Constellations, With Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, Concludes Broadway Run | Playbill

News Constellations, With Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, Concludes Broadway Run The Broadway production of Constellations, a love story about a beekeeper and a physicist, which features Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and two-time Olivier Award and Golden Globe winner Ruth Wilson, plays its final performance at the at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre March 15.

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Upon closing, Constellations will have played 30 previews and 75 regular performances.

Presented by Manhattan Theatre Club, Nick Payne's play began performances Dec. 16, 2014 and officially opened Jan. 13, directed by Michael Longhurst.

Here's how the production is billed: "This mind-bending, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world we think we know – delving into the infinite possibilities of their relationship and raising questions about the difference between choice and destiny."

Read reviews of the play here.

Wilson comes to Broadway having starred at the Donmar Warehouse in the title role of Anna Christie alongside Jude Law and as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, co-starring with Rachel Weisz. She won Oliver Awards for both performances. Her screen credits include "Jane Eyre," "Luther," "The Affair" and "Saving Mr. Banks." Constellations reunites Gyllenhaal with Payne and Longhurst, who are also making their Broadway debuts with the production. The three previously collaborated on the American premiere of If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet. Read Playbill.com's interview with Gyllenhaal and Payne here.

Constellations opened at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Upstairs before transferring to the West End, where it won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play and received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Play.

Gyllenhaal made his New York stage debut in 2012 starring in If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet. His stage credits also include This is Our Youth in the West End. The Academy Award nominee's film work includes "Brokeback Mountain," "Zodiac," "Love & Other Drugs" and "Donnie Darko."

Payne's writing includes Wanderlust, Sophocles' Electra, Lay Down Your Cross and The Same Deep Water As Me.

The creative team for Constellations includes Tom Scutt (scenic and costume design), Lee Curran (lighting design), David McSeveney (sound design) and Lucy Cullingford (movement direction).

The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre is located at 261 West 47th Street. Visit ManhattanTheatreClub.com for more information. 

Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson Are a Beekeeper and a Physicist in Broadway's Constellations

 
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