Les Liaisons Dangereuses Review - A Great Play

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Reading a Les Liaisons Dangereuses review will give you an idea of what a great Broadway performance this is. The show has got stunning reviews for its direction and performance by its cast. The play has been written by Christopher Hampton and directed by Rufus Norris. Rufus Norris is also known for the West End production of Cabaret and Festen, which played at Almeida. Festen was then transferred to West End in 2004 and to Broadway in 2005.

Laura Linney

Every Les Liaisons Dangereuses review that you read will definitely praise the performance of Laura Linney. Laura Linney essays the role of Marquise de Merteuil in the play. Laura Linney is a three time Oscar nominee. She received an Oscar nomination in 2007 for Savages. She has also been nominated for Tony Award for her work in The Crucible and Sight Unseen. Her other well known work include You Can Count on Me, Kinsey, Love Actually, and Mystic River.

Ben Daniels

Ben Daniels, who essays the role of Vicomte de Valmont, has also been talked about in many a Les Liaisons Dangereuses review. He makes his Broadway debut as Victome de Valmont. His other ...
... stage roles in London include Laurent in Therese Raquin, Agamemnon in Iphigenia at Aulis, Vershinin in Three Sisters, Chris Keller in All My Sons, Welch in The God of Hell, Odon von Horvath in Tales from Hollywood, and Gregers Werle in The Wild Duck.

Other cast members include Siân Phillips as Madame De Tourvel and Mamie Gummer as Cecile Volanges. Scott Pask has done the Set Designing and Katrina Lindsay has got fantastic reviews for her costume designs.

Nominated For Five Tony Awards

Besides amazing Les Liaisons Dangereuses review, the show has received many awards and also has been nominated for many. Katrina Lindsay won a Tony Award for the Best Costume Design. She also won the Outer Critics Award for the Outstanding Costume Design for Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The play won two Drama Desk Awards. Scott Pask won the Outstanding Scenic Design and Katrina Lindsay was awarded the Outstanding Costume Design. Ben Daniels won the Theatre World Award for his portray of Victome de Valmont. The production got five Tony Award nominations in total.

The Story

Les Liaisons Dangereuses has been adopted from a French novel by Choderlos de Laclos. The play is all about the battle of the sexes. Its plot includes seduction, revenge, betrayal, illicit passion, and dark comedy. The play revolves around Marquise de Merteuil and Victome de Valmont. They are long time friends and occasional lovers, and both of them use sex to dishonor and disgrace their enemies. Merteuil wants Valmont to seduce Cecile, a young girl who has been brought out of the convent by her mother so that she could get married. Valmont, on the other hand, is more interested in trying to seduce Madame de Tourvel, a married and virtuous lady. Pretty soon, Valmont and Merteuil become enemies.

A Les Liaisons Dangereuses review will tell you all about how good the play is but to experience the real thing, you should watch it at Broadway. You can buy the tickets online from an authorized ticket broker and experience the real magic.
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