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Exquisitely written, affecting and often humorous, Wit follows a brilliant and exacting poetry professor as she undergoes experimental treatment for cancer. A scholar who devoted her life to academia, she must now face the irony and injustice of becoming the subject of research.

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Performances ended on Mar. 17, 2012.

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About Wit

What Is the Story of Wit?
Wit centers on Vivian Bearing, a brilliant and seemingly unemotional poetry professor as she undergoes an experimental and extremely aggressive chemotherapy treatment for metastatic Stage IV ovarian cancer. A scholar who devoted her life to mastering the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, she must now face the irony and injustice of becoming the subject of research. As Vivian undergoes treatment at the hands of impersonal doctors (including one of her former students), she discovers that human compassion may be more important than intellectual wit. More than a play about cancer, Margaret Edson’s 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama presents a teacher becoming a student of life as she contemplates her possible death.

Wit’s Cynthia Nixon on Her ‘WASPy Machismo’ and Why She Hasn’t Owned a TV Since 1986
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Wit’s Cynthia Nixon on Her ‘WASPy Machismo’ and Why She Hasn’t Owned a TV Since 1986
Greg Keller on Taxi Confessions & His Bumpy Road to Wit
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Greg Keller on Taxi Confessions & His Bumpy Road to Wit
Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon, Extends on Broadway
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Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon, Extends on Broadway
Wit Ends
Final Bow
Wit Ends
Original Wit Star Kathleen Chalfant Thrills to Cynthia Nixon's Broadway Star Turn
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Original Wit Star Kathleen Chalfant Thrills to Cynthia Nixon's Broadway Star Turn
Squigs Captures the Poetic World of Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon
Broadway Ink
Squigs Captures the Poetic World of Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon
Watch a Glowing Cynthia Nixon Celebrate Wit’s Opening Night on Broadway
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Watch a Glowing Cynthia Nixon Celebrate Wit’s Opening Night on Broadway
Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon, Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway
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Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon, Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway
Were Our Word of Mouth Panelists Moved By the Wordplay of Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon?
Word of Mouth Review
Were Our Word of Mouth Panelists Moved By the Wordplay of Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon?
Margaret Edson's  Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon, Opens on Broadway
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Margaret Edson's Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon, Opens on Broadway
Take a First Look at Cynthia Nixon in Wit Video Footage
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Take a First Look at Cynthia Nixon in Wit Video Footage
Wit's Cynthia Nixon Discusses the Joys of Her Daily Shave on Live! With Kelly
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Wit's Cynthia Nixon Discusses the Joys of Her Daily Shave on Live! With Kelly
Playwright Margaret Edson on Reading Between the Lines and Breathing Life Into Wit
First Person
Playwright Margaret Edson on Reading Between the Lines and Breathing Life Into Wit
First Look at Broadway's Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon
First Look
First Look at Broadway's Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon
 Previews Begin for Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon
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Previews Begin for Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon Chats With Kelly
TV Appearance
Cynthia Nixon Chats With Kelly
Cynthia Nixon on Bringing Wit to Broadway, Shaved Head and All
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Cynthia Nixon on Bringing Wit to Broadway, Shaved Head and All
Tony Winner Cynthia Nixon and the Stars of Wit Meet the Press
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Tony Winner Cynthia Nixon and the Stars of Wit Meet the Press
Take a Sneak Peek at Cynthia Nixon's Bald and Beautiful Transformation for Wit
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Take a Sneak Peek at Cynthia Nixon's Bald and Beautiful Transformation for Wit
Wit Returns
First Performance
Wit Returns
Casting Complete for MTC's Broadway Production of Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon
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Casting Complete for MTC's Broadway Production of Wit, Starring Cynthia Nixon
Tickets Now on Sale for Broadway Premiere of Wit, Starring Tony Winner Cynthia Nixon
Now On Sale
Tickets Now on Sale for Broadway Premiere of Wit, Starring Tony Winner Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon to Star in MTC's Broadway Premiere of Pulitzer Prize Winner Wit
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Cynthia Nixon to Star in MTC's Broadway Premiere of Pulitzer Prize Winner Wit
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