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2005-2006 Season

2005-2006 Season

The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Evan Yionoulis
September 9 – October 9‚ 2005
The Huntington Theatre

A successful playwright takes his marriage to the breaking point when he falls in love with another woman. But is it the real thing? This multiple Tony Award winner is a masterfully written play of wit, passion, humor, and intelligence. The brilliant wordsmith Tom Stoppard explores the complex joy and pain of being in love in this clever and deeply felt drama about relationships.

Carol Mulroney
by Stephen Belber
Directed by Lisa Peterson
October 14 – November 20‚ 2005
The Huntington Calderwood/BCA

The allure of the simple life often finds its way into the souls of complicated characters. But matrimonial love and home-grown potatoes are not enough to overcome the demons that haunt Carol Mulroney. Sitting on the roof, overlooking the beauty of the city from a distance, she contemplates her tempestuous past with her father and her uncertain future with her husband in this compelling world premiere drama.

The Sisters Rosensweig
by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Nicholas Martin
November 4 – December 4‚ 2005
The Huntington Theatre

The Sisters Rosensweig is Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Wendy Wasserstein‘s warm and funny play about one evening in the lives of three Jewish-American sisters. Sara, living in London, prepares to celebrate her 54th birthday with Gorgeous, a talk show host, and Pfeni, a travel writer. As the party evolves, they break through personal boundaries, share family secrets and decipher the men who fall in and out of their lives.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Daniel Goldstein
January 6 – February 4‚ 2006
The Huntington Theatre

Desire and deceit have powerful consequences in this seductive and fiercely witty look at games of love and lust in 18th century France. The beautiful and cunning La Marquise de Merteuil enlists her partner-in-crime Valmont, played by Michael T. Weiss (Burn This), to seduce a former lover’s young bride-to-be in this thrilling adaptation of the classic novel by Choderlos de Laclos.

Forbidden Broadway: SVU
Created, written, and directed by Gerard Alessandrini
February 14 – March 12‚ 2006
The Huntington Calderwood/BCA

An all-new version of the scathing homage to Broadway’s biggest shows and brightest stars! This year’s Special Victims include the puppets of Avenue Q, the witches of WickedFiddler on the Roof, Movin’ Out, SPAMALOT, and fresh swipes at old favorites Little Shop of Horrors, Les Miz, and Chicago. Rounding out the laughs are merciless potshots at The Producers, Mamma Mia!, and Hairspray — with lots more Broadway past and present!

The Hopper Collection
by Mat Smart
Directed by Daniel Aukin
February 14 – March 12‚ 2006
The Huntington Theatre

Marjorie and Daniel have serious marital problems. He’s a wealthy art collector who’s stubbornly besotted with her; she’s a pill-popping eccentric who wants him dead. Their damaged lives revolve around her obsession with Edward Hopper and the brief encounter she had with him as a teenager. The arrival of a young couple hoping to view Marjorie’s Hopper painting forces her to choose between living in the past and dropping the fantasy in favor of something real.

The Road Home: Re-Membering America
Written and Performed by Marc Wolf
Directed by David Schweizer
March 24 – April 30‚ 2006
The Huntington Calderwood/BCA

As he drove home cross-country to New York City following 9/11, playwright and actor Marc Wolf interviewed his fellow Americans to create The Road Home: Re-Membering America. Both profoundly moving and highly entertaining, this world premiere is a provocative portrait of the complexity and resilience of our nation.

Love’s Labour’s Lost
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Nicholas Martin
May 12 – June 11‚ 2006
The Huntington Theatre

Love’s Labour’s Lost tells the tales of the King of Navarre who, along with his three young lords, takes a three-year oath of chastity that preludes them from seeing or visiting women, in order to focus on their academic studies. Their oaths are tested almost immediately by the unannounced visit of the Princess of France and her three beautiful ladies-in-waiting. Covert meetings, misdirected love notes, and battles of wits ensue as the men try hilariously to keep their promise.