This production began performances on 6th November, opened on 17th November and closed on 30th December 2011.
Glamorous, rich and reckless, Amanda (Cattrall) and Elyot (Gross) have been divorced from each other for five years. Now both are honeymooning with their new spouses in the South of France. When, by chance, they meet again across adjoining hotel balconies, their insatiable feelings for each other are immediately rekindled. They hurl themselves headlong into love and lust without a care for scandal, new partners or memories of what drove them apart in the first place...for a little while, anyway.
Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross will star on Broadway this autumn in Noël Coward's Private Lives directed by Richard Eyre at the Music Box Theatre.
Considered one of the greatest comedies ever written, Noël Coward's Private Lives premiered in London in 1930 and has been produced around the world ever since; it premiered on Broadway in 1931.
Kim Cattrall, an international star of film, TV and stage, starred as Amanda in Sir Richard Eyre's production of Private Lives at London's Vaudeville Theatre in 2010. The production received rave reviews from critics and played a sell-out season. It will play a limited run at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre prior to Broadway. Cattrall will be joined by Paul Gross in the role of Elyot. One of Canada's most acclaimed actors, Gross starred in such TV shows as Due South and Slings and Arrows. The cast is completed by Simon Paisley Day; Anna Madeley and Caroline Olsson.
CAST
KIM CATTRALL – Amanda
PAUL GROSS – Elyot
SIMON PAISLEY DAY – Victor
ANNA MADELEY – Sybil
CAROLINE LENA OLSSON – Louise
CREATIVES
NOËL COWARD – Playwright
RICHARD EYRE – Director
ROB HOWELL – Scenic Designer
DAVID HOWE – Lighting Designer
JASON BARNES – Sound Designer UK
CHRISTOPHER CONIN – Sound Designer US
CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Hair Designer
LUC VERSCHUEREN – Hair Designer
MATTHEW SCOTT – Music Supervisor/Composer