Acclaimed Flemish director Ivo Van Hove is bringing his Toneelgroep Amsterdam production of Opening Night to New York in December 2008.
Opening Night will have its US premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music during their Next Wave Festival, and runs from 2 to 6 December 2008.
Casting has been announced for the show, and includes Elsie de Brauw (Myrtle), Jacob Derwig (Maurice), Oscar van Rompay/Sanne de Hartogh (Gus), Sarah Bourgeois (Lena), Fedja van Huet (Manny), Katja Herbers (Dorothee), Johan van Assche (David), Anne Prakke (Leo), Sanne den Hartogh/Servé Hermans/Alwin Pulinckx (Kelly), Chris Nietvelt (Sarah) and Hadewych Minis (Nancy).
The play is based on John Cassavetes’ acclaimed 1977 film Opening Night and mixes projections and live theatre. The show is performed in Dutch with English surtitles.
The story is centred on a famous actress who is starring in a play in which her character must come to terms with aging. After an avid fan is killed, the actress begins a downward personal spiral, confronting her own issues of mortality.
The creative team also includes set and lighting design by Jan Versweyveld, costume design by An d’Huys, sound design by Marc Meulemans and video design by Erik Lint.
The play originally premiered in Amsterdam in March 2006.
Ivo Van Hove has been director of the acclaimed Toneelgroep Amsterdam since 2001.
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