Around the World in 80 Days
Opening Night: May 30, 2013
Closing: October 13, 2013
Theater: The New Theater at 45th Street
Inspired by the Jules Verne classic, Around the World in 80 Days is a dazzling fast-paced play with 39 characters comedically portrayed by 5 unparalleled actors. To win a bet, Phileas Fogg and his acrobatic sidekick Passepartout must circle the globe and return to London inside of 80 days.Unknowingly pursued by a tireless detective convinced Fogg is a robber on the run, the fast-minded, fleet-footed pair traverse 4 continents and 3 oceans in a white-knuckled sprint. Phileas Fogg is the Victorian Action Hero.
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June 6, 2013
Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days” is a story about the kind of trip any frequent traveler has experienced: a mishmash of highs and lows, of peak experiences, vexing missed connections and other catastrophes. The stage version of the tale now at the New Theater at 45th Street brings its own layer of mishmashing to the telling. It’s an odd combination of slick steampunk and cheesy vaudeville, high-tech razzle and low-budget dazzle.
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May 31, 2013
What does it take to go “Around the World in 80 Days?” Just two hours, five actors and some highly inventive theatricality.
READ THE REVIEWJune 7, 2013
The last time Mark Brown’s charming and witty stage adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around The World In 80 Days played Off-Broadway, it was in a pocket-sized production highlighted by a pair of on-stage Foley artists providing live sound effects. But in the eye-popping new Off-Broadway production, director/designer Rachel Klein is working with considerably larger pockets.
READ THE REVIEWJune 7, 2013
You don’t need a massive stage or cast to tell a sprawling story in the theater — not if you’ve got some ingenuity and nimble actors.
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June 7, 2013
It would be impossible to match onstage the visual spectacle of the 1956 Oscar-winning film version of Around the World in 80 Days. However, Rachel Klein’s thoroughly inventive production of Mark Brown’s five-actor play based on Jules Verne’s globetrotting adventure, now at the New Theater at 45th Street, does quite a lot to measure up to its cinematic predecessor.
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