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Based on the beloved film, Brief Encounter chronicles the romantic journey of an unhappily married woman and the handsome doctor who falls for her when the pair meet unexpectedly in a train station coffee shop. The production uses live music, song, dance, Technicolor film tricks and inventive staging to bring the film to life.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Jan. 2, 2011.

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About Brief Encounter

What Is the Story of Brief Encounter?
Brief Encounter is a sweeping love story, aptly described in its opening film credits as “approved for public exhibition to the incurably romantic.” Alec and Laura meet in a train station and fall madly in love with one another, albeit in a restrained, British stiff-upper-lip sort of way. They are both married, so although they are swept away by their love for one another, the rules of polite society at the time (1930s Britain) make their passion a forbidden one. This black and white melodrama is neatly folded into the show’s more colorful love stories: a romance between the mistress of the train station tearoom and a station master and the puppy love of the tearoom assistant and her highwaters-wearing boyfriend.
 

Hannah Yelland of Brief Encounter Wants to Put It in Writing in 2011
New Year's Resolution
Hannah Yelland of Brief Encounter Wants to Put It in Writing in 2011
Brief Encounter’s Tristan Sturrock Vows to Keep His New York Love Affair Alive in 2011
New Year's Resolution
Brief Encounter’s Tristan Sturrock Vows to Keep His New York Love Affair Alive in 2011
Brief Encounter’s Hannah Yelland on Tragic Heroines and True Love
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Brief Encounter’s Hannah Yelland on Tragic Heroines and True Love
Exclusive! Catch the Backstage Magic of Broadway's Brief Encounter
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Exclusive! Catch the Backstage Magic of Broadway's Brief Encounter
Broadway's Brief Encounter Extends at Studio 54
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Broadway's Brief Encounter Extends at Studio 54
Brief Encounter Ends
Final Bow
Brief Encounter Ends
An Affair to Remember at Brief Encounter's Opening Night
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An Affair to Remember at Brief Encounter's Opening Night
Lights, Camera, Action! Brief Encounter on Opening Night
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Lights, Camera, Action! Brief Encounter on Opening Night
Our Word of Mouth Panel Spends a Moment with Brief Encounter
Word of Mouth Review
Our Word of Mouth Panel Spends a Moment with Brief Encounter
Emma Rice on Her Long Romance with Brief Encounter
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Emma Rice on Her Long Romance with Brief Encounter
Tristan Sturrock on Mixing Love and Laughter in Broadway's Brief Encounter
Fresh Face
Tristan Sturrock on Mixing Love and Laughter in Broadway's Brief Encounter
Squigs Has a Brief Encounter with a Hot New Broadway Show
Broadway Ink
Squigs Has a Brief Encounter with a Hot New Broadway Show
A First Class Sneak Peek at Broadway's Brief Encounter
First Look
A First Class Sneak Peek at Broadway's Brief Encounter
All Aboard! The Cast of Brief Encounter Rolls Into Town
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All Aboard! The Cast of Brief Encounter Rolls Into Town
International Hit Brief Encounter Now On Sale for Broadway Audiences
Now On Sale
International Hit Brief Encounter Now On Sale for Broadway Audiences
Complete Casting Announced for Roundabout's Brief Encounter on Broadway
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Complete Casting Announced for Roundabout's Brief Encounter on Broadway
Brief Encounter Lands on Broadway
First Performance
Brief Encounter Lands on Broadway
Kneehigh's Acclaimed Brief Encounter Joins Roundabout's 2010-2011 Broadway Season
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Kneehigh's Acclaimed Brief Encounter Joins Roundabout's 2010-2011 Broadway Season
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