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Stage, screen, and television star Victor Garber stars as aging matinee idol Garry Essendine in one of Noël Coward's funniest and most delightful comedies. Devastatingly handsome and thoroughly charming, Garry lives his life like it's one grand performance. But on the eve of a major tour, things fall apart in hysterical fashion as he juggles old flames, a crazed playwright, and (gasp!) middle age. Nicholas Martin, the Huntington's own master of laughter, directs.
Go behind the scenes with Victor Garber, director Nicholas Martin, and the hilarious cast of the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Noël Coward's Present Laughter.
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Nancy E. Carroll has appeared in Ripcord (2017); I Was Most Alive with You (2016); The Seagull (2014); Rapture, Blister, Burn (2013); Good People (2012); The Luck of the Irish (2012); Prelude to a Kiss (2010); Brendan (2007); She Loves Me (2008); Present Laughter (2007); The Rose Tattoo (2004); and Dead End (2000) at the Huntington.
Brooks Ashmanskas previously appeared in God of Carnage (2012), She Loves Me (2008), Present Laughter (2007) (IRNE Award), and Amphitryon (2001) at the Huntington. He appeared on Broadway in Promises, Promises; Present Laughter; The Ritz; Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (Tony Award nomination); The Producers; Gypsy; Little Me; Dream; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; and On the Twentieth Century.
Marc Vietor previously appeared in The Seagull, She Loves Me, and Present Laughter at the Huntington. His New York credits that include Present Laughter and The Molière Comedies (Roundabout Theatre Company), Edward II and The Revenger’s Tragedy (Red Bull Theater), Grey Gardens (Playwrights Horizons), King John, The Jew of Malta, and The Merchant Of Venice (Theatre for a New Audience), and more. He is a charter member of Red Bull Theater and a graduate of Yale University and The Juilliard School.
Noël Coward was an English playwright composer, director, actor, and singer known for his wit and what Time Magazine called “a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, posh and poise.” He wrote and published more than 50 plays including Fallen Angels, The Vortex, Hay Fever, Easy Virtue, Private Lives (2012), Design For Living (1983), Present Laughter (2007), Blithe Spirit, and Waiting in the Wings.
Nicholas Martin (1938-2014) served as former Artistic Director of the Huntington from 2000 through 2008, where he directed Bus Stop, The Corn is Green, She Loves Me, Present Laughte with Victor Garbar, Sonia Flew, Butley with Nathan Lane, Hedda Gabler with Kate Burton, and Dead End, among many others. His Broadway credits include Christopher Durang’s smash hit Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Present Laughter...
Alexander Dodge returns to the Huntington having previously designed the sets for Bad Dates (2018); Tartuffe (2018); Bedroom Farce (2016); Smart People (2014); Rapture, Blister, Burn (2013); Good People (2012); The Miracle at Naples (2009); Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008); Brendan (2007); and many more.
Mariann S. Verheyen has designed for the Huntington since its premiere season, including Choice, Fences, Present Laughter, and The Mikado. Her New York credits include designing the Broadway production of Peter Pan, work at The Public Theater/NYSF, The York Theater Company, Second Stage Theatre, and Hudson Guild, as well as numerous industrials and television commercials.
Rui Rita designed lighting for the Huntington's productions of Choice (2015), The Power of Duff (2013), The Miracle at Naples (2009), Present Laughter (2007), The Sisters Rosensweig (2005), The Blue Demon (2003), and Heartbreak House (2002). His Broadway credits include The Trip to Bountiful, Velocity of Autumn, Present Laughter, Dividing the Estate, Old Acquaintance, Enchanted April, The Price, and A Thousand Clowns.
Drew Levy has Huntington credits for sound design that include Bad Dates (2018), The Seagull (2014), Pirates! (2009), The Corn is Green (2009), She Loves Me (2008), Present Laughter (2007), The Cherry Orchard (2007), Love’s Labour’s Lost (2006), The Sisters Rosensweig (2005), Burn This (2004), and the world premiere of Sonia Flew (2004).