![Present Laughter
St. James Theatre
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Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (Jordan Roth: President; Rocco Landesman: President Emeritus; Paul Libin: Executive Vice President; Jack Viertel: Senior Vice President)
Produced by Jordan Roth, Jujamcyn Theaters (Jordan Roth: President; Rocco Landesman: President Emeritus; Paul Libin: Executive Vice President; Jack Viertel: Senior Vice President), Spencer Ross, A.C. Orange International, Eric Falkenstein, Grove Entertainment, Bruce Robert Harris, Jack W. Batman, Stephanie McClelland, Harbor Entertainment and Daryl Roth
Written by Noël Coward
Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Scenic Design by David Zinn; Costume Design by Susan Hilferty; Lighting Design by Justin Townsend; Sound Design by Fitz Patton; Hair Design by Josh Marquette
General Manager: Bespoke Theatricals; Company Manager: Thom Clay
Production Manager: Juniper Street Productions; Production Stage Manager: James FitzSimmons
Casting: Telsey + Company; Press Representative: DKC/O&M; Advertising: Serino/Coyne
Cast
Kevin Kline
Garry Essendine
Matt Bittner
Broadway debut Fred
Kate Burton
Liz Essendine
Ellen Harvey
Miss Erikson
Peter Francis James
Henry Lyppiatt
Tedra Millan
Broadway debut Daphne Stillington
Kristine Nielsen
Monica Reed
Bhavesh Patel
Roland Maule
Reg Rogers
Morris Dixon
Sandra Shipley
Lady Saltburn
Cobie Smulders
Broadway debut Joanna Lyppiatt
Understudies: Kelley Curran (Daphne Stillington, Joanna Lyppiatt, Lady Saltburn, Miss Erikson, Monica Reed), Rachel Pickup (Daphne Stillington, Lady Saltburn, Liz Essendine, Miss Erikson, Monica Reed), James Riordan (Fred, Garry Essendine, Henry Lyppiatt, Morris Dixon), Reg Rogers (Garry Essendine) and David L. Townsend (Fred, Henry Lyppiatt, Morris Dixon, Roland Maule)](https://www.moritzvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/105.highres-1.jpg)
By turns astoundingly funny and deeply emotional
This revival is the best staging of a Coward play -- any Coward play -- that I've ever seen. Stuelpnagel is a master of stage comedy, physical and otherwise.
Bow low to director Moritz von Stuelpnagel! Look forward to whatever he does next and after that and after that!
Delivers an absorbing blend of anguish and humour. What's striking is just how much laughter Stuelpnagel sneaks into this bleak scenario.
The polished production unfolds handsomely. Stuelpnagel's staging gives off a deluxe gleam.
There's big pent-up demand in these fraught times for this kind of smart, saftey-valve satire. Anyone with functioning arteries will laugh their socks off!
Under the superb, precisely choreographed direction of Stuelpnagel, the actors go through their frenetic verbal and physical paces like expert farceurs.
Stuelpnagel keeps the play poised between the outlandish and the keenly observed
Tremendous in its daring, defiant shrug at theatrical limitation... Stuelpnagel does a fantastic job bringing challenging effects to life!
Directs with a flair for allowing the play's little absurdities to reveal themselves naturally and a skill with onstage physicality
The production has style to spare! Directed with pedal-to-the-floor intensity!
The sort of juicy little Off-Broadway morsel the hard-bitten theatervore hopes to find but rarely does!
Stuelpnagel tackles this darkly funny material with a shrewd balance of heightened reality, warped sitcom and underlying pathos
Director Moritz von Stuelpnagel is adept at toggling between humor and heartbreak
Flat-out hilarious! A true tour de force under the finely honed direction of Moritz von Stuelpnagel!
Directed with classy restraint by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, this production has one absolutely critical element: Style.
Sparking under Stuelpnagel's skillful direction! We haven't had so much fun since 7th grade sleepovers!
Staged with a deadpan naturalism, the laughs (and there are many) have an edge
Director Moritz von Stuelpnagel handles the transition from wild humor to genuine emotion with ease
Directed with ultra-precise comic aplomb. Staggeringly funny and promising without limit!
Stuelpnagel is a fine shaper of Shakespeare, staging the work with a becoming simplicity
UPCOMING
AVAAZ
written by and starring Michael Shayan. Produced by Theater J. Set Design by Beowulf Borritt, Costume Design by Domino, Lighting Design by Amith Chandras ...
GRANDILOQUENT
written by and starring Gary Gulman in a new special for HBO. Executive Produced by Moritz von Stuelpnagel.