Hughie at Theatre Centre

Hughie was written by Eugene O’Neill in 1942. It made its Broadway
debut in 1964, earning a Tony Award nomination for Jason Robards in
the role of Erie Smith. More recently, the production earned attention
for the 1996 Broadway revival directed by and starring Al Pacino. The
show revolves around Charlie Hughes, the hotel night clerk, and Erie
Smith, an alcoholic gambler who has spent his last fifteen years at
the hotel. Smith embarks on a bender, prompted by the death of Hughie,
the previous clerk. Hughes listens to this study in fraudulent
glibness which is touching, revealing and a telling measure of what is
behind Smith’s delusions. Directed by David Ferry, Presented by The Alley Theatre Workshop.