May 30 – June 15

 

Art

By Yasmina Reza

Translation by Christopher Hampton

 

Winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play, the wonderful comedy and Broadway hit, Art, lights up the Shadowland with an All-Star cast featuring Emmy and Tony Award- winning actor Judd Hirsch.

 

Long-standing friendships are brought to the edge of destruction when Serge buys a very expensive new painting.  Best friend Marc tells Serge his purchase is ridiculous and neutral buddy Ivan is brought into the fray.  Lines are drawn and soon all three square off.  The criticism of the art soon erodes to criticism of character and soon all things become fair play.  What kind of painting could possibly test the bonds of friendship? 

 

"Wildly funny, naughtily provocative….”      – New York Post

 

“A nonstop cross-fire of crackling dialogue, serious issues of life and art are expressed in outbursts that sound like Don Rickles with a degree from the Sorbonne.  ‘Art’ sounds like a marriage of Moliere and Woody Allen…”

                                                                                    - Newsweek                                       

Rated PG-13