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The Frears film, which also starred Glenn Close and Michelle Pfeiffer, had a script by Hampton adapted from his own 1985 stage play.Īlso Read: 'American Psycho' Broadway Musical Is So Bloody, Audiences Are Getting Splatteredĭominic West had played Valmont in the the Donmar production, which was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Revival A new mounting of Les Liaisons Dangereuses starring Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber opened on Broadway on October 30. The star of Showtime’s “Ray Donovan” received a Tony nomination for his most recent Broadway appearance in “A View from the Bridge.” Schreiber, who earned a Tony for a 2005 revival of David Mamet‘s “Glengarry Glen Ross,” will play Le Vicomte de Valmont, the scheming aristocrat that John Malkovich made famous in Stephen Frears‘ Oscar-winning 1988 movie. The revival will play through January 22, 2017.Ĭhristopher Hampton wrote the adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France.Īlso Read: 'Father Comes Home From the Wars' LA Theater Review: Suzan-Lori Parks' Entertaining New Masterpiece

Liev Schreiber, Tony Award winner for Best Actor in Glengarry Glen Ross and star of Showtimes Ray. Dangerous Liaisons (Penguin Classics) Laclos, Choderlos de, Constantine, Helen Books. The production was broadcast on National Theatre Live and later ran at the Booth Theatre on Broadway with Liev Schreiber replacing West. Tony Award winners Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber will return to Broadway this fall in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” a production first mounted to great acclaim earlier this season at London’s Donmar Warehouse.ĭonmar’s Artistic Director Josie Rourke will direct the production, which begins performances on Octobefore an official opening on Octoat the Booth Theatre. About Les Liaisons Dangereuses - On Broadway. Dangerous Liaisons (Wordsworth Classics) (English and French Edition) Pierre Choderlos de Laclos on Les liaisons dangereuses.
