Without uttering a sound or saying a word the audience is already mesmerized by the life force we know as Forest Whitaker when he takes the stage as "Erie Smith". It's a bitter cold New York winter night in February's "black history month" when the actor, writer, producer, and Academy Award winning actor makes his Broadway debut in Eugene O'Neill's "Hughie" a short two character play set in a hotel lobby in Midtown Manhattan during the Summer of 1928. Mr. Whitaker inhabits "Erie Smith" a two bit broken gambler who in a melancholy narrative comes to grip with his own set ups, set backs, and disappointments while in pursuit of his version of The American Dream. In an attempt to validate his life "Erie" has both an intrusive and delicate way of confirming his existence via the night clerk "Hughie". Only now at the opening of the production "Hughie" is dead and for the duration of play you see "Erie Smith" struggling to find the same sort of call and response through "Hughie's" uninterested replacement!!
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania alum and entertainment correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant had an opportunity to chat with Forest Whitaker opening night!!
Eugene O'Neill's HughieBooth Theatre222 W. 45th St.(Between Broadway and Eighth Ave.)Midtown West212-239-6200
Category Broadway, Drama, Play
Runtime 65 min.
Credits Written by Eugene O'Neill; Directed by Michael Grandage
Cast Forest Whitaker as Erie Smith; Also Frank Wood
Preview February 8, 2016
Opened February 25, 2016
Closing Date June 12, 2016
Upcoming Shows
Tuesday March 1 7:30 PM
Wednesday March 2 2:00 PM
Friday March 4 8:00 PM
Saturday March 5 2:00 PM
Saturday March 5 8:00 P
Posted By: Tanisha Grant
Thursday, March 3rd 2016 at 8:07AM
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