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

Age Guidance: 13

Show Notes: 1 Intermission

Performance Schedule:

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

Director

Carrie Cracknell

Written by

Simon Stephens & Nick Payne - respectively

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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.

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

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.

Accessibility:

Directions Bus

QM15, QM16, QM17 and QM18 – drops off at 44th Street & 6th Avenue

Directions Subway

Nearly all trains stop within 2 blocks of the theatre (FMBD on 6th Ave & 42nd Street and 1/2/3/N/R/Q/W/7/S at Broadway & 42nd Street)

Assisted Listening System

Reservations are not necessary. Devices may be picked up in the Box Office lobby. 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 in front of the venue.

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).

Entrance

The main entrance is ADA Accessible.

Folding Armrests

For assistance with ADA seating, please call (646) 975-4626.

Parking

Valet parking garage directly across from the theatre

Restroom

There are ADA Accessible restrooms on the Orchestra and Dress Circle levels. There are a total of 27 toilets in the venue.

Seating

Seating is accessible to all parts of the Orchestra without steps. There are several small sets of stairs to get to the Dress Circle. There is 3 flights of stairs to the Balcony. Hand rails are available at every stepped seat row