MUSIC BOX THEATER

239 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036

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LA BETE

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Mr. Rylance delivers a comic performance of such polished crudeness that it easily ranks with his Tony-winning tour-de-farce of two years ago

Ben Brantley, New York Times

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American playwright David Hirson's rollicking 1991 play, La Bête, is a comic tour de force about Elomire (David Hyde Pierce), a high-minded classical dramatist who loves only the theatre, and Valere (Mark Rylance), a low-brow street clown who loves only himself.

When the fickle princess (Joanna Lumley) decides she’s grown weary of Elomire's royal theatre troupe, he and Valere are left fighting for survival as art squares off with ego in a literary showdown for the ages.

La Bête will star Tony and Olivier Award winner Mark Rylance (Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing), Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce (Dr Niles Crane in Frasier) and BAFTA Award winner Joanna Lumley (Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous) and will be directed by the multi award-winning Matthew Warchus (The Norman Conquests, God of Carnage, Boeing-Boeing).

Dates
Previews from 23rd September 2010
Opening night 14th October 2010
Closes: 9th January 2011

Audience: La Bête is suitable for audiences aged 12 and upwards

Run time : One hour and 45 minutes with no intermission

Show Schedule

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Matinee	-	-	2:00	-	-	2:00	3:00
Evening	-	7:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	-

Christmas & New Year Schedule
December 24th – No performance
December 25th – 8pm performance only (no matinee)
December 26th – 3pm & additional 7:30 pm performance
December 31st – No performance
January 2nd - 3pm & additional 7:30 pm performance

Dates

Opening night: 23 September 2010
Closing night: 3 January 2011

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