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LONG
DAY'S JOURNEY
INTO NIGHT
Brian
Dennehy, Vanessa Redgrave, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robert Sean
Leonard starred in this revival of Eugene O'Neill's classic, directed
by Robert Falls, which opened at the Plymouth Theatre for a limited
18-week run in April 2004. The play follows the Tyrone clan through
a mesmerizing day and night, as they battle their demons, their pasts,
and one another in four extraordinary personal struggles. James Tyrone
(Dennehy), an aging but once promising actor, has long ago sacrificed
his art for commerce, choosing to tour in the same pedestrian stage
play year after year. Oldest son Jamie (Hoffman) is a troublemaking
alcoholic, envious of the writing talent of his ever more sickly younger
brother, Edmund (Leonard). Unable to confront Edmund's illness and
bitter from her husband's emotional and financial selfishness, matriarch
Mary Tyrone (Redgrave) relapses into a morphine addiction that has
already had dire consequences on her personal and familial well-being.
The play depicts the riveting events of the next 16 hours as each
family member drifts further into drug-induced oblivion and reveals
his or her struggle for survival. Ergo served as Associate Producers
for this critically-acclaimed production that shattered box office
records for a play on Broadway and won three 2004 Tony Awards.
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