Rabbit Hole

Infobox Play
name = Rabbit Hole


image_size = 150px
caption =
writer = David Lindsay-Abaire
characters = Nat
Jason
Izzy
Becca
Howie
setting =
premiere = 2005
place = Pacific Playwrights Festival
Costa Mesa, California
orig_lang = English
subject =
genre = Drama
web =
ibdb_id = 398475

"Rabbit Hole" is a play by David Lindsay-Abaire commissioned by South Coast Repertory and first presented at its Pacific Playwrights Festival reading series in 2005. [ [http://www.scr.org/aboutSCR/history/ppfhistory.asp South Coast Repertory listing] ] The play focuses on a couple, Becca and Howie, trying to cope with a terrible loss while Becca’s well-meaning mom and off-kilter sister attempt to lift their spirits, each in her own inimitable way. Abaire received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work. [Simonson, Robert. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/107364.html "David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole Wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama",] playbill.com, April 16, 2007]

After 23 previews, the Daniel Sullivan-directed Manhattan Theatre Club production opened on February 2, 2006 at the Biltmore Theatre, where it ran for 77 performances. The cast included Cynthia Nixon as Becca, Tyne Daly, John Slattery as Howie, Mary Catherine Garrison, and John Gallagher Jr.

Before the Broadway closing, both the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Cleveland Play House announced plans to mount productions of the play. [cite news | author=Kenneth Jones | title=Rabbit Hole Enters Final Week on Broadway; Regionals Grab at Carrot | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/98846.html | work=Playbill | date=04 April 2006 | accessdate=2008-08-05] It had its New England premiere in Boston in November 2006. [cite web | title=Rabbit Hole: About the Play | url=http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/season/production.aspx?id=2568&src=t | publisher=The Huntington | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-08-05] The play has also been produced in other regional theatres, such as at the Hartford TheaterWorks (June 2008) and the Olney Theatre in Olney, Maryland (August 2008).

One of many themes explored by this play is quantum immortality.Or|date=September 2008

Film Adaptation

In 2007 a movie adaptation of the play was announced, with Nicole Kidman in talks to star in the character originally played by Nixon. [Hernandez, Ernio. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/104692.html "Nicole Kidman to Star in Rabbit Hole Film; Lindsay-Abaire Will Pen Screenplay",] playbill.com, January 5, 2007]

Awards and nominations

;Awards
* Pulitzer Prize for Drama
* Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Cynthia Nixon;Nominations
* Tony Award for Best Play
* Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play – Tyne Daly
* Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – Daniel Sullivan
* Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play – John Lee Beatty

References

External links

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* [http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/02/03/theater/reviews/03rabb.html "New York Times" review, February 3, 2006]