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Manhattan Theatre Club continues its 2017-2018 Off-Broadway season with the New York premiere of the American Repertory Theater production of Eve Ensler's In the Body of the World.
Performances take place on Stage I within the New York City Center.
(Photos by Joan Marcus)
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Running time:
1hr 20mins (no intermission)
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This new play is based on Eve Ensler's critically acclaimed memoir. While working with women suffering from the ravages of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ensler was stunned by a life-threatening diagnosis. Told with her signature brand of humor, Ensler's personal journey uncovers surprising connections between her body and the earth and how illness can be both transformative and transcendent.
In the Body of the World CAST AND CREATIVE
By:
Eve Ensler
Producer:
Manhattan Theatre Club in association with the American Repertory Theater
Director:
Diane Paulus
Cast list:
Eve Ensler
New York City Center
Address:
131 West 55th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenue), New York, NY 10019
Nearest subway station:
57th Street stations
Our In the Body of the World Review
There are two sorts of people on the planet. There are the even-stevens who experience mild success, balanced with minor disappointment. And there are those whose lives are a series of shockwaves, with giddy highs and horrendous lows. The playwright/actor/activist Eve Ensler is a poster child for the latter. Her breakout work, The Vagina Monologues, has been performed in 140 countries since... Read more