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This Beautiful Future

Oliver February 25, 2023

This Beautiful Future

About The Show

Elodie is 17. She’s French. She finds reflective surfaces everywhere to test out new looks. Otto is 16. He’s a German soldier. He tries not to look at himself in the mirror.

Caught in the middle of a war, these two teenagers meet secretly for one night together as the world outside tears apart. Rita Kalnejais’ kaleidoscopic play asks us to consider the limits of empathy in a divided world. It seeks out tenderness amidst tragedy – hope in the hopeless.

Starring Tony-Award Nominee Austin Pendleton (The Minutes, Choir Boy), Tony-Award Winner Angelina Fiordellisi, Francesca Carpanini (All My Sons), and Uly Schlesinger (HBO Max’s “Generation”), This Beautiful Future places us at the nexus of two generations falling in love – one reflecting on old memories, and the other aspiring to make new ones.

What We Did

OHenry Productions produced the North American Premiere of This Beautiful Future Off-Broadway.

Where & When

Off-Broadway
Sept 10, 2022 – Oct 23, 2022
Cherry Lane Theatre

Who’s Who

by Rita Kalnejais
directed by Jack Serio

with Francesca Carpanini, Angelina Fiordellisi, Austin Pendleton, and Uly Schlesinger

Reviews

DARINGLY UNCONVENTIONAL. AN EXTRAORDINARY WORK & PROFOUND PIECE OF THEATRE.
The Stage
What are the limits of empathy in the theater? This Beautiful Future dances precariously close to the edge. This dramatic jitterbug on the side of a cliff is what makes the play extraordinary. Only the most determined will walk away having felt nothing.
Theatermania
SMOOTH, POLISHED, AND GLOSSY. IT SHINES.
Vulture
FRAGILE AND WONDROUS. THIS BEAUTIFUL FUTURE ACHIEVES A REMARKABLE, ACHING ALCHEMY.
Laura Collins Hughes The New York Times

Awards & Honors

New York Times Critics’ Pick (2022)

BroadwayWorld Award - This Beautiful Future

BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards (2022)
10 Nominations including Best Play

Macbeth (2022)

Oliver February 25, 2023

Macbeth (2022 Revival)

About The Show

A tale of malice, matrimony and murder, Macbeth tells the story of one couple’s obsession with power—and their guilt after doing the unthinkable. For 15 weeks only, this thrilling new production will capture the passion and ferocity of Shakespeare’s most haunting text like never before.

What We Did

OHenry Productions invested in this revival of Macbeth.

Where & When

BROADWAY
March 29, 2022 – July 10,2022
Longacre Theatre

Who’s Who

directed by Sam Gold

starring Daniel Craig & Ruth Negga

Reviews

Awards & Honors

Tony Awards (2022)
3 Nominations

Drama Desk 2020 The Inheritance Best Play

Drama Desk Award (2022)
Nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Play

Herding Cats

Oliver February 25, 2023

Herding Cats

About The Show

Directed by Anthony Banks (The Girl on the Train, West End), this groundbreaking revival of Coxon’s “brave, brutal” (Guardian) play utilized the technical feats that adventurous theater artists had discovered during the COVID-19 pandemic and combined them with the raw intimacy of in-person performance. This first-of-its-kind, transcontinental event featured two actors performing for an in-person audience on Soho Theatre’s (Fleabag) London stage with a third actor performing live via video from New York. The production, simultaneously accessible online to audiences across the globe via Stellar and in-person in London via Soho Theatre, marked a new type of international collaboration.

Starring Jassa Ahluwalia (Unforgotten, Peaky Blinders), Greg Germann (Grey’s Anatomy, Ally McBeal, Assassins), and Drama Desk nominee Sophie Melville (Pops, Iphigenia in Splott), Herding Cats by Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl) is a chillingly funny play about a generation negotiating intimacy and independence in the 21st century. Meeting the demands of modern life is as impossible as herding cats for Justine, Michael and Saddo. To deal with work, Justine talks – a little too much – to her roommate Michael who earns a living by chatting with strangers like Saddo. But all three will soon find that in a cold, disconnected world, words may not be enough.

What We Did

OHenry Productions was the producer of both the on-stage and on-screen production.

Where & When

Live from London’s Soho Theatre
&
Streaming on Stellar Events

Selected Artists

Written by Lucinda Coxon
Directed by Anthony Banks

Reviews

What a brave, brutal 75 minutes this is!
The Guardian

Awards & Honors

Telly Award (2022)
Best Hybrid Event

Davey Award (2021)
Best Live Experience

Telly Award (2022)
Best Drama

American Utopia

Oliver October 11, 2019

David Byrne’s American Utopia

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About The Show

Following a sold-out world tour, the acclaimed theatrical concert played Broadway’s intimate Hudson Theatre, followed by a return engagement in Broadway’s St. James Theatre.

DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA delivers “an experience unlike anything else” (Billboard) and marks a major cultural milestone in the worlds of music and theater. Innovative pop/rock icon David Byrne (Talking Heads, Here Lies Love) shares the spotlight with a diverse ensemble of 11 musical artists from around the globe.

With staging and choreography by Annie-B Parson, and with Alex Timbers serving as production consultant (his collaborators on Here Lies Love), David Byrne and ensemble deliver “a marvel of staging and motion” (Chicago Tribune) that’s as surprisingly poignant as it is supremely funky. Don’t miss this “thought-provoking example of the power of live music” (Forbes).

What We Did

We invested in the Boston and Broadway productions of American Utopia.

Where & When

BROADWAY
October 20, 2019 – February 16, 2020
Hudson Theatre

BROADWAY
October 17, 2021 – April 03, 2022
St. James Theatre

Selected Artists

David Byrne
Choreography and Musical Staging by Annie-B Parson
Production Consultant Alex Timbers

Little Shop of Horrors

Oliver October 1, 2019

Little Shop of Horrors

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About The Show

Get close — but not too close — to LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS when it returns to its off-Broadway roots this fall! Experience the iconic musical as it was meant to be seen, in an intimate 270-seat setting. This thrilling new production stars Emmy^® Award winner Tammy Blanchard (“Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows”), Tony Award^® nominee Jonathan Groff (Hamilton), and two-time Tony winner Christian Borle (Something Rotten!). Together they bring succulent new life to a show that has made three decades of theatergoers laugh, scream, and give up gardening for good.

Featuring a book and lyrics by Oscar^® and Grammy Award^® winner Howard Ashman (TheLittle Mermaid), music by Oscar and Tony winner Alan Menken (Aladdin), and direction by Tony winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening), this LITTLE SHOP will bring you within biting distance of musical theater’s favorite man-eater.

What We Did

We are co-producing the 2019 Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors.

Where & When

OFF-BROADWAY
Beginning September 17, 2019
Westside Theatre

Who’s in it

Jonathan Groff (Hamilton, Spring Awakening, “Glee”)
Christian Borle (Something Rotten!, Peter and the Starcatcher, “Smash”)
Tammy Blanchard (“Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows”)

Directed by Michael Mayer (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Spring Awakening)
Music by Alan Menken (Aladdin, Hercules, Newsies)
Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast)

Sea Wall/A Life

Oliver July 11, 2019

Sea Wall/A Life

Tom Sturridge - Sea Wall/A Life - OHenry Productions

About The Show

The finest actors of their generation, Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Sunday In The Park With George) and Tony Award® nominee Tom Sturridge (1984), had audiences roaring to their feet at the sold-out engagement at The Public Theater. Now Sea Wall/A Life, from the visionary creative team behind The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Constellations and A Doll’s House, comes to Broadway.

What We Did

We are co-producing Sea Wall/A Life on Broadway.

Where & When

BROADWAY
July 26, 2019 – September 29, 2019
Hudson Theatre

Who’s in it

Jake Gyllenhaal (Sunday in the Park with George)
Tom Sturridge (Orphans)

Reviews

Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the finest actors of his generation.
Kerensa Cadenas Entertainment Weekly
Tom Sturridge fills the theatre with his magnetic presence.
David Cote Observer

Awards & Honors

The New York Times Critic’s Pick (2019)
Jesse Green

Drama League Award Nomination (2019)
Distinguished Performance (Jake Gyllenhaal)

The New York Times Critic’s Pick (2019)
Larua Collins-Hughes

Lucille Lortel Award Nomination (2019)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (Tom Sturridge)

Slave Play

Oliver July 11, 2019

Slave Play

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About The Show

IT STUNNED AUDIENCES WITH A SOLD-OUT RUN AT NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP.
NOW, SLAVE PLAY IS COMING TO BROADWAY.

What We Did

We are producing Slave Play on Broadway.

Where & When

BROADWAY
Performances Begin September 10, 2019
Golden Theatre

Who’s in it

by Jeremy O. Harris
Directed by Robert O’Hara

Burn This

Oliver February 22, 2019

Burn This

About The Show

Academy Award nominee Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman, Star Wars, “Girls”) and Golden Globe winner Keri Russell (“The Americans,” Waitress, “Felicity”) star in the acclaimed drama by Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson.

When a mysterious death brings together two unlikely strangers, their explosive connection sparks a chemistry too fiery to ignore. Directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), and co-starring Tony nominees David Furr and Brandon Uranowitz, Burn This is a smoldering story of love and raw attraction by one of the most vital playwrights of the modern era.

What We Did

We are co-producing the 2019 Broadway revival of Burn This.

Where & When

BROADWAY
March 15, 2019 – July 14, 2019
Hudson Theatre

Who’s in it

Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman, Star Wars, “Girls”)
Keri Russell (“The Americans”, Waitress, “Felicity”)

by Lanford Wilson
Directed by Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening, Hedwig and the Angry Inch)

Reviews

"Adam Driver is Volcanic. Decades from now, people will be speaking with gratified wonder of Driver's performance."
Ben Brantley The New York Times

Awards & Honors

3 Tony Award Nominations (2019)
Including Best Revival of a Play

2 Drama League Award Nominations (2019)
Including Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play

Drama Desk Award Nomination (2019)
Oustanding Featured Actor in a Play

Broadway,com Audience Choice Award - Burn This

Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Nomination (2019)
Favorite Play Revival

Be More Chill

Oliver December 7, 2018

Be More Chill

About The Show

It’s called a Squip. A tiny supercomputer inside a pill. Swallow one and a personalized voice will tell you how to dress, how to speak, how to… become cool.

Jeremy Heere is your average, nothing-special teenager at Middleborough High in nothing-special New Jersey… until the day he finds out about “The Squip.” Thus begins a journey that pits Jeremy’s desire to be popular against his struggle to remain true to his authentic self. Be More Chill is an honest, edgy, super-hilarious look at coming of age in the digital age, set to some of the most exciting songs in contemporary musical theater. This original musical comedy looks at modern issues like depression, bullying, and anxiety through the lens of sci-fi films of the 50s, horror flicks of the 80s, and teen movies of the 90s. Little Shop of Horrors meets The Breakfast Club in this celebration of outcasts, teenaged or otherwise. Based on the cult sensation novel by Ned Vizzini, Be More Chill is already beloved by millions of theater fans because of its best-selling Billboard Top 10 cast recording.

Come see us on Broadway in February 2019. It’s what your Squip would tell you to do.

What We Did

OHenry Productions invested in the Broadway engagement of Be More Chill.

Where & When

BROADWAY
February 13, 2019 – August 11, 2019
Lyceum Theatre

Who’s Who

Music & Lyrics by Joe Iconis
Book by Joe Tracz
directed by Stephen Brackett

with
Will Roland (Be More Chill)

Reviews

"IT'S GOING TO HIT BIG - and deservedly so."
The Wall Street Journal

Awards & Honors

Tony Award Nomination (2019)
Best Original Score

Olivier Award - Network - Bryan Cranston

Drama League Award Nomination (2019)
Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical

4 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations (2019)
Including Outstanding New Broadway Musical

8 Drama Desk Award Nominations (2019)
Including Outstanding New Musical

4 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations (2018)
Including Outstanding New Musical

Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards - Be More Chill

12 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Nominations (2018)
Including Favorite New Musical

Off Broadway Alliance Awards Nomination (2018)
Best New Musical

Network

Oliver November 19, 2018

Network

Network - Broadway - Bryan Cranston - OHenry Productions

About The Show

Tony, Olivier, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad,” All the Way) makes his triumphant return to Broadway in the National Theatre’s sold-out, critically acclaimed production of Network.

In Lee Hall’s adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky’s Academy Award-winning film, anchorman Howard Beale (Cranston) unravels live on-screen. But when the ratings soar, the network seizes on its newfound prophet, and Howard becomes the biggest thing on TV.

Cranston won the 2018 Olivier Award for his tour-de-force performance. Tony and Olivier winner Ivo van Hove (A View From the Bridge) directs this brilliantly innovative and electrifying production, also starring Tony Goldwyn (“Scandal”) and Emmy Award winner Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”). Ben Brantley of The New York Times raves, “Network thrills. It feels as pertinent to our time as it did to its own.”

What We Did

OHenry Productions invested in the Broadway engagement of Network.

Where & When

BROADWAY
Nov 10, 2018 – June 08, 2019
Belasco Theatre

Who’s Who

by Lee Hall
adaptation from Paddy Chayefsky‘s Academy Award-winning film
directed by Ivo van Hove (A View From the Bridge)

with
Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad,” All the Way)
Tony Goldwyn (“Scandal”)
Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”)

Reviews

A total Triumph. Bryan Cranston is magnetic.
The Guardian
Thrilling. Ivo van Hove's staging is electrifying.
Time Out

Awards & Honors

Tony Award for Best Actor (2019)
5 Olivier Award Nominations including Best Director

New York Times Critics’ Pick (2018)

Critics' Circle Theatre Award - Network - Bryan Cranston

Drama League Award for Distinguished Perforamance (2019)
2 Nominations including Outstanding New Play

Outer Critics Circle - Network - Bryan Cranston

Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Play (2018)
2 Nominations including Outstanding Play

Olivier Award for Best Actor (2018)
4 Olivier Award Nominations including Best New Play

3 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards Nominations (2019)
Including Favorite New Play

Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor (2018)

WhatsOnStage Award - Network - Bryan Cranston

2 WhatsOnStage Award Nominations (2018)
Including Best Actor in a Play