Julianne Moore Stars in Sarah Ruhl's 'Faydra' Off Broadway
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- Julianne Moore will play the title role in 'Faydra,' Sarah Ruhl's world-premiere play Off Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club, with previews beginning February 2 and opening February 25.
- The play is billed as a modern take on the Ancient Greek myth of Phaedra, in which Aphrodite strikes Faydra with love — but the object of her 'sudden, all-devouring lust' is her soon-to-be stepson, exploring 'the impossibility of reconciling logic and longing.'
- Les Waters directs, with MTC Artistic Director Nicki Hunter calling it 'Sarah Ruhl's bold, funny and devastating reimagining of this classic tale' and noting it marks Waters' return to MTC after three decades.
- Ruhl, a two-time Pulitzer nominee, previously collaborated with Waters on the 2010 Best Play Tony nominee 'In the Next Room (or the vibrator play),' along with 'Eurydice' and 'For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday.'
- Moore arrives with an Oscar for 'Still Alice' (2014), an Emmy for 'Game Change,' and four additional Oscar nominations spanning 'Boogie Nights' (1997) to 'The Hours' (2002).
Why it matters: Moore — known primarily for her Oscar-winning screen work — returns to the stage in a world premiere by Ruhl, whose last major New York collaboration with Waters was 'In the Next Room' in 2010. MTC lands a prestige Off Broadway booking ahead of its February opening, reuniting the playwright-director pair after a long shared history.
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