A Delicate Balance
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A Delicate Balance on Broadway: Show Is Now Closed
A Delicate Balance Summary
- Show Status: Closed
- Genre: Play
- A Delicate Balance is 3 Hours long, including an intermission of 30 Minutes
- 8 Shows per week
- Previews Began: October 20, 2014
- Show Opened : November 20, 2014
- Show Closed: February 22, 2015
A Delicate Balance is the story of a couple whose adult daughter comes home following an unhappy marriage, whose sister is an alcoholic truth teller who lives with them, and whose best friends suddenly show up and decide to move in. Like the mythological Cassandra, the only character who can often see the truth is the alcoholic Claire, who is considered blind due to her flaws.
What's A Delicate Balance Like?
This is the story of a couple who has lived a long life and has come to the point where they are not quite sure what is left for them, and their friends who come to live with them represent their more pathetic selves, who only know how to cozy up and be frightened of the world. As for the daughter Julia, she feels just as old as her parents with her marriage on the rocks, and all she wants to do is regress to her childhood. Despite these sad elements, the play is uplifting due to its candid depiction of reality.
Is A Delicate Balance Good for Kids?
Due to adult references to alcohol, depression, and minimal violence, the show may be inappropriate for children ages 13 and under. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
A Delicate Balance on Broadway Background
A Delicate Balance is one of Edward Albee’s most beloved plays. It premiered in 1966 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1967. This production will be directed by Pam MacKinnon (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), and the starry cast is made up of Bob Balaban, Glenn Close, Lindsay Duncan, Clare Higgins, John Lithgow, and Martha Plimpton. The play is deeply relatable and profoundly unsettling.
Theatre Information
John Golden Theatre
252 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10019
New York, NY 10019
Seats:
804
Entrance:
45th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Theatre
Information
A Delicate Balance Marquee
Gallery
Cast Members
- Agnes
- Glenn Close
- Tobias
- John Lithgow
- Claire
- Lindsay Duncan
Producers
Scott Rudin
Production Credits
- Director
- Pam MacKinnon
- Scenic Designer
- Santo Loquasto
- Costume Designer
- Ann Roth
- Lighting Designer
- Brian MacDevitt
- Book
- Edward Albee
Creative Team
- General Manager
- Joey Parnes Productions LLC
- Company Manager
- Penny Daulton
- Casting Director
- Tara Rubin Casting
- Advertising Representative
- Serino Coyne
- Press Agent
- Philip Rinaldi Publicity