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The Oscar winner and Tony winner will reunite in fall 2027 after co-starring in the Off-Broadway premiere of the play, which Hanks co-wrote, in fall 2025.

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Get into the holiday spirit by seeing a production of Charles Dickens's classic tale about a miser who finds Christmas cheer with the help of three ghosts.

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Miranda and Eisa Davis co-wrote the new musical, which reimagines the 1979 action film, premiering at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in early March.

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Last night&nbsp;Second Stage Theater&nbsp;celebrated the official opening of a new tragi-comedy by the talented playwright&nbsp;Bess Wohl. Entitled&nbsp;<a href="/show/grand-horizons">Grand Horizons</a>, after the retirement home where Bill and Nancy now find themselves, the play asks questions about the notions of marriage, love and family and the growing trend of 'grey divorce,' as Nancy decides she wants out of the marriage after 50 years.The New York Theatre Guide was on hand as the cast took their bows at <a href="/theatres/hayes-theater">The Hayes Theater</a>&nbsp;on Broadway and we caught up with them, as well as director&nbsp;Leigh Silverman, at the official after-party at The Ribbon on 44th Street to get some insider insight into this hilarious and heartfelt new play. Check out our brand new video below...&nbsp;<center><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNewYorkTheatreGuide%2Fvideos%2F1341685829351384%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe></center><a href="/show/grand-horizons">Grand Horizons Tickets</a>&nbsp;are available now for performances through March 1, 2020.(Video by Michael Varamogiannis)&nbsp;

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Second Stage Theater presents&nbsp;Grand Horizons, written by Bess Wohl, directed by Leigh Silverman and co-commissioned by&nbsp;Williamstown Theatre Festival, as part of its 2019-2020 Broadway season.Inspired by the growing trend of 'grey divorce' when older couples separate after many years of marriage, Grand Horizons puts an underrepresented demographic of senior citizens squarely in the spotlight of Broadway. This has attracted a top calibre, multi-generational cast of actors to Second Stage Theater, led by Emmy Award winner James Cromwell and Emmy &amp; Tony Award winner Jane Alexander, with stellar support from "Gotham" star Ben McKenzie, Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie, Tony Award nominee Ashley Park, "30 Rock" star Maulik Pancholy, and Tony Award winner Priscilla Lopez.An Oscar nominee for his beloved performance as Farmer Hoggett in the 1995 family classic "Babe," James Cromwell has enjoyed a formidable career on both stage and screen, receiving an Emmy Award in 2013 for "American Horror Story," following previous Emmy nominations for "Six Feet Under," "ER," and "RKO 281." Gracing the Broadway stage for the first time in almost three decades, Cromwell takes on the role of Bill in the Broadway premiere of Grand Horizons. Starring opposite him as Nancy, who asks for a divorce from Bill after fifty years of marriage, Jane Alexander has accumulated an astonishing four Oscar nominations, three Golden Globe nominations, and two Emmy Award wins and five further nominations over the years. Her screen credits include the likes of "The Great White Hope," "All the President's Men," "Eleanor and Franklin," "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Testament," and "Warm Springs," among others. On the Broadway stage, she won a Tony Award in 1969 for The Great White Hope and has since been nominated six times, including her last Broadway venture (Honour) in 1998.Highly anticipated for this Broadway premiere is the Broadway debut for Ben McKenzie, taking on the role of Ben. Thanks to his work on such popular television shows as "The O.C." (2003-2007) and "Southland" (2009-2013), Ben has garnered a huge, international fan base. His role as Detective James Gordon in the Batman-prequel "Gotham" (2014-2019) has subsequently made him a superstar. Following the conclusion of "Gotham," it is incredibly exciting to see that he has chosen Broadway as his next artistic venture.Grand Horizons promises to be a comic and yet profoundly moving portrait of a family in crisis.(Photos by Joan Marcus)

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A comedy on Broadway, especially one that revolves around seniors who've been married for 50 years--portrayed by the likes of Jane Alexander and James Cromwell, no less--is such a rarity that it deserves some applause for even trying.Clap. Clap.But <a href="/show/grand-horizons">Grand Horizons</a> actually needed to try harder, since the view from the audience seat is, unfortunately, more seen-this-before bland than grand. Even if there are two bright and irresistible stars leading the way.Too bad, since the play is by Bess Wohl, a writer whose Off-Broadway plays about relationships Small Mouth Sounds and Make Believe were the product of the mind of an imaginative and idiosyncratic author.&nbsp;Wohl's Broadway debut at Second Stage's <a href="/theatres/hayes-theater">Helen Hayes Theater</a> comes up short in terms of those admirable, embraceable traits. It tells a familiar mainstream story spiked with f-bombs and anatomical slang. Jane Alexander, a Tony winner and an Oscar nominee just said the p-word! Moments like that feel more forced than natural--just for the laugh.The setting is a home in the titular retirement community where every house is exactly alike and the interior is appointed in Everyday Contemporary Cliche. It's the lair of Nancy (Alexander, witty and full of pith) and Bill (Cromwell, endearingly grumpy), who open the play amid a silent mealtime routine they've played out a million times. Same old, same old. And then, she speaks. "I think I would like a divorce." And he speaks. "All right."Over and done. It's all so perfunctory, it's like the end of a not particularly tasty or memorable meal. Check, please.Hold on, holler their adult sons Brian (<a href="/actor-profile/michael-urie">Michael Urie</a>, delightfully high-strung), a gay high school drama teacher, and Ben (<a href="/actor-profile/ben-mckenzie">Ben McKenzie</a>, of "Gotham" and "The O.C."), an attorney with a pregnant wife, Jess, (Ashley Park, reliably piquant), a family therapist getting some practice close to home. Extramarital revelations by both Nancy and Bill only make things more chaotic.Precisely what Wohl is chasing remains elusive. Maybe it's that within cookie-cutter condos, every family is nutty and poor at communicating in their own way. Perhaps it's that kids are never ready for Mom and Dad to split. It could be a riff on a trusted rom-com trope that coming apart can be what it takes to stay together, as the script strives for late-in-the-game poignance. Choose one, or all three. They're all pretty familiar storylines.The actors assembled by director Leigh Silverman are all pretty terrific. And there are funny moments. Some of them arise from situations, some are actual punchlines. Bill, an ex-pharmacist, is a wannabe stand-up comic. There are pangs of bittersweetness. "I lived my entire life that&nbsp;way--no splash--no impact," says Nancy, who takes stock and is determined to have a life that matters.There are also yawns, including old news about vibrators by Carla (a perky Priscilla Lopez), who's grown too close for comfort with Bill. Maulik Panchauly rounds out the cast as Tommy, a guy Brian brings home for a romp that ends up being a let-down.The same goes for the amiable but unmemorable Grand Horizons. Check, please.(Photo&nbsp;by Joan Marcus)<div class="block block-block contextual-links-region " id="block-block-9"><div class="block-inner clearfix"><div class="block-title"><h2>WHAT THE OTHER CRITICS SAID</h2></div></div></div>"To call Grand Horizons&nbsp;one of the brightest shows to hit Broadway in years is not to tout its intelligence, which flickers. Rather, I mean that it is blindingly lit, no doubt in deference to the theatrical wisdom that defines comedy as what dies in the dark. And, boy, does Grand Horizons&nbsp;want to sell itself as comedy. Not witty comedy with its verbal arabesques, nor intellectual comedy with its Paris Review name-checks, nor meta-comedy with its scrambled plotlines — but the vanilla kind that once dominated commercial theater. It's not entirely meant as praise to say that this Second Stage production&nbsp;is a big-laugh, blue-joke, bourgeois lark of the type Neil Simon mastered until the times mastered him&nbsp;and the genre petered out. There's a reason it did, and perhaps what the playwright Bess Wohl&nbsp;is attempting in "Grand Horizons," which opened on Thursday at the Helen Hayes Theater, is a last-ditch act of reclamation: a boulevard comedy for a cul-de-sac age." Jesse Green&nbsp;for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/theater/grand-horizons-review.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a>"Grand Horizons&nbsp;is not especially profound, and its women are written more fully than its men. But in Leigh Silverman's production for Second Stage, the gifted cast—which also includes Maulik Pancholy as Brian's would-be hookup and Priscilla Lopez as a blowsy neighbor—keeps the energy high." Adam Feldman&nbsp;for <a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/grand-horizons" target="_blank">Time Out New York</a>"Grand Horizons&nbsp;has an identity problem. It aims to be both funny like a sitcom and poignant like a perceptive drama, and while it strains credulity at times, thanks to impeccable acting led by Jane Alexander and James Cromwell, the play's forced marriage of humor and pathos does have its moments." Roma Torre&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/theater-reviews/2020/01/23/theater-review---grand-horizons-" target="_blank">NY1</a>"Second Stage Theater seems to be single-handedly attempting to revive the boulevard comedy on Broadway. There was a time when the Great White Way was dominated by such middlebrow, mass-appeal fare, with the late, great Neil Simon as the chief avatar of the genre. Just months after staging Tracy Letts' genial comedy Linda Vista,&nbsp;Second Stage has mounted Bess Wohl's broadly entertaining Grand Horizons." Thom Geier&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thewrap.com/grand-horizons-broadway-review-jane-alexander-james-cromwell/" target="_blank">The Wrap</a>"It's a particular pleasure to see seven-time Tony nominee (and winner in 1969 for&nbsp;The&nbsp;Great White Hope) Alexander and Cromwell making belated returns to the New York stage after decades-long absences. The distinguished performers deliver cannily understated, sardonically funny turns." Frank Scheck&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/grand-horizons-theater-review-1272103" target="_blank">Hollywood Reporter</a>&nbsp;

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The Hayes Theater, established in 1912 and located in the heart of New York City, is a notable venue for Broadway productions. Known formerly as the Little Theatre, the Helen Hayes Theatre was renamed in 1983 in honor of the acclaimed actress. Since its renovation in 2017, the Hayes has become one of the most technologically advanced, intimate Broadway houses. Its seating capacity of 597 hasn't affected the quality and charm of performances held there. Known for presenting some of the most innovative works of contemporary playwrights, it continues to attract theatre buffs from around the world. 

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The Hayes Theater is situated at 240 West 44th Street, between 7th and 8th avenue. For those taking the subway, the Times Square-42nd Street station served by N, Q, R, S, W, 1, 2, 3, and 7 trains is the closest stop. If you prefer a taxi or a ride-sharing service, simply set your destination to the theater's address. There are also numerous parking facilities within a few blocks where you can leave your car if you're driving.

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The Hayes Theater officially opened as The Little Theatre on March 12, 1912. The building was designed by Harry Creighton Ingalls and built by Winthrop Ames, opening with John Galsworthy's play *The Pigeon*.

During the 1920s, the theatre was redesigned by Herbert J. Krapp to increase the capacity from 300 to 590. The New York Times purchased the building in 1931, converting it to a conference hall under the name of New York Times Hall.

In 1979, Martin Markinson and Donald Tick bought the theatre and renamed it in 1983 to the Helen Hayes Theatre to honor the actress. A previous theatre bearing her name was demolished in 1982 to make way for the Marriott Marquis Hotel.

On April 18, 2015, it was officially announced that Second Stage Theater had purchased the property. It was later revealed that the venue would be renamed the Hayes Theater, and it opened in spring 2018. The Hayes Theater is the smallest Broadway theatre, now with 597 seats.

## How to get to the Hayes Theater on Broadway

The Hayes Theater, located on 44th Street between Eighth Avenue and Broadway, is closest to the 42nd Street - Port Authority subway stop on the A, C, and E lines. Additionally, the nearest bus stops are 8th Ave/W 46th St. on the M20 and M104 lines; 7th Ave/W. 44th St. on the M104 line; and 8th Ave/W 43rd St. on the M20, M104, and M34A-SBS lines.

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The Hayes Theater, opened in 1912 and initially named The Little Theatre, has passed ownership several times, upgraded, and renamed. It's the smallest Broadway theatre.

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