The Inheritance - Part 2

First Preview: Sep 27, 2019

Opening Date: Sep 27, 2019

Closing Date: Mar 15, 2020

Running Time: 03:25

https://theinheritanceplay.com/

Playing @

Ethel Barrymore Theatre

243 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036

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In contemporary Manhattan, Eric and Toby are 30-somethings who seem to be very much in love and thriving. But on the cusp of their engagement, they meet an older man haunted by the past, and a younger man hungry for a future. Chance meetings lead to surprising choices as the lives of three generations interlink and collide—with explosive results.

Brilliantly re-envisioning E.M. Forster’s masterpiece Howards End to 21st-century New York, The Inheritance asks how much we owe those who lived and loved before us, questions the role we must play for future generations, and dares us to fearlessly hold on to the wild ride called life.

The Inheritance is the winner of more Best New Play Awards than any other play in West End history—including the 2019 Olivier Award!

“A glorious saga of modern life in New York.” - The Times (London)

“This is not simply theatre. This is life. And, oh, how it makes you want to live.” - London Daily Express

Broadway Play - Drama

Show Notes: 1 Intermission & a 5 minute 'pause'

Age Guidance: 16

Audience Advisory: Adult themes & language w/ full nudity Mature audiences suggested No performance 12/25 & 12/31 add performance 12/23 & 12/30 at 7 pm

Performance Schedule

TWO PART REPERTORY PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

PART 2:
WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 7 PM

Book

Matthew Lopez

Director

Stephen Daldry

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The young New Yorkers who populate “The Inheritance,” directed with a forward-charging breathlessness by Stephen Daldry ... all dream big as well. At their noblest, they’re searching to summon the gay pioneers of the past who made their present lives possible. The combination of skyscraping reach and soap opera-ish pulp makes “The Inheritance” both easy to make fun of and hard to dislike. First staged in London, where it won the Olivier Award for best new play, the script merges the self-consciousness and avidity of its creator, Lopez, with that of its dramatis personae, who are in effect making up the work in which they appear as they go along.

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Before the end of this two-part, six-and-a-half-hour play – opening tonight at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre – Lopez and his phenomenally good dozen-plus-member cast will demand a reckoning of the ages, of Forster’s restrictive closet, of Manhattan’s Plague Years and of today’s, well, whatever today is, mean and brutal and not entirely free of hope.Set mostly in 21st Century New York City and environs, The Inheritance extends, by 100 years and across vastly changed mores, Forster’s penetrating class-distinguishing gaze to the divisions – class, yes, but age, personal histories and, this being New York, degrees of ambition – among a tight group of youngish gay men in the “post-AIDS” years of the 2010's.

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“The Inheritance” is not as embracing of all humanity, living and dead: Its characters are too shallow, too narcissistic, too selfish, too grounded in time and space. Nonetheless, “The Inheritance” will not easily be forgotten, either. The play is a remarkable slice of life in a time of war and a beautiful remembrance, “a haunting, a necessary haunting” of both the victims and the survivors of that war.

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The young New Yorkers who populate “The Inheritance,” directed with a forward-charging breathlessness by Stephen Daldry ... all dream big as well. At their noblest, they’re searching to summon the gay pioneers of the past who made their present lives possible. The combination of skyscraping reach and soap opera-ish pulp makes “The Inheritance” both easy to make fun of and hard to dislike. First staged in London, where it won the Olivier Award for best new play, the script merges the self-consciousness and avidity of its creator, Lopez, with that of its dramatis personae, who are in effect making up the work in which they appear as they go along.

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Accessibility

Curb Ramps

NW corner of 47th St. & Broadway; NE corner of 47th St. & 8th Ave.
Restroom

Accessible unisex restroom located in ticket lobby. Door 32". Stall 129" x 61.5". Commode 18". Grab bars.
Elevator/Escalator

None
Entrance

Double doors in series: 1st set (each 27.5") has one pair of automatic doors from 47th Street to ticket lobby with push button control; 2nd set (each 27", attended by ushers) to orchestra.
Visual Assistance

Vision seats in the front of the orchestra available for purchase in person or on the phone.
Folding Armrests

Eleven row-end seats with folding armrests.
Water Fountain

Water fountain located in ticket lobby. Spout 36".
Assisted Listening System

Infrared assisted listening devices and neck induction (t-coil) loop receivers are available to borrow at the Shubert Audience Services kiosk. Reservations are strongly recommended.
Wheelchair Info

Wheelchair seating is located in the orchestra only.

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