The acclaimed revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which began advertising "Final Weeks" in its New York Times listing last month, will close on September 4, according to a production spokesperson. At the time it ends its run at the Longacre Theatre, the drama will have played a total of eight previews and 176 performances on Broadway.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a caustic look at marriage and dysfunctional relationships. This revival, directed by Anthony Page, stars Kathleen Turner, Bill Irwin who won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his work in the show, Mireille Enos and David Harbour.
The mounting opened at the Longacre Theatre on March 20 to mostly rave reviews after a Boston tryout. In his Broadway.com Review of the production, Eric Grode wrote: "Given Irwin's physical gifts and Turner's brassy, blowzy persona, George and Martha could easily have lapsed into milquetoast and virago modes, respectively, and it is to Page's credit that this never happens… Turner gives an empathic, surprisingly gentle performance: This Martha is certainly capable of inflicting serious harm, but she shows a maternal side toward all three other characters, making the inevitable attacks that much more painful. Similarly, Irwin shows the tightly repressed violence of a man who has learned to live almost entirely within his own head for protective purposes. Irwin, whose resume includes several plays by Albee's spiritual godfather Samuel Beckett, clearly relishes creating a character through words instead of movement."
