Production PhotosWitness the Love Story of This Beautiful Future in New Production Photos
Playing Off-Broadway, the story of two teenagers who fall in love during WWII stars Uly Schlesinger, Tony nominee Austin Pendleton, Francesca Carpanini, and more.
By
Leah Putnam, Michael Wiltbank
September 20, 2022
See new production photos of Rita Kalnejais' This Beautiful Future, which runs at Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theater through October 30. The show, which began previews September 10, opened September 20.
Starring in the cast are Tony nominee Austin Pendleton (The Little Foxes, The Minutes), Francesca Carpanini (All My Sons), Angelina Fiordellisi, and Uly Schlesinger (HBO Max's Genera+ion) in his New York stage debut. Jack Serio directs.
This Beautiful Future is set in the middle of World War II as two teenagers take shelter from a divided world. Elodie is French and 17. Otto, a German soldier, is 16. Safe from the debris outside, they meet secretly for one night, fall in love, and fall through time.
The creative team for This Beautiful Future includes scenic designer Frank J. Oliva, lighting designer Stacey Derosier, costume designer Ricky Reynoso, sound desgner Christopher Darbassie, projection designer Lacey Erb, production stage manager Ashley-Rose Galligan, and assistant stage manager Ryan Kane. Casting is by Taylor Williams, and general management is by Mott/Fischer Productions.
The play previously enjoyed a sold out run at Theaterlab earlier this before returning to Off-Broadway. It made its world premiere in 2017 at London's The Yard.
By
Andrew Gans,
Logan Culwell-Block
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November 14, 2024
The 2021 concert preceded the acclaimed Off-Broadway staging of Creel's musical inspired by his time wandering the collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Original Hairspray cast members Laura Bell Bundy, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Kerry Butler star in an evening of songs and anecdotes from their careers.
The London production is part of Brooklyn Academy of Music's winter and spring 2025 season, which also includes Whitney White's Macbeth in Stride and more.