The Heiress Will Close a Day Early To Allow Jessica Chastain's London Visit to BAFTA Ceremony

By Kenneth Jones
25 Jan 2013

Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain
Photo by Joan Marcus

Broadway's new production of The Heiress will end its limited engagement with the 7 PM Saturday, Feb. 9 performance rather than Feb. 10, to enable Jessica Chastain, who plays the title character, to attend the BAFTA Awards ceremony in London on Feb. 10.

The BAFTAs are the British equivalent to the Academy Awards. Chastain is nominated for Best Actress for her work in "Zero Dark Thirty."

The Feb. 9 performance is an early curtain. The previously scheduled Sunday, Feb. 10 closing performance has been cancelled.

Chastain is nominated for an Academy Award and has already received Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards for her performance in the film "Zero Dark Thirty."

The Heiress is currently playing at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre on West 48th Street. It stars Chastain as Catherine Sloper, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner David Strathairn as Dr. Austin Sloper, "Downton Abbey" star Dan Stevens as Morris Townsend and Tony Award winner Judith Ivey as Lavinia Penniman.

Written by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, The Heiress is directed by Tony Award-nominated playwright and director Moisés Kaufman.

The production also features Molly Camp, Kieran Campion, Virginia Kull, Mairin Lee, Ben Livingston, Dee Nelson and Caitlin O'Connell.

The Heiress is produced by Paula Wagner, Roy Furman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Luigi Caiola/Rose Caiola, Jim Herbert, Ted Liebowitz, Stacey Mindich, Jill Furman, Ricardo Hornos, Jon B. Platt, Eric Schmidt, Margo Lion/Rachel Weinstein and Jujamcyn Theaters.

Chastain plays the shy and sheltered daughter of a prominent New Yorker. She's caught between the demands of an emotionally distant father (Strathairn) and the attentions of a passionate young suitor (Stevens).

Visit telecharge.com or TheHeiressOnBroadway.com for more information.

Meet the company of The Heiress in this Playbill Video.