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The Awful Truth

First Preview: Sep 2, 2015
Opening Date: Sep 2, 2015
Closing Date: Oct 18, 2015
Running Time: 02:10
The Awful Truth
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Connelly Theater Upstairs
220 East 4th St, New York, NY 10009
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What is the foundation of a lasting marriage?  Love?  Convenience?  Money?  And when a marriage doesn’t last, what gives us the courage to try again?

In 1921, Arthur Richman scored his first stage triumph with a romantic comedy about a second marriage, and challenge the play throws down still strikes a resonant chord.

Divorced New York socialite Lucy Warriner plans to tie the knot again: this time to Oklahoma oil man Dan Leeson. He is not of her circle, but he can certainly afford to keep her in it. Yet, before he—and moreover, his bluenosed aunt—will accept her, Lucy must quash a persistent rumor: that her cheating drove her first husband to divorce her. So she enlists her estranged ex-husband, Norman, to vouch for her. Of course........

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
Off-Off BroadwayPlay - Drama
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 16

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Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Info

    Not wheelchair accessible; up one flight of 18 stairs.

  • Seating

    51-seat 3/4 thrust black box

  • Elevator/Escalator

    There is no elevator in this historic school building; one must ascend one flight of 18 steps.

  • Parking

    Weeknights and weekend days, parking may be found on the street. On weekend evenings, the streets get crowded. Lot / Houston and Essex - Public parking in a guarded lot is available on Avenue A

  • Entrance

    Located on the second floor of the Connelly Center.

  • Box Office

    The Connelly Theater does not have a full-time box office on site. You can purchase tickets to all shows online 24 hours a day until shortly before each performance. Walk-up tickets may be purchased, pending availability, at showtime.

  • Restroom

    The public restroom is on the ground floor - wheelchair accessible

  • Water Fountain

    None available.

  • Telephone

    None on premises

  • Assisted Listening System

    None available

  • Folding Armrests

    None available

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