Meet the Cast – MTC’s The Height of the Storm

                    Starring Three-time Olivier Award Winner Eileen Atkins and Olivier and Tony Award Winner Jonathan Pryce

 

 

by Sandi Durell

The cast and director met the press at Manhattan Theatre Club’s rehearsal studios on September 4 to give some insight into Tony Award Nominee playwright Florian Zeller’s unforgettable story of life and all its complexities.

Andre and Madeleine have shared their lives for 50 years – everyday pleasures and mysteries of a long marriage. Then, suddenly, life begins to unravel as their loving relationship is faced with inevitable change.

Director Jonathan Kent directs this new play that raises issues of what’s real or not, the realization of things we cannot control. The emphasis is to think past the words and look for underlying meaning in this emotional and thrilling production.

 

 

The cast completes with Lisa O’Hare and Amanda Drew as the sisters and Lucy Cohu as The Woman with James Hillier as The Man.

Previews begin September 10 with a September 24 opening at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47 Street NYC).

 

Interviews: Sandi Durell

Filming/Photos: Shoshana Medney