The House of Blue Leaves
Walter Kerr Theatre | Broadway | April, 2011
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
A play by John Guare
Directed by David Cromer
Starring Ben Stiller, Edie Falco, and Jennifer Jason Leigh
In THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, Ben Stiller is Artie Shaugnessy, a zookeeper and wannabe songwriter who is trying to cope with a schizophrenic wife (Edie Falco), and impatient girlfriend (Jennifer Jason Leigh), and a visit from the Pope, all while sustaining his dream of hitting it big. THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES is a satirical take on celebrity, religion and the frequent merging of the two. (Read more at broadwaysbestshows.com.)
“Edie Falco is transfixing. A luminous force.”
- The New York Times
“A modern masterpiece. The best show of the season.”
- The Wall Street Journal
“An insanely funny comedy. Sets the bar for smart comic lunacy.”
- Variety