Join us for a celebration of Broadway’s breathtaking new revival of landmark play Children of a Lesser God. Premiering in 1980, the play, and the 1986 Oscar-winning film adaptation, put forward the question: how can we truly communicate? Following a screening of the film, starring Marlee Matlin and William Hurt, Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun, Fences) will join Tony Award-winning producer Hal Luftig (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Golden Globe-winning actor Anthony Edwards (NBC’s ER), actress Kecia Lewis (Marie and Rosetta) and actor John McGinty (Wonderstruck) in a conversation moderated by four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer Dori Berinstein about the revelatory production’s decades-long journey from stage, to screen, and back to stage again!
Winner of the Tony, Drama Desk, and Olivier Awards for Best Play, Children of a Lesser God tells the story of an unconventional teacher at a school for the deaf and the remarkable woman he meets there. As their relationship heats up, each seeks control in ways that distress the other, igniting a thrilling exploration of passion, intimacy, and connection.
Please note: an ASL interpreter will be present for the Q&A and the film is subtitled. Presented in 35mm.
Life on the Stage is presented in partnership with The Actors Fund, a national human services organization that helps everyone—performers and those behind the scenes—who works in performing arts and entertainment. Programs include social services and emergency financial assistance, health care and insurance counseling, housing, and employment and training services www.actorsfund.org.
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