namesake, is prone to making dire prophecies that no one believes. This static environment is disrupted when Masha returns home to attend a costume party, bringing with her a flurry of drama, an endless litany of insecurity, Snow White costumes, and a much younger, gorgeous, dimwitted boyfriend named Spike.