Sea Wall / A Life

First Preview: Jul 16, 2019

Opening Date: Jul 16, 2019

Closing Date: Sep 29, 2019

Running Time: 01:45

http://www.thehudsonbroadway.com/whatson/sea-wall-a-life/

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Hudson Theatre

141 West 44th Street, New York City, NY 10036

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge come to the Hudson Theatre on Broadway in Sea Wall / A Life.

Meet Alex, a photographer on a holiday with his family in the south of France. Meet Abe, a music producer with a baby on the way. Two men – both fathers, husbands, and sons – take us on a journey you will never forget.

The finest actors of their generation, Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Sunday In The Park With George) and Tony Award® nominee Tom Sturridge (1984), had audiences roaring to their feet at the sold-out engagement at The Public Theater.

Now Sea Wall/A Life, from the visionary creative team behind The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Constellations and A Doll’s House, comes to Broadway

Broadway Play - Drama

Show Notes: 1 Intermission

Age Guidance: 13

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY & THURSDAY @ 7 PM
WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 2 PM

Written By

Simon Stephens & Nick Payne - respectively

Director

Carrie Cracknell

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Directed by Carrie Cracknell, “Sea Wall/A Life” — a hit downtown early this year, at the Public Theater — is the most stripped-down storytelling on Broadway right now. The quiet spectacle these plays offer is in the acting of tragicomedies of love and loss, young men’s stories about fatherhood and family, and about the hole that grief can blast right through a person’s center.

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The two one act plays in the double bill entitled "Sea Wall/A Life" are, on the surface, very small works. But they concern some very big themes: life, death, birth. Even so, the idea of a show featuring a pair of monologues on a mostly bare stage will likely turn some people off. Certainly true in lesser hands, but this is a beautifully intimate production featuring performances so sharply focused, anything more would be a distraction

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Sturridge performs Stephens' “Sea Wall” first and is followed after intermission by Gyllenhaal with Payne’s “A Life.” “Sea Wall” is sadder but stronger as a piece of drama, while “A Life” (which often feels like a romantic comedy) allows for more levity.Both performances have become more focused and effective since the Off-Broadway run. Haunted and hurt, Sturridge gently relives a traumatizing experience as if participating in a group-therapy session. On the other hand, Gyllenhaal gets to have more fun and be far more energetic, at various points even running through the audience and playing bits of John Lennon’s “Imagine” on a piano.

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Directed by Carrie Cracknell, “Sea Wall/A Life” — a hit downtown early this year, at the Public Theater — is the most stripped-down storytelling on Broadway right now. The quiet spectacle these plays offer is in the acting of tragicomedies of love and loss, young men’s stories about fatherhood and family, and about the hole that grief can blast right through a person’s center.

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Accessibility

Assisted Listening System

Reservations are not necessary. Devices may be picked up picked up at coat check. Drivers license or ID with printed address required as a deposit.
Box Office

ADA Accessible ramp from sidewalk into Box Office; ADA Accessible window.
Curb Ramps

Available
Elevator/Escalator

There is an elevator that takes you from the main entrance to the dress circle level. The elevator does not go to the balcony level (several banks of steps are required to reach the Balcony). There are some steps to the dress circle bar and seating area.
Entrance

The main entrance is ADA accessible.
Restroom

There are ADA Accessible restrooms on the orchestra and dress circle levels.
Water Fountain

A water fountain is available in the dress circle and the balcony.
Wheelchair Info

Wheelchair seating is located in the orchestra only.

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