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Heisenberg (play)

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Heisenberg
Written bySimon Stephens
Date premieredJune 3, 2015
Place premieredNew York City Center (Stage II)
Original languageEnglish
SubjectLove story about a chance encounter between a 42-year-old mother and a 75-year-old butcher, and the chain of events it sets in motion.
GenreDrama

Heisenberg is a play by English playwright Simon Stephens. It opened off-Broadway on June 3, 2015, in a Manhattan Theatre Club production at New York City Center (Stage II), under the direction of Mark Brokaw.[1] The production transferred to Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre opening on October 13, 2016. Both productions starred Mary-Louise Parker and Denis Arndt.[2]

The play opened at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End on October 3, 2017. The production starred Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham.

Heisenberg should not be confused with the play Copenhagen by Michael Frayn, about the physicist Werner Heisenberg.

Synopsis

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Georgie Burns, a 42-year-old woman, and Alex Priest, a 75-year-old butcher, meet in a London railway station. They begin a relationship and eventually travel to New Jersey to search for Georgie's missing son.

Awards and nominations

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References

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  1. ^ Brantley, Ben (3 June 2015). "Review: Heisenberg, With Mary-Louise Parker, Mines the Extraordinary in the Commonplace". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ Viagas, Robert (13 October 2016). "See What the Critics Thought of Broadway's New Heisenberg". Playbill. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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