Arena Stage Literary Manager Linda Lombardi speaks with David Esbjornson about his experience bringing Guess Who's Coming To Dinner for the stage. 2 hours and 15 minutes including one intermission. Set in the 1960s, this funny and poignant new stage adaptation offers a fresh interpretation of the beloved Academy Award-winning film and also features Julia Duffy (“Newhart”), Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox, and Boston favorite Will Lyman. At the end of the day, will the love between young Joanna and John prevail? A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé. The story seemed so obvious and cliché to me, having grown up decades after the film was released. Lonnie Farmer previously performed at the Huntington in A Confederacy of Dunces and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Wendy Rich Stetson previously appeared in the Huntington's production of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (2014). Showing all 5 items Jump to: Summaries (4) Synopsis (1) Summaries. We have you covered. Section D / Zone 4 (Huntington Avenue Theatre). She appeared on Broadway in Dreamgirls, Kiss Me Kate, Doubt (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play), Chicago, and most recently After Midnight (Tony Award nomination). Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) Plot. Biography. Playscripts, Inc. Audio recordings and information about the public domain songs referenced in the play are available from the Library of Congress: 1-866-NEW-PLAY But, I underestimated the whole thing.The film is more complex, because as it turns out, the family is not actually racist -- at least not in theory. Will Lyman appeared in Romeo and Juliet (2019), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (2014), All My Sons (2010), and Dead End (2000) at the Huntington. Malcolm-Jamal Warner is not only a seasoned actor, but an accomplished musician, director, and producer. Adriane Lenox previously appeared in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (2014) and Now or Later (2012) at the Huntington. But they're surprised to find they aren't the only ones with concerns about the match, and it's not long before a multi-family clash of racial and generational difference sweeps across the Draytons' idyllic San Francisco terrace. In fact, he was at first “skeptical.” The value of a stage adaptation was “something I didn’t see immediately.” The idea to do it came from Meredith Forlenza appeared in Can You Forgive Her? Is it true that interracial marriage was once illegal in the United States? Paul Tazewell previously designed costumes for the Huntington's productions of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (2014), Ah, Wilderness (1998), and Iphigenia (1991). He's so well-known for that role, in fact, that even now — at age 43 — he still gets called by the wrong name. Approximate run time: 2 hours and 15 minutes including one intermission. After a period of vacation in Hawaii, Joanna "Joey" Drayton returns to her parents' home in San Francisco bringing her fiancé, the high-qualified Dr. John Prentice, to introduce him to her mother Christina Drayton that owns an art gallery and her father Matt Drayton that is the publisher editor of the newspaper The Guardian. She has Broadway credits that include In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play), Act One, and A Free Man of Color (Lincoln Center Theater). Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. © 2020 Huntington Theatre Company. Directed by Stanley Kramer. Both sets of parents must confront their own unexpected reactions and concerns for their children as their beliefs are put to the test. Prices may vary and are subject to change at any time. Joey invites John's parents Mr. Prentice and Mrs. Prentice to have dinner with her family and the couple flies from Los Angeles to San Francisco without knowing that Joey is white. With humor and insight, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner begins a conversation sure to continue at dinner tables long after the curtain comes down. Dane Laffrey has designed for Huntinton's productions of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (2014) and God of Carnage (2012). Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. Looking for something to watch? Julia Duffy is best known for playing Stephanie on “Newhart,” for which she received seven Emmy Award nominations, one Golden Globe Award, and five American Comedy Award nominations. That seemed quite the opposite of what you might expect. A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family. Your per performance fee will be provided during the ordering process. All rights reserved | Trouble viewing this site? Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is best-known for the role he played in the '80s, as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show. Drama, Certificate: Passed Observing David Esbjornson direct is like taking a master class. Matt and Christina Drayton (Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé (Sidney Poitier) who is black.I had never seen this movie until last night, primarily because I never saw the point. (2016) and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (2014) at the Huntington. With Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton. When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. 2020 Playscripts, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. *The per performance fee begins at $100. Emily F. McMullen Huntington: has stage managed over 25 shows over the past six seasons, including Sweat, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Indecent; Romeo and Juliet; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Man in the Ring; The Niceties; Top Girls; Bad Dates; Tartuffe; and Merrily We Roll Along. His adaptation of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (2014) appeared at the Huntington in the fall of the 2014-2015 season. Please download Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Use the HTML below. Was this review helpful to you? Learn more about our Discount Ticket Programs. Additional discounts may not be applied to section D or Zone 4 seats at the Huntington Avenue Theatre and last row seats at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. And two, I found it odd that the biggest problem was supposed to be the racial difference. In WWI Africa, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. Need solutions for your season? In adapting the iconic film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, playwright Todd Kreidler has created a portrait of race relations in America as intimate, provocative, and poignant today as the original was in 1967. 1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. THE PLAY Inspiration for Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Turning the screenplay (by William Rose) of a film he refers to as “iconic” into a play was not (Todd) Kreidler’s idea. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Maxwell Galleries, 551 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California, USA, What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. David Esbjornson previously directed A Confederacy of Dunces (2015), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (2014), and All My Sons (2010) at the Huntington. Ticket price includes a $4.00 Capital Enhancement Fee. Ben Emerson recently designed sound for Tartuffe (2017). Blindsided by their daughter's whirlwind romance and fearful for her future, Matt and Christina Drayton quickly come to realize the difference between supporting a mixed-race couple in your newspaper and welcoming one into your family--especially in 1967. With humor and insight, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner begins a conversation sure to continue at dinner tables long after the curtain comes down. A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé. He has been the sound supervisor at the Huntington for the last 20 years. Off Broadway she performed in Big Bill (Lincoln Center Theater), Cymbeline, Hamlet, and Tartuffe (The Public Theater), and as Lillian Gish in Anne Bogart’s American Silents. And this film allows theory to meet practice, which may be harder to overcome than they thought. Certificate: Passed Joanna surprises her liberal, white parents when she brings home John, her African-American fiancé, to meet them. It is a whole different story.The two things I found most interesting about the film were: one, that the two people most opposed to interracial marriage were both black. Along the day and night, the families discuss the problems of their son and daughter. The New Lassie: Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner? Mr. Shea began his career in the acting ensemble of the New York Shakespeare Festival and then in the Broadway production of Child’s Play. Jeremiah Mullane has stage managed Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead(2019), Yerma (2019), A Doll's House, Part 2 (2018); Man in the Ring (2018); Fall (2018); Bad Dates (2018); A Guide for the Homesick (2017); The Who & the What (2017); A Doll's House (2017); Tiger Style! New York, NY 10001, Subscribe to get discounts, news, and updates. Malcolm-Jamal Warner (“The Cosby Show”) makes his Huntington debut in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner directed by Huntington favorite David Esbjornson (All My Sons). 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