The Guardsman

The Guardsman

The Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW Washington

Finn Wittrock (Death of a Salesman), Sarah Wayne Callies (The Walking Dead) and Shuler Hensley (Oklahoma!) headline this all-new Kennedy Center comedy about the actor-husband in a Brangelina-style supercouple from Budapest, who sets out to seduce his own wife by pulling off his greatest role -- posing as the latest object of her affection, an imperial guardsman. Richard Nelson, a Tony winner for James Joyce's The Dead, penned this translation of Ferenc Molnar's original play, which was turned into a 1931 movie starring famed husband-and-wife acting team Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. The duo received matching Oscar nods for their efforts. This version, helmed by two-time Tony winner Gregory Mosher, stars Wittrock, who made an award-winning impression as Happy Loman in Mike Nichols' 2012 Broadway production of Death of a Salesman with Philip Seymour Hoffman. Callies is best known as the ill-fated Lori Grimes on AMC's hit series The Walking Dead, while Broadway star Shuler Hensley is a Tony winner for Oklahoma!, and most recently starred as the monster in the musical Young Frankenstein, as well as the same character in the thriller Van Helsing.

Thru - Jun 23, 2013