Dazzling, 'Radio Style' Version of The Graduate Starts Run at Queens Theatre on Friday
There’s silver and gold in Queens. It’s the 25th anniversary of the Queens Theatre, and the 50th anniversary of The Graduate, a novel about Benjamin Braddock, an adrift twenty-something who has an affair with Mrs. Robinson, the bored wife of his father’s business partner, before dating her daughter. In 1967, the novel was made into…
There’s silver and gold in Queens. It’s the 25th anniversary of the Queens Theatre, and the 50th anniversary of The Graduate, a novel about Benjamin Braddock, an adrift twenty-something who has an affair with Mrs. Robinson, the bored wife of his father’s business partner, before dating her daughter. In 1967, the novel was made into a movie that launched Dustin Hoffman’s career and still enjoys cult-like popularity today. This Friday, the Queens Theatre launches its new season with five performances of The Graduate as adapted by L.A. Theatre Works, a drama company that delights audiences with its unique radio theater style. This version features minimal staging, live manual sound effects, high-energy characters and full-on facial expressions.
Details: The Graduate, Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Avenue South, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, October 25th to October 27th, click here for times and tickets, $42 on weekdays, $49 on weekends and $25 for rear seating.
Photo of Heidi Dippold and Brian Tichnell taken by Matt Petit
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