By Sidney Howard
November 1 through December 5, 2009
The Beckett Theatre
Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Based on “Prenez Garde a la Peinture” by Rene Fauchois
Yankee practicality collides with New York’s sophisticated Art World in Sidney Howard’s sly 1930’s comedy The Late Christopher Bean. All hell breaks loose when a celebrated painter’s early works are traced to the humble home of a country doctor. Both a biting satire on the destructive power of greed and a touching view of a family in turmoil, this feisty comedy will have you cheering for the most unlikely of heroines.
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“The treasure hunters at the Actors Company Theater have unearthed another jewel with “The Late Christopher Bean….” —New York Times
“ Under Jenn Thompson’s warm and tidy direction, it’s loaded with laughs; it has nine carefully articulated parts for the accomplished actors assembled here to enliven; and it contains genuine plot surprises right up to the deeply satisfying curtain line. ” —TheaterMania