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Fashions For Men (2015-03-Mint TheatreBroadway Off)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Mint Theatre (Broadway (Off) - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 1 mois 1 semaine
Nombre :
Première Preview : Sunday 01 March 2015
Première : Sunday 01 March 2015
Dernière : Sunday 12 April 2015
Mise en scène : Davis McCallum •
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Producteur :
Avec : Mark Bedard (Adolph / Santha / Nervous Gentleman), Joe Delafield (Peter Juhasz), Jeremy Lawrence (Philip), Rachel Napoleon (Paula), Annie Purcell (Adele), Kurt Rhoads (Count), Michael Schantz (Young Gentleman / Mate / Cabman), Maren Searle (Delivery Boy / Thorough Young Lady), John Seidman (Domokos / Old Gentleman), Jill Tanner (Aristocratic Lady), John Tufts (Oscar), Gabra Zackman (Unassuming Lady / Patient Lady)
Commentaires : “One might wonder how a story that takes place in a Hungarian haberdashery could possibly suit a 21st-century American audience, but the Mint’s production fits like a glove,”1 hailed TheaterMania of FASHIONS FOR MEN. A delightful comedy of character by Ferenc Molnár, FASHIONS tells the story of shop owner Peter Juhász, a saintly beacon of decency who only sees the good in everyone—making him easy prey for the sinners who surround him.

The play was first produced at Budapest’s National Theater in 1917. In 1922 it appeared on Broadway—one year after the Theatre Guild’s wildly successful staging of Molnár’s LILIOM (the basis of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL). The New York Times hailed FASHIONS as “a fresh phase of [Molnár’s] versatile genius.”

Despite acclaim, FASHIONS FOR MEN gathered dust for 93 years—until Mint’s lauded production proved the play’s timeless appeal. “The phrase ‘generous to a fault’ could easily have been coined to describe Peter Juhász, the openhearted but foolish main character in Ferenc Molnár’s 1917 comedy, receiving a delightful revival under Davis McCallum’s direction…with the original English translation niftily spruced up by the company’s artistic director, Jonathan Bank,” wrote The New Yorker. FASHIONS FOR MEN received a Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics’ Circle, and Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Revival of a Play—as well as a second Drama Desk nomination for Daniel Zimmerman’s “exquisitely detailed” scenery.