Based on a 1922 novel by Sinclair Lewis, Joe DiPietro's comedy is the story of a middle-aged Midwestern man fighting against society's strict rules of conformity
The Joe DiPietro world-premiere play marks the first time the Tony-winning Broderick has returned to the playhouse since 1994's 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.'
The Joe DiPietro world premiere play marks the first time Broderick has returned to the Playhouse since 1994's "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
From the theater:Extended by popular demand! Nov. 7 – Dec. 10Mandell Weiss TheatreBy Joe DiPietroAdapted from the novel by Sinclair LewisDirected by Christopher AshleyYou can’t always get what you want, but you might get what you need.Multi-award-winning star of stage and screen Matthew Broderick and Tony Award-winning playwright Joe DiPietro (Diana, Memphis) join forces with our own Christopher Ashley and a stellar cast for this remarkable theatrical event.Babbitt entered the zeitgeist in 1922 as a novel by white-hot satirist Sinclair Lewis, the first American Nobel Laureate. An instant literary classic, Babbitt has been a stalwart on ‘best ever’ lists for over 100 years, and is now adapted for the stage.George F. Babbitt is a middle-aged real estate broker in the Midwestern city of Zenith. By day, he has a prosperous, respectable middle-class existence. By night, he’s plagued by the thought that he has amounted to nothing. Searching for more to life than his top-of-the-line