Constellations 2015
Run Time:
One hour and 10 minutes with no intermission
One hour and 10 minutes with no intermission
Ages: 13+
Opened: January 13, 2015Closing: March 15, 2015
Constellations - 2014 - Broadway History , Info & More
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Broadway)
261 W. 47th St. New York, NY 10036
The American premiere of CONSTELLATIONS will be directed by Michael Longhurst and star Academy Award nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal in his Broadway neighborhood.
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Constellations - 2014 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Constellations
Theater: Cosmic, romantic collide in 'Constellations'
9 / 10
Constellations...will pull you in well before its 70 minutes have ended, leaving you shaken and stirred. Payne is interested in big subjects and ideas -- not just human connection, but mortality, which is at issue in the play's most haunting development...here, intimate and cosmic concerns are woven together with such grace that they seem inextricable. Repeatedly in Constellations, the playwright mines the profundity in the most seemingly mundane conversations...Gyllenhaal, whose performance is as disciplined as it is vigorous, instills the questions with the kind of barely controlled desperation they demand. Wilson...is an irresistibly vital presence, veering from loose-limbed goofiness to earthy sensuality as Marianne seduces Roland with her knowledge of atoms and molecules. Later, when her plight and theirs darkens, she is at once movingly fragile and stoic, assuring him, 'We have all the time we've ever had.'
Jake Gyllenhaal & Ruth Wilson Bedazzle In Broadway’s Woozy ‘Constellations': Review
7 / 10
Gyllenhaal proved himself an irresistible stage actor a few years ago in another Nick Payne play, If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, playing the rude, crude but immensely sympathetic uncle of a fat girl with uncomprehending parents. Wilson won her Golden Globe for The Affair and she has an off-kilter comic sensibility that works beautifully with her grounded co-star. They have great chemistry and charm here, even when saying and doing preposterous things, frequently at the same time. I was rooting for them all the way. Under Michael Longhurst's timing-is-everything direction, they work very hard at this repeated-scene business, which can't be easy. As an exercise in physical comedy, Constellations is a neat trick. But call it a trick or call it an exercise, it's never much more than either, and a challenge to take seriously.
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Other Productions of Constellations
| 2012 | West End |
West End |
| 2014 | Broadway |
Broadway Premiere Broadway |
| 2021 | West End |
West End Revival West End |
Constellations - 2014 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Jake Gyllenhaal |
| 2015 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Ruth Wilson |
| 2015 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Nick Payne |
| 2015 | Theatre World Awards | Theatre World Award | Ruth Wilson |
| 2015 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Ruth Wilson |
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