A Tenured Professor. A Talented Student. A Troubling Favor. The riveting and enthralling new play THE SOUND INSIDE is a stunningly suspenseful piece of theatre that proves: everyone has a story-the question is how it ends.
Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy winner Mary-Louise Parker will star in the Broadway premiere of THE SOUND INSIDE, written by Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter), directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer (The Band's Visit).
Ms. Parker will revisit her acclaimed performance as "Bella" in Rapp's new play following its world premiere last summer at Williamstown Theatre Festival (New York Times "Critic's Pick"). Will Hochman will make his Broadway debut reprising his role as "Christopher."
And so it almost breaks my heart to add that this production, first presented in July at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, is the worst pairing of show and venue I've seen in as long as I can remember. The Sound Inside is an intimate work. Studio 54 is exactly the wrong theater for it. As hard as these formidable artists work to achieve that intimacy, the house utterly defeats them. Parker in particular has a delicacy of both presence and delivery that demand proximity. All is lost in the echoes of a cold, distancing space. That's a terrible shame.
Mary-Louise Parker will take your breath away with her deeply felt and sensitively drawn portrait of a tenured Yale professor who treasures great literature, but has made no room in her life for someone to share that love with. The other thesp in this two-hander is Will Hochman, endearing in the supportive role of a writing student who understands his odd-duck teacher and shares her values. Their intense Platonic relationship is all the more touching for being, of necessity, so brief and, in the end, so confoundingly dramatic.
2018 | Williamstown, MA (Regional) |
World Premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival Williamstown, MA (Regional) |
2019 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Heather Gilbert |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Will Hochman |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Mary-Louise Parker |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | David Cromer |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Heather Gilbert |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | The Sound Inside |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Aaron Rhyne |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Sound Design | Daniel Kluger |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | David Cromer |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Heather Gilbert |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score | Daniel Kluger |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Mary-Louise Parker |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Adam Rapp |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Daniel Kluger |
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