The Elephant Man
Opening Night: April 14, 2002
Closing: June 9, 2002
Theater: Bernard B. Jacobs
Bernard Pomerance’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Best Play, The Elephant Man returns to Broadway in a new production starring Billy Crudup. Set in Victorian London, the play tells the story of the famous historical figure, John Merrick. This production, directed by Sean Mathias, also features Kate Burton and Rupert Graves.
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April 15, 2002
Medical descriptions of a severely deformed human body are elaborate and explicit in ”The Elephant Man,” Bernard Pomerance’s biographical drama from 1979. But in the coolly staged, warmly acted revival of the play that opened last night at the Royale Theater, the most vivid anatomy lesson occurs when an actor does nothing more than relax his facial muscles.
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