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1992-1993 Season

1992-1993 Season

Pal Joey
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Book by John O’Hara
Adapted by Richard Greenberg
Directed by David Warren
Sept. 11 — Oct. 11, 1992
The Huntington Theatre

A dazzling tale of love and ambition! Joey Evans is the “pal” in question, a smooth-talking, small-time nightclub singer whose distinctive brand of soiled charm has gotten him chased from too many jobs in too many towns. Now he’s landed a gig in Chicago, and the attentions of two very different women. Linda is a small town girl who is looking for a friendly face in the big city — and perhaps a little bit more. Vera is a wealthy socialite with the power to make Joey’s dreams come true — and a husband who’s rarely at home. Their story is played out with the help of a classic Broadway score, including such musical gems as “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered,” “Zip,” and “I Could Write a Book.”

Long Day’s Journey into Night
by Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Edward Gilbert
Oct. 23 — Nov. 22, 1992
The Huntington Theatre

 

Immerse yourself in the most powerful drama from one of the nation’s greatest playwrights, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Eugene O’Neill.

Here is an autobiographical family portrait so searing the the author would not let ie be produced in his lifetime. The Tyrone family — blustery, hard-drinking James, his delicate, morphine-addicted wife Mary, and their sons Jamie and Edmund — reunite for a weekend in their Connecticut cottage, where they confront ghosts of the past and illusions of the present, and achieve a deeper understanding of themselves and those they love. This is a personal and compassionate masterpiece.

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Larry Carpenter
Nov. 28 — Dec. 27, 1992
Wilbur Theatre

Boston’s newest holiday tradition returns to the Wilbur Theatre as we present our spectacular production of the Charles Dickens yuletide classic, newly polished and streamlined after last year’s acclaimed premiere.

Join Ebenezer Scrooge on his incredible journey through time with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Witness his remarkable transformation from selfish curmudgeon to benevolent friend and share in the spirit of charity and forgiveness. Tony Award nominee Larry Carpenter returns to direct his own adaptation of this classic story. A delight for all!

My Mother Said I Never Should
by Charlotte Keatley
Directed by Charles Towers
Jan. 8 — Feb. 7, 1993
The Huntington Theatre

Charlotte Keatley’s new play, My Mother Said I Never Should, comes to Boston via the Contact Theatre in Manchester, England. Manchester’s working class district serves as the background for the play, which explores four generations of mother-daughter relationships. The author dramatizes significant events in the lives of these four women, who make up the entire cast. The play keeps men offstage to emphasize, as Keatley says, “female language and silences, humor and sexiness and violence.”

Undiscovered Country
by Arthur Schnitzler
Adapted by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Jacques Cartier
March 5 — April 4, 1993
The Huntington Theatre

With compassion, humor, and shrewd insight, Arthur Schnitzler crystallized the world of the Austrian-Hungarian empire in 1911, just before its end.

In beautiful Vienna, the wealthy middle class has everything. Dressed in the finest clothes, they can stroll through the imperial gardens, take lunch at an open-air cafe, see the modernist exhibits, and hear Mahler’s new symphonies. Yet despite their money, culture, and sophistication, they yearn for deeper satisfaction, for romance in a world of reason. This is a poignant portrait of an era whose end is foreseen only in the hearts and minds of its people.

Undiscovered Country is a feast for actors, and Tom Stoppard’s vibrant translation confirms the magic of this knowing and heartfelt play.

Arms and the Man
by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Larry Carpenter
May 21 — June 20, 1993
The Huntington Theatre

The Huntington’s 11th season ends with the sound of laughter. This irreverent spoof is the comic masterpiece that made Shaw’s reputation.

Raina is a beautiful young woman filled with the romantic visions of her time, in which worthy adversaries battle in the name of courage and honor. Or so she thinks, until the night a soldier by the name of Bluntschli climbs through her bedroom window to try to save his neck, and she discovers to her horror that he’s more interested in hoarding chocolates than bullets.

Share in the exquisite pleasures of this undiminished romp, as we present one of the funniest plays ever written.