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Marquee Value MARQUEE VALUE: La Bête at the Music Box Production: La Bête, written by David Hirson, direction by Matthew Warchus, starring David Hyde Pierce, Joanna Lumley and Mark Rylance

Previews: Sept. 23, 201

Opening:: Oct. 14, 2010

Closing: Feb. 12, 2011

Venue: Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th St., NY

A popular street performer and a classical writer square off in American playwright David Hirson’s thoughtful comedy La Bete. The Olivier Award-winning Best Play, written in 1990, pits high-brow against low-brow in 17th Century France when the two artists vie for a royal endorsement. In our age of sensationalism and reality television, what begins as a rollicking comedy soon challenges audiences to decide for themselves: can culture be populist?

 


 

Photos by Krissie Fullerton

 
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