Curse of the Starving Class Tickets

Get Curse of the Starving Class tickets and see Sam Shepard’s Obie Award winner return to New York in a fierce new production. Curse of the Starving Class plays at The New Group for a limited time with performances beginning in February. A biting look at the American dream, this 1977 play continues to resonate as families grapple with housing and economic insecurity. Curse of the Starving Class tickets are available on New York Theatre Guide now.

Experience Curse of the Starving Class off Broadway and see a powerhouse cast lead this revived comedy. Calista Flockhart (Golden Globe Award winner, three-time Emmy Award nominee for Ally McBeal), Cooper Hoffman (Golden Globe Award nominee for Licorice Pizza), and Christian Slater (Golden Globe Award winner for Mr. Robot) co-star in this play about family, legacy, and flattened dreams.

Considered to be a part of Shepard’s Family Trilogy, which also features True West and Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class blends dark comedy and cutting satire in its look at a family fighting to stay alive. Combining a drunken father, overworked mother, rebellious daughter, and idealistic son, the play is an examination of prototypical families while still granting each character plenty of specificity — and goals to fight for.

Now, a fresh production comes to The New Group, directed by the theatre’s artistic director Scott Elliott. Performing at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theater within The Pershing Square Signature Center on 42nd Street, this play, like all of Shepard’s, promises an electrifying, dramatic, and gritty story.

Told through a contemporary lens, Elliott’s staging offers a story for modern audiences. Almost half a century after the play’s premiere, Curse of the Starving Class’s themes of rich-poor dynamics continue to pervade politics and American identity. Tickets to Curse of the Starving Class in New York are available now.