Richard Eyre’s Bristol Old Vic production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night officially opened Off-Broadway May 12 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The production, which stars Oscar winner Jeremy Irons and Oscar- and Olivier-nominated actor Lesley Manville, previously played the West End.
The Eugene O’Neill drama began performances in New York May 8 and is scheduled to continue through May 27.
Unfolding on a summer’s day in 1912, Long Day’s Journey Into Night paints a devastating portrait of the Tyrone family, including retired actor and alcoholic father James, his morphine-addicted wife Mary, and troubled adult sons Edmund and Jamie.
The cast also includes Matthew Beard (Edmund Tyrone), Rory Keenan (James Tyrone, Jr.), and Jessica Regan (Cathleen).
Read reviews for Long Day’s Journey Into Night below:
The New York Times (Ben Brantley)
Time Out New York (Helen Shaw)
Vulture / New York Magazine (Sara Holdren)
The Washington Post (Peter Marks)
Playbill will continue to update with reviews as they are published.
Long Day’s Journey Into Night features set and costume design by Rob Howell, lighting design by Peter Mumford, and sound design by John Leonard.
Following the BAM engagement, the production will travel to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles June 8—July 1.