A hit novel that became a hit play that became a hit film! Jack Nicholson played the leading role of McMurphy in the movie as a charming rogue who pleads insanity to get out of his latest prison sentence. Unfortunately, his plan backfires and he is sent to a mental institution where he clashes head on with a fierce disciplinarian by the name of Nurse Ratched. McMurphy and Ratched compete for the hearts and minds of the other patients in a power struggle of wits and charisma versus smarts and tyranny. He leads his fellow patients out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the World Series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and loose women. The play stands as one of the finest dramatic and heart-wrenching scripts in modern theatre and culminates in both a shocking yet somehow sweet ending. (Contains some adult language)
Year | Category | |
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2001 | Best Revival of a Play | Winner |
Videos
Paradise Now!
BNH Stage (6/7 - 6/9) | ||
Being Petty
The Park Theatre (6/8 - 6/8) | ||
9 to 5
New Hampshire Theatre Project (7/19 - 7/28) | ||
Rigoletto
Blow-Me-Down Farm (7/21 - 7/27) | ||
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Newmarket Millspace (5/31 - 6/9) | ||
Orpheus in the Underworld
Blow-Me-Down Farm (7/11 - 7/14) | ||
'Dionysia'
Players' Ring Theatre (6/7 - 6/9) | ||
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