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Natural Affection
by William Inge
Directed by Jenn Thompson
Previews: September 17-25
Opens: September 26
Runs through: October 26
The Beckett Theatre
Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
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A lost treasure from an American icon, in celebration of his centennial.
A startling love triangle, that tests the ties that bind.
A troubled young man who, abandoned early in life by his single mother, returns from reform school to find her now living with a lover. As the tension between them mounts, their fight for forgiveness and connection gives way to desperation, setting this insecure family on a collision course of reckless, heartbreaking, and almost inevitable violence.
Not seen in New York since its 1963 Broadway debut.
"Who knew that William Inge, the writer best known for chronicling sexual repression in dusty prairie towns ("Picnic", "Bus Stop") had the kind of dark and bizarre sensibility that we most commonly associate with David Lynch?†- Chicago Tribune |
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Wall Street Journal
William Inge wrote four straight Broadway hits, followed by three straight flops. Seven years after... [ read more]
Off Off Online
TACT’s revival of William Inge’s 1963 play Natural Affection is the first since the... [ read more]
Off Off Online
TACT’s revival of William Inge’s 1963 play Natural Affection is the first since the... [ read more]
Theatre Reviews Limited
If one of TACT’s missions is to discover and produce lost plays, their endeavors have reached... [ read more]
The first great discovery of the 2013-14 Off-Broadway season, TACT/The Actors Company... [ read more]
Lighting and Sound America
We're lucky to have the likes of The Actors Company Theatre, The Mint Theater, and Keen Company, all... [ read more]
Curtain Up
The play was Inge's attempt to give some explanation for the apparent explosion of "bizarre and... [ read more]
The New Yorker
In the early sixties, Bernie Slovenk (Alec Beard), a frustrated car salesman, is not at all happy... [ read more]
Edge NY
There are plays that bellow, that explode onto the stage and plow through the plot with more passion... [ read more]
Talk Entertainment
For all those theatrical trivia buffs interested in whatever happened to William Inge’s... [ read more]
Wolf Entertainment
It was tragic that William Inge’s play flopped when it opened on Broadway in 1963, and The... [ read more]
Wolf Entertainment
It was tragic that William Inge’s play flopped when it opened on Broadway in 1963, and The... [ read more]
Theatre Pizzazz
TACT/The Actors Company Theatre is dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of... [ read more]
Manhattan Digest
Alcoholism, incest, murder, and repressed homosexuality. It’s all in a day’s work for... [ read more]
Filichia on Friday
You take an elevator down one flight in the Theatre Row complex to the Beckett to see NATURAL... [ read more]
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