Mauritius plays final performance on Broadway.
Theresa Rebeck�s dark comedy, Mauritius, plays its final performance on 25 Nov 2007. When the show closes it will have played 24 previews and 61 regular performances.
Mauritius opened at the Biltmore Theatre on 4 Oct 2007, following previews from 13 Sep for a limited engagement scahduled to close on 25 Nov 2007.
Mauritius: Jackie and Mary are half-sisters whose mother's death leaves them in possession of a rare stamp collection. But which sister actually owns the stamps? Which of three dealers can be trusted with their sale? And where do we choose to live: the present or the past?
The play opened to mised, but mostly good reviews:
"Neatly structured, fleetly paced, handsomely mounted and engagingly acted." " (New York Times); "Neither original nor surprising. It is, however, extremely enjoyable" (NewsDay); "Plotting gaffes and ungainly speeches" (New York Sun); "Not even Doug Hughes, a good director, can breathe life into this stillbirth" (Bloomberg); "An enjoyable evening." (New York Theatre Guide).
Mauritius is a co-production with the Huntington Theatre Company (which this spring received the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Production for the world premiere production of the play.
Directed by Doug Hughes Mauritius features: F. Murray Abraham (Sterling), Dylan Baker (Phillip), Bobby Cannavale (Dennis), Katie Finneran (Mary) and Alison Pill (Jackie).
The design team comprises of John Lee Beatty (sets), Catherine Zuber (costumes), Paul Gallo (lighting) and David Van Tieghem (sound).
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