Heartbreak House is considered by many to be one of Nobel Prize-winning playwright George Bernard Shaw's greatest modern plays.
Robin Lefevre's hit Broadway revival holds a mirror up to the pre-war Europe that Shaw believed was "drifting and debauched" – and the result is a witty, charming drama with a taut and menacing undercurrent. The play revolves around a cultured, shallow family spending a weekend on a country estate; audiences will appreciate the irony of characters that talk and talk, but fail to take control of their own lives.
Mazzini Dunn is an idealist who repeatedly loses out to his power-hungry boss; romance beckons, but in Heartbreak House the only successful relationships are platonic. As war looms on the horizon, will the Shotovers realise that money doesn't buy purpose, and actions speak louder than words?
Heartbreak House premiered at the Garrick Theatre on November 20, 1920. Now in its fourth Broadway revival, the show features a stunning new set by John Lee Beatty.