Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter
February 11 - April 10, 2010
McGuire Proscenium Stage


"A First-Class Return to Romance"
- Daily Telegraph

"Don't be ashamed if you, too, feel a bit like swooning." - The New York Times

"Every so often a theater piece comes to town that is so brilliantly conceived and executed, so entertaining on every level, that you want everyone you love or even like just a bit to see it. Brief Encounter is that kind of experience." - San Francisco Chronicle


In this must-see limited engagement direct from sold-out performances in London, San Francisco and New York, England's acclaimed Kneehigh Theatre transforms Noël Coward's iconic love story into a jaw-dropping fusion of theater, film and song. Forbidden passion brews in a 1938 railway station tearoom as a suburban housewife, over a series of stolen afternoons, falls madly in love with a married doctor. This groundbreaking theatrical event - ingeniously crafted with whimsical humor, dreamy romance and stunning multimedia effects - was hailed as "a first-class return to romance" (Daily Telegraph) and The New York Times said "Don't be ashamed if you, too, feel a bit like swooning." The San Francisco Chronicle raved "Every so often a theater piece comes to town that is so brilliantly conceived and executed, so entertaining on every level, that you want everyone you love or even like just a bit to see it. Brief Encounter is that kind of experience." Don't miss this runaway hit as it makes its final stop on an exclusive three-city U.S. tour!

This production contains smoking. 

Sponsored by US Bank

 

Resources

Play Guide created by the Guthrie Theater
See all New York Brief Encounter reviews


Run time

95 minutes with no intermission

Photo Gallery

Annette McLaughlin and Beverly Rudd.jpgAnnette McLaughlin and Joseph Alessi.jpgAnnette McLaughlin.jpgBeverly Rudd.jpgHannah Yelland and Milo Twomey.jpgHannah Yelland and Milo Twomey 2.jpgAnnete McLaughlin and Joseph Alessi 2.jpgHannah Yelland with screen08.jpgJoseph Alessi and Hannah Yelland09.jpg
Photos courtesy of Kneehigh Theatre