Clifford Odets’ masterpiece, starring Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind and Ben Gazzara, brings to life the struggles of a working-class family aspiring to the promise of the American Dream. Even as they endure the country’s worst economic nightmare, three generations of an immigrant family are crowded into a Bronx tenement, fiercely determined to stay afloat, no matter what the cost.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Emily Bergl as Hennie Berger
Ben Gazzara as Jacob
Jonathan Hadary as Myron Berger
Jane Kaczmarek as Bessie Berger
Richard Kind as Uncle Morty
Peter Kybart as Schlosser
Mark Ruffalo as Moe Axelrod
Raphael Sbarge as Sam Feinschreiber
Peter Smith as Ralph Berger
Directed by Bartlett Sher. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
One of America's great dramatists rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor and Georgie, his long-suffering wife. A searing, emotional play of love and redemption.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:
Harry Hamlin as Bernie Dodd
Stacy Keach as Frank Elgin
Mare Winningham as Georgie Elgin
Jamie Hanes as Larry
Rick Podell as Phil Cook
Spencer Garrett as Paul Unger
Mandy Siegfried as Nancy Stoddard
Directed by Nancy Malone. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
