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"COMIC GOLD! Haneefah Wood sparkles! A performance of confidence, energy, and inventiveness. BIG LAUGHS!” — The Boston Globe
"I WAS DAZZLED! A great date — like spending the evening with your best girlfriend over a bottle of wine, cracking up and commiserating over love's mishaps.” — Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce's Choices
"VERY, VERY FUN! A star turn from Haneefah Wood! Bad Dates delivers!” — Jared Bowen, WGBH
"Bad Dates has both spine and substance! It takes off like a rocket. Hits all the right, resonant notes!” — WBUR's The ARTery
Restaurant manager and shoe connoisseur Haley Walker is finally ready to re-enter the dating world. From the privacy of her bedroom, she relates a series of hilarious tales while preparing for, and recovering from, one dreadful date after another. One of the most popular shows in Huntington history, this 15th anniversary production of Theresa Rebeck’s sweet and sharp comedy will be the hottest date night in town and a triumphant night out for women of all ages!
Approximate run time: 90 minutes with no intermission.
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“Theresa Rebeck’s succulent and biting comedy will have Boston audiences in stiches as we recall the details of our dating disasters. This explosively wild and smart comedy is the perfect night out on the town for women of all generations and the ideal remedy to combat any kind of winter blues!”— Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois
Join Haley Walker as she relates a series of hilarious tales while preparing for, and recovering from, one dreadful date after another. The irresistible comedy, Bad Dates is on stage beginning Jan. 26.
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Step into the rehearsal hall of the irresistible comedy Bad Dates. On stage beginning January 26.
"If you guys have ever been on a bad date, you should definitely come see this show." Audiences review Bad Dates. On stage through March 3.
Bad Dates is "comic gold!" See this brilliant comedy on stage through March 3.
Enjoy a series of brief interviews with Bad Dates star Haneefah Wood (Haley Walker) and director Jessica Stone.
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"A tour de force! Haneefah Wood is engaging and funny!" — Wicked Local
"Go see it!" — The Theater Mirror
Theresa Rebeck's (playwright) Bad Dates (2018) was revived after Bad Dates (2004) at the Huntington. Ms. Rebeck is a widely produced playwright throughout the United States and abroad. Her play Mauritius had its world premiere at the Huntington and received the IRNE and Elliot Norton Awards for Best Play.
Jessica Stone returns to the Huntington after directing Bad Dates (2018), Ripcord (2017), and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2015), based on Nicholas Martin’s Broadway direction. She has also performed in the Huntington’s productions of She Loves Me, Betty’s Summer Vacation, and Springtime for Henry. She has worked as an actress on and Off Broadway, and in television and film, for the last 25 years.
Haneefah Wood appeared at the Huntington as Hayley Walker in Bad Dates (2018) and as Cassandra in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2015). She has appeared on Broadway in Rent (Nederlander Theatre), Avenue Q (John Golden Theatre), and Brooklyn (Plymouth Theatre).
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.
Sarah Laux previously designed costumes for the Huntington's production of Bad Dates (2018) and Come Back, Little Sheba (2015). Broadway credits include The Band’s Visit, The Humans, and Fully Committed.
David J. Weiner designed the lighting for Huntington productions of Bad Dates (2018), Ripcord (2017), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2015), Becky Shaw (2010), Butley (2003), and Springtime for Henry (2003). His Broadway credits include The Price, Stephen King’s Misery, Romeo and Juliet, Dead Accounts, Grace, Godspell, The Normal Heart, Reasons to Be Pretty, Butley, Dinner at Eight (Lincoln Center Theater), Betrayal (Roundabout Theatre Company), and The Real Thing. Off Broadway Mr. Weiner’s work has been seen at MCC Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater/NYSF, New York Theatre Workshop, Theatre for a New Audience, Vineyard Theatre, and Atlantic Theater Company.
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).
Alaine Alldaffer is the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting), and The Flick (Playwright Horizons and The Barrow Street Theater).
Emily F. McMullen has stage managed 25 shows for the Huntington over the past 5 years, including A Doll's House, Part 2 (2018), Man in the Ring (2018), The Niceties (2018), Top Girls (2018), Bad Dates (2018), Tartuffe (2018), and Merrily We Roll Along (2017) last season.
Jessie Mueller received the 2018 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, as well as a Tony Award nomination for Lead Actress in a Musical, for her performance as Julie Jordan in Carousel.
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