{"id":318411,"date":"2026-08-11T04:49:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318411\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T04:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:49:32","slug":"julianne-moore-will-star-in-sarah-ruhls-faydra-off-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318411\/","title":{"rendered":"Julianne Moore Will Star in Sarah Ruhl’s Faydra Off-Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar-winning screen star Julianne Moore<\/a> will lead Faydra,\u00a0a world premiere from Sarah Ruhl<\/a>, heading Off-Broadway via Manhattan Theatre Club<\/a>. The production, to be directed by Les Waters<\/a>, will play a limited engagement at\u00a0New York City Center Stage I beginning February 2, officially opening February 25.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0In the Next Room<\/a> playwright has reimagined the Greek myth, centered on the titular Faydra after an arrow from Aphrodite makes Faydra lust over her own soon-to-be stepson. Further casting and creative team members are to be announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like watching a homegrown Manhattan Theatre Club commission become a magnet for talent,\u201d says Artistic Director Nicki Hunter in a statement. \u201cSarah Ruhl\u2019s bold, funny, and devastating reimagining of this classic tale will draw the immensely gifted Julianne Moore back to the stage, and mark Les Waters\u2019 return to MTC after three decades. We look forward to announcing additions to this exciting company in the months ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moore’s screen credits include\u00a0Still\u00a0Alice,\u00a0Far From Heaven,\u00a0The Hours,\u00a0The Kids Are All Right, and\u00a0Boogie Nights. She made her Broadway debut in 2006’s\u00a0The Vertical Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Faydra joins an MTC season that includes Nick Payne’s\u00a0The Unbelievers Off-Broadway, and Jocelyn Bioh’s\u00a0School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play; a revival of Clifford Odets’\u00a0Awake and Sing!<\/a>; and the world premiere of David Hare’s\u00a0Montauk on Broadway. An additional production is to be announced.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available for MTC subscribers and patrons. A\u00a0date for general sales is to be announced. Visit ManhattanTheatreClub.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar-winning screen star Julianne Moore will lead Faydra,\u00a0a world premiere from Sarah Ruhl, heading Off-Broadway via Manhattan Theatre…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-318411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}