Happy Days
OFF SALE
May 15 – Jun 30, 2019
Critic's Choice
“Dianne Wiest is riveting in one of theatre’s most difficult roles. She handles it all with poise, precision and empathy. The merest shift of eyes or inflection of voice reveals unexpected layers. The Taper often echoed with laughter.” -- Los Angeles Times
Academy Award® winner Dianne Wiest in one of theatre's most extraordinary roles
Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway) plays Winnie in Samuel Beckett's masterpiece Happy Days. With her husband Willie (Michael Rudko) increasingly out of reach and the earth itself threatening to swallow her whole, Winnie's buoyant optimism shields her from the harsh glare of the inevitable in this absurdly funny and boundlessly compassionate portrait of the human spirit. Wiest is both radiant and heartbreaking (The New York Times) in this extraordinary Yale Repertory Theatre production of Happy Days.
“Dianne Wiest is enthralling. She’s warm, witty, wry. She has flawless comedic timing and a voice she plies like a musical instrument to make us listen to every note.” -- Los Angeles Daily News
Creative Team
By Samuel Beckett
Directed by James Bundy
Lighting Design Stephen Strawbridge
Sound Design Kate Marvin
Scenic Design Izmir Ickbal
Costume Design Alexae Visel
cast
Dianne Wiest
Michael Rudko
OFF SALE
The Los Angeles engagement of "Happy Days" is generously supported in part by Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy.
DATES/TIMES:
Opens Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 8 p.m. Through June 30, 2019.
Previews begin May 15, 2019.
Regular Performances (May 23 – June 30): Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m. No Monday performances.
TICKET INFO:
Ticket Prices: $32 – $115 (Ticket prices are subject to change.)
LOCATION:
Mark Taper Forum at The Music Center Downtown Los Angeles