‘The Hills of California’ Review: An Epic of Decrepit Dreams
Directed by Sam Mendes, Jez Butterworth’s play on Broadway spans decades in its story of an Englishwoman and her four daughters.
Review: In riveting ‘The Hills of California’ on Broadway, grown sisters reckon with their dreams
Back in the 1950s, the northern English seaside resort of Blackpool was filled with variety shows in gilded theaters, end-of-the-pier warblers and sardonic comics hoping to give a few laughs to exhausted factory workers on their “wakes week” vacations.
Review: ‘The Hills of California,’ Alive With the Sound of Music
In Jez Butterworth’s compelling new play, four girls trained to sing close harmony wind up as acrimonious adults.
Broadway Review: ‘The Hills of California’ Gets Lost in Time—and Loses Us Too
Despite Laura Donnelly’s standout performance, Jez Butterworth’s Broadway play takes too long to not say not enough about sisterly bonds, fame, and terrible maternal betrayal.
‘Hills of California’ review: A cutthroat new stage mother on Broadway
At the Broadhurst Theatre, where Jez Butterworth’s new play “The Hills of California” opened on Sunday night, lives Laura Donnelly’s stern and captivating Veronica Webb.
‘The Hills Of California’ Broadway Review: Jez Butterworth’s Homecoming Tale Of Harmony Long Gone
Last season’s dark and wonderful Appropriate proved there was plenty of life in Pinter’s old Homecoming trick, and this Broadway season Jez Butterworth does it again with the fine The Hills Of California,
“The Hills of California” review: Jez Butterworth's latest has more peaks than valleys
It’s a splintering that is presented in two different decades courtesy of Jez Butterworth’s searing new play, The Hills of California, now playing at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre. The impetus for the sibling gathering in Blackpool,
‘The Hills of California’ Review: Sam Mendes and Jez Butterworth Deliver a Dream of a Broadway Drama
Writer Jez Butterworth and Mendes have streamlined the work, making it more efficient and richly rewarding, anchored by Laura Donnelly's performance.
‘The Hills of California’ Broadway Review: Jez Butterworth Delivers Another Modern Classic
Sam Mendes directs and Laura Donnelly dazzles The post ‘The Hills of California’ Broadway Review: Jez Butterworth Delivers Another Modern Classic appeared first on TheWrap.
Review Roundup: Jez Butterworth's THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA Opens on Broadway
The New York premiere of Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes, opened on Broadway tonight, Sunday, September 29th. Check out what the critics had to say here!
How Sam Mendes and Jez Butterworth Brought a New and Improved Version of "The Hills of California" to Broadway
The playwright Jez Butterworth recently had perhaps the most eventful recording session in the history of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast. Listen to this week's "Stagecraft" podcast below: “In the course of this call,
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Doppelgängers Abound in “The Hills of California” and “Yellow Face”
In Jez Butterworth’s melancholy drama and David Henry Hwang’s mischievously postmodern play, stardom is both a lure and a lie ...
Laura Donnelly, ‘Hills of California’ Star, Is Not Some Delicate Flower
But she did “burst into tears” reading Jez Butterworth’s rewrite of his new Broadway play, which left her with 10 days “to ...
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Photos: THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA Cast Takes Opening Night Bows
The New York premiere of Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes, opened on Broadway last ...
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Performers
Nancy Allsop, Sophia Ally, Lara McDonnell and Nicola Turner portray the adolescent sisters, just as they did in the ...