We saw a preview performance last night of Edith Wharton's adaptation of her best-selling novel
House of Mirth at the Metropolitan Playhouse and we urge you to go. Wharton was the most adept chronicler of New York's social set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and she and playwright Clyde Fitch did a masterful job of taking the varied settings and situations of the novel and figuring out how to make them work on stage. As always, the cast and direction at the Metropolitan Playhouse are top notch, especially Amanda Jones as Lily Bart.
Of course, we'd love it if the performance you came to see is this
Sunday, April 29, at 3:00pm. Following that matinee, we'll be joining director Alex Roe for a talk back with the audience where we'll be discussing the world of the play and the New York in which Edith Wharton lived and worked.
You can buy tickets for that performance at this link:
http://metropolitanplayhouse.org/HOM8. The show officially opens on Friday and runs through May 20.
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