'The Year of Magical Thinking'tickets to go on sale to the general public on 23 Dec

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on 23 Dec 2006 for the stage adaptation of Joan Didion's autobiographical book, The Year of Magical Thinking, which will open at the Booth Theatre on the 29 Mar 2007, following perviews from 6 Mar 2007.

The one-woman show will be directed by playwright David Hare and star Vanessa Redgrave.

In The Year of Magical Thinking, Vanessa Redgrave relives the unforgettable night in Joan Didion's life when, even as her only child lay in a coma, her husband of 40 years, writer John Gregory Dunne, died suddenly of a massive coronary as they sat down to dinner in their New York apartment.

Capturing the compassion, humor, and bewilderment of a fiercely intelligent woman whose world lurches suddenly from the ordinary to the unimaginable, the play is a love letter to a child and a tribute to an extraordinary, unconventional marriage told with raw candor and a storyteller's gift for the absurd.

Vanessa Redgrave returns to Broadway for the first time since winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Eugene O�Neill�s Long Day�s Journey into Night. A member of one of the most enduring theatrical dynasties, Ms. Redgrave received the Evening Standard Award for her performance in The Seagull at The Queen�s Theatre and starred on Broadway in productions of Orpheus Descending and The Lady from the Sea.

Critically acclaimed American journalist, essayist and novelist Joan Didion was awarded the National Book Award in 2005 for The Year of Magical Thinking. A regular contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, Didion is the author of five novels and eight books of nonfiction.

Set desgin for the show will be by Tony Award winner Bob Crowley, with costumes by Ann Roth and lighting by Jean Kalman.

The Year of Magical Thinking is being produced on Broadway by Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Daryl Roth, Debra Black and The Shubert Organization.

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