"For the last four decades, Lynn Redgrave's choice of
the portraits she paints on stage and screen has been
impeccable. She hits pay dirt again with Grace,
authoritatively co-written by Mick Gordon and AC Grayling,
in which she gives one of the most astonishing performances
of her career." -- David Finkle,
Theatermania
Grace (Lynn Redgrave) and Tom (Oscar Isaac)
"The evening offers two provocative, fully
formed performances - Redgrave, as Grace, and a startling
newcomer named K.K. Moggie as Ruth, her son's pregnant
lover." -- Linda Winer,
Newsday
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January 23 - March 8, 2008
Lynn Redgrave
Philip Goodwin
Oscar Isaac
K.K. Moggie
GRACE
by Mick Gordon and A.C. Grayling
Directed by Joseph Hardy
MCC Theater
at The Lucille Lortel Theatre
21 Christopher Street
New York
+1 212 279 4200
"Ms. Redgrave, her captivating blue eyes
glittering with righteousness, delivers Grace’s orations
with a fine ferocity." -- Charles Isherwood,
New York Times
"The four actors merit hosannas." -- Joe
Dziemianowicz,
Daily News
"played with unflinching bravado by Lynn
Redgrave" --
Associated Press
"Lynn Redgrave's commanding performance as
a British academic" -- Marilyn Stasio,
Variety
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An acclaimed hit at London's Soho Theater, Grace examines
familial intimacy, seen through the distorting lens of disparate
theological perspectives. Grace Friedman is a mother, a wife
and a brilliant professor. Her bold assertions on the "absurdity" of
religion have propelled her to center stage in the public debate
over the existence of God. But Grace's private calm is
severely shaken when her son, Tom (Isaac), announces a career change
from civil rights attorney to priest. When Grace falls back on
her well-worn cynicism, she is suddenly at odds with the moral
pragmatism of her husband, Tony (Goodwin), and Tom's fiancée, Ruth (Moggie).
Together, the family must strive to reconcile their ideological
differences as they tumble toward a personal catastrophe.
Tom (Oscar Isaac), Tony (Philip Goodwin) and Grace (Lynn Redgrave)
Photo by Ari Mintz for Newsday
Photo by Joan Marcus for Bloomberg News
Photo by Joan Marcus
