Faith Healer
Opening Night: May 4, 2006
Closing: August 13, 2006
Theater: Booth Theatre
Ralph Fiennes, Cherry Jones, and Ian McDiarmid star in a revival of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer, directed by Jonathan Kent. An import from the Gate Theater in Dublin, the play tells the story of Frank, a charming miracle peddler (Fiennes), who travels Scotland and Wales with his lover Grace (Jones) and Teddy, their doting manager (McDiarmid).
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May 5, 2006
He is certainly in love with himself, isn’t he, this middle-aged rake with the time-shined suit and the gaunt, unshaven face. Or is it that he holds himself in even more contempt than he does the rest of the world? Either way, the narcissism is overwhelming. And despite yourself, you can’t take your eyes off him, because the power behind the pose is so genuine that it hurts.
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