Network
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Network on Broadway: Show Is Now Closed
Regular Price Tickets
ORCH $129
MEZZ $79
Secondary Market
$133
Network Summary
- Show Status: Closed
- Genre: Play
- Network is 2 Hours long, including an intermission of None
- Previews Began: November 10, 2018
- Show Opened : December 6, 2018
- Show Closed: June 8, 2019
An anchorman of a failing news show becomes famous during a melt down on his final broadcast. The network decides to capitalize on his new-found status.
What's Network Like?
The staging of this show is truly unique and nothing Broadway audiences have seen before. It is a fully immersive experience with audio visual technology, including live video streams, seamlessly incorporated into the production. The play also features an onstage restaurant where selected audience members become part of the show and enjoy a real three course meal.
This news satire serves as a cautionary tale as Howard becomes a populist prophet after spewing erroneous information. It is not only extremely funny but timely in today's Trump America with a media landscape of fake news. As Howard is allowed to rant about the problems of the country without filter or fact checking, the distinction between fact and fiction is completely blurred. Broadway audiences are left wondering what part of Beale's rants are genuine and which are performances to manipulate the news audience and ratings.
Network on Broadway Background
Network is adapted by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour) from the 1976 Academy Award winning film of the same name. The screenplay was named one of the ten greatest screenplays in the history of cinema by Writers Guild of America. The play stays true to the plot of the film.
The show made its world premiere at London's Royal National Theatre in November 2017 and was nominated for four Laurence Olivier Awards. After a sold out run at the National Theatre the show transferred to Broadway almost a year to the day of its world premiere. Tony winner Bryan Cranston (All the Way, "Breaking Bad," "Malcolm in the Middle") originated the role of Howard Beale in London and is also headlining the Broadway production. The role garnered him an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play. The director of the British production, Ivo Van Hove (The Fountainhead) will also direct the Broadway transfer.
Theatre Information
Belasco Theatre
111 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10019
New York, NY 10019
Seats:
813
Entrance:
44th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenues
Theatre
Information
Network Marquee
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Cast Members
- Howard Peale
- Bryan Cranston
- Max Schumacker
- Tony Goldwyn
- Diana Christensen
- Tatiana Maslany
- Frank Hackett
- Joshua Boone
- Louise Schumacker
- Alyssa Bresnahan
- Edward Ruddy
- Ron Canada
- Harry Hunter
- Julian Elijah Martinez
- Nelson Chaney
- Frank Wood
- Arthur Jensen
- Nick Wyman
- Jack Snowden
- Barzin Akhavan
Producers
Ros Povey
Lee Menzies
David Binder
The National Theatre of Great Britain
Patrick Myles
David Luff
Production Credits
- Adaptation
- Lee Hall
- Direction
- Ivo van Hove
Creative Team
- General Manager
- Bespoke Theatricals LLC
- Casting Director
- Telsey + Company
- Advertising Representative
- RPM
- Press Agent
- Polk & Co