The Real Thing

First Preview: Sep 18, 2014

Opening Date: Sep 18, 2014

Closing Date: Jan 4, 2015

Running Time: 02:20

http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/The-Real-Thing.aspx

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Todd Haimes Theatre

227 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036

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Two-time Golden Globe® nominee Ewan McGregor is Henry, a playwright not so happily married to Charlotte (Tony Award® winner Cynthia Nixon), the lead actress in his play about a marriage on the verge of collapse. When Henry’s affair with their friend Annie (Academy Award® nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal) threatens to destroy his own marriage, he discovers that life has started imitating art. After Annie leaves her husband so she and Henry can begin a new life together, he can’t help but wonder whether their love is fiction or the real thing.

Delectably witty and deeply affecting, The Real Thing takes a daring glimpse at relationships, fidelity and the passions that often blur our perception of love. Helmed by critically acclaimed director Sam Gold (Roundabout’s Picnic, Seminar) and also starring Drama Desk nominee Josh Hamilton (The Coast of Utopia, “American Horror Story: Coven”), this Tony Award®-winning play by Tom Stoppard (The Coast of Utopia, Arcadia) first seduced audiences in London and New York nearly 30 years ago.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY MATINEE @ 2 PM

Broadway Play - Comedy Play - Drama

Show Notes: 1 Intermission

Age Guidance: 16

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FOUR STARS!
Stoppard’s brainy love story melts our hearts.

-----TimeOut NY

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Tom Stoppard is justly renowned for his erudition and wit, but in his 1980s drama The Real Thing he also found a (philandering) heartbeat beneath all the allusions to Strindberg, Wilde, Coward, and Herman's Hermits....

-----Entertainment Weekly

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As a roundelay it’s delightful, and so is much of the production. Maggie Gyllenhaal, making a sensational Broadway debut as Annie, pulls off the especially difficult trick of wrangling all the messy contradictions of her character without losing her glowy sexiness for a minute....

-----Vulture, New York Magazine

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FOUR STARS!
Stoppard’s brainy love story melts our hearts.

-----TimeOut NY

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Accessibility

Wheelchair Info

Designated, flexible wheelchair seating area behind the last row of the center orchestra and the last row of the mezzanine
Seating

Seats 740. Orchestra, 1st floor; Mezzanine, 2nd and 3rd Floor; 5th floor Penthouse lobby open to the public. 4th floor private. Lower lobby main public facilities and lounge.
Entrance

Primary entrance from street, through double doors into outer lobby with box office, through double doors into main lobby, through 2 sets of double doors (each 31") into Orchestra.
Box Office

227 West 42nd St between 7th and 8th Avenues. Hours: 10am - 8pm: Tuesday through Saturday. 10am - 6pm Sunday and Monday. The box office closes at 6pm on any evening with no performance.
Restroom

Accessible restrooms on Orchestra level only
Telephone

There is a secure cell phone charging station on the 5th floor, reachable by elevator. The station is complimentary to use but requires a credit card to “unlock” devices. The station is 69” high.
Assisted Listening System

Assisted listening devices available: Infrared headsets free at coatcheck. A photo ID is required to check out a headset.
Elevator/Escalator

Elevators are available to all levels of the theatre.
Folding Armrests

Six (6) seats are available with folding armrests.
Parking

An Icon parking garage is located at 250 west 43rd between Broadway and 8th Avenue.
Water Fountain

Several accessible water fountains are located throughout the theatre, all reachable by elevator.

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