Elegant in its simplicity yet limitless in its scope, Long Day's Journey Into Night is the tale of an ordinary summer's day with extraordinary consequences. Drawing so heavily from the author's personal history that it could only be produced posthumously, the story of the Tyrone family and their battle to unearth-and conceal-a lifetime of secrets continues to reveal itself to audiences as one of the most profound and powerful plays ever brought to the stage.
Two-time Academy Award winner and three-time Emmy Award winner Jessica Lange will play "Mary Tyrone," following her critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-nominated performance in the role on the West End in 2000.
Golden Globe winner and Tony Award nominee Gabriel Byrne will play "James Tyrone."
Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr. will play "Edmond Tyrone."
The revival that opened tonight at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre is, in a word, transfixing...by the time this journey was done, I was completely given over to the dark and dangerous spell of O'Neill's masterpiece. It was as though I was seeing it for the first time. This would have been impossible without one of the rarest convergences on Broadway: an all-star cast and director that works as well on stage as they promised on paper...Over a mostly spectacular career, the two-time Oscar winner, who won the Olivier Award for this role, has made psychological complexity and transparency her hallmark...With Lange leading the way, Mary begins this Journey a tragic figure and concludes it a ghost who will haunt our dreams, for a time.
A violent storm front has moved into the American Airlines Theater...it's Gabriel Byrne, Jessica Lange, Michael Shannon and John Gallagher Jr. who are providing the thunder and lightning...Yet you can't avoid the feeling that this tempestuous climate is artificially controlled...[Lange's] voice seesaws between soprano girlish affection and contralto hostility in a single sentence, and more than other Marys I've seen, she is endowed with a robust, uneasy sensuality. You can feel Ms. Lange giving her all to each of her big set pieces, but they often feel too exquisitely self-contained, like coloratura arias in an opera. Ms. Lange is often acting beautifully, but she is also often palpably acting. And her final soliloquy is stretched self-indulgently thin.
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Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2016 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Featured Actor in a Play | John Gallagher, Jr. |
2016 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Leading Actress in a Play | Jessica Lange |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jessica Lange |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Michael Shannon |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Jessica Lange |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Michael Shannon |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Eugene O'Neill |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Gabriel Byrne |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Jessica Lange |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Michael Shannon |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Natasha Katz |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Jane Greenwood |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jonathan Kent |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Natasha Katz |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Michael Shannon |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Gabriel Byrne |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jessica Lange |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
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