In the vastness of the universe are we all just lonely souls under the same night sky?
Hollywood star and multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Matthew Broderick makes his West End debut in The Starry Messenger by Kenneth Lonergan, Academy Award-winning writer of Manchester-By-The-Sea.
Starring Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mel Brooks’ The Producers), and Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey, The Handmaid’s Tale), this bittersweet, comic drama is an unblinking exploration of love, hope and understanding our place in the universe, by one of the most celebrated writers working today.
The Starry Messenger will play a limited season from 16 May 2019 until 10 August 2019 at the Wyndham’s Theatre, London
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Mark Williams is lost. An astronomer at New York City’s Planetarium, he feels a closer connection to the infinite, starry sky than to his job or even to his wife, Anne. Mark doesn’t believe in fate or divine intervention, but the universe has other ideas.
After a chance meeting with Angela, a young single mother, the stars appear to have aligned. But when a catastrophic event rips through their lives, Mark is forced to re-evaluate his life, his faith and his place in the universe itself.
WHO’S IN IT? THE STARRY MESSENGER CAST
Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mel Brooks’ The Producers) and Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey, The Handmaid’s Tale) lead the cast alongside Jim Norton, Jenny Galloway, Rosalind Eleazar, Joplin Sibtain, Sinead Matthews and Sid Sagar.
CREATIVE TEAM
Written by Kenneth Lonergan. Directed by Sam Yates with Set & Costume by Chiara Stephenson and Sound and Music by Alex Baranowsk.
REVIEWS
‘Star quality shows in this entertaining life lesson’ The Times
‘Lonergan’s quirkily profound script refuses to settle for the tidy-minded redemption that bad dramatic art goes in for’ Independent
‘Matthew Broderick gives a great, understated performance’ The Stage
‘Broderick brings a mix of quizzical humour and gentle despair’ Evening Standard
‘A marvellous play’ Newsday
‘Moving and beautifully written’ New York Post
‘An intimacy that reverberates across the night sky’ Variety
‘Breathtaking’ Time Out NY
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Sam Yates production of The Starry Messenger starring Matthew Broderick (The Producers, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) and Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) has opened at the Wyndham’s Theatre in London.
In his West End debut, Tony winner Broderick is noted for his understated performance as Mark Williams, an astronomer at New York City’s Planetarium who never quite lived up to his own expectations. Written with Broderick in mind by his friend Academy Award winner Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester By The Sea) the melancholy piece has received mixed reviews.
Described as a bittersweet, comic drama The Starry Messenger is the story of Mark Williams, who feels a closer connection to the infinite, starry sky than to his job or his wife, Anne. Though he doesn’t believe in fate, a chance meeting with a single mother forces him to reevaluate his life, his faith, and his place in the universe itself.
The cast also features Jim Norton, Jenny Galloway, Rosalind Eleazar, Joplin Sibtain, Sinead Matthews and Sid Sagar.
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The Starry Messenger runs until 10 August 2019 at the Wyndham’s Theatre, London
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Images have been released of The Starry Messenger featuring Matthew Broderick (The Producers, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) in his London stage debut.
Tony award winner Broderick stars in Kenneth Lonergan’s (Manchester By The Sea) bittersweet comic drama alongside Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) as Broderick’s wife with the cast including Jim Norton, Jenny Galloway, Rosalind Eleazar, Joplin Sibtain, Sinead Matthews and Sid Sagar.
The Starry Messenger is the story of Mark Williams (Broderick), who feels a closer connection to the infinite, starry sky than to his job or his wife, Anne (McGovern). Though he doesn’t believe in fate, a chance meeting with a single mother forces him to reevaluate his life, his faith, and his place in the universe itself.
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The Starry Messenger runs until 10 August 2019 at the Wyndham’s Theatre, London
Hollywood star and multiple Tony Award-winning actor Matthew Broderick will make his West End debut in The Starry Messenger this spring.
Written by Kenneth Lonergan, Academy Award-winning writer of Manchester-By-The-Sea, The Starry Messenger is a bittersweet, comic drama about one man’s unblinking exploration of love and need to understand his place in the universe.
The Ferris Bueller’s Day Off star plays a middle-aged man, numbed by unfulfilled dreams and the drug of unvarying habit, who steps outside his stultifying marriage for an affair with a younger woman.
Broderick returns to the role having played it off-Broadway in 2009 with a cast including J. Smith-Cameron and Kieran Culkin.
Matthew Broderick’s numerous theatre credits include acclaimed performances in Torch Song Trilogy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, It’s Only a Play and Evening at the Talk House.
Downton Abbey‘s Elizabeth McGovern, most recently seen in HBO drama The Handmaid’s Tale will play Broderick’s wife.
The production will be directed by Same Yates.
Tickets go on-sale at 12 noon GMT Friday 18 January 2019.
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The Starry Messenger will run for a limited season from 16 Mary 2019 until 10 August 2019 at the Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
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