NewsPHOTO CALL: London Hit The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Opens on Broadway, Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast PartyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the acclaimed new play by Simon Stephens about a 15-year-old boy who must get to the bottom of the mysterious death of his neighbor's dog, officially opened Oct. 5 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
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Joseph Marzullo
October 05, 2014
Juilliard graduate Alex Sharp makes his Broadway debut as Christopher John Francis Boone, a socially awkward, mathematical savant who is written as though he fits somewhere on the autism spectrum (although it is never determined). Much like Mark Haddon's 2003 best-selling novel of the same name, he aims to uncover how the titular "Dog" was speared by a garden fork in the middle of the night.
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London Hit The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Opens on Broadway, Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party
"It's one of my mother's favorite books," 25-year-old Sharp explained in an interview with Playbill magazine. "It's an incredible book… It spoke to me then, and it speaks to me, obviously, now."
Christopher, explained playwright Stephens, "thinks with a sense of wonder. I think he talks with a sense of wonder, and I think Christopher has a real sense of wonder at the world... We hanker for a sense of awe."
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time transferred to London's West End following a sold-out run at the National's Cottesloe Theatre in 2012. The production received seven 2013 Olivier Awards, including Best New Play.
Here's how it's billed: "Fifteen-year old Christopher has an extraordinary brain; he is exceptionally intelligent but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion for killing his neighbor's dog, he sets out to identify the true culprit, which leads to an earth-shattering discovery and a journey that will change his life forever."
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time offers over 50 tickets at $27 for every performance. Tickets are on sale by phone at (212) 239-6200, online at Telecharge.com and in person at the Barrymore Theatre box office (243 West 47th Street).
The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success.