{"id":145899,"date":"2025-06-18T18:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/michelle-williams-mike-faist-to-star-in-anna-christie-off-broadway\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T18:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:59:33","slug":"michelle-williams-mike-faist-to-star-in-anna-christie-off-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/michelle-williams-mike-faist-to-star-in-anna-christie-off-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Williams &#038; Mike Faist To Star In &#8216;Anna Christie&#8217; Off Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/michelle-williams\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michelle-williams\" data-tag=\"michelle-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Williams<\/a> will star because the title character in an <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/off-broadway-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_off-broadway-2\" data-tag=\"off-broadway-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Off Broadway<\/a> revival of Eugene O\u2019Neill\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/anna-christie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_anna-christie\" data-tag=\"anna-christie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Christie<\/a><\/em> this fall reverse <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/mike-faist\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mike-faist\" data-tag=\"mike-faist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Faist<\/a> in a manufacturing directed by<em> Hamilton<\/em>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/thomas-kail\/\" id=\"auto-tag_thomas-kail\" data-tag=\"thomas-kail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Kail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe revival is a part of the autumn 2025 season at Brooklyn\u2019s St. Ann\u2019s Warehouse. Anna Christie begins performances on November 25 and runs by way of February 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe manufacturing was introduced as we speak on the St. Ann\u2019s Warehouse<a href=\"https:\/\/stannswarehouse.org\/show\/anna-christie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> web site<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe synopsis: \u201cIn 1921, Anna Christie, a reformed prostitute, walks into a saloon on South Street and snaps one of the great lines in theater history: \u2018Gimme a whiskey\u2014ginger ale on the side. And don\u2019t be stingy, baby.\u2019 With that entrance, Eugene O\u2019Neill cracks open a new age of modern drama. In this new production, directed by Tony Award winner Thomas Kail (<em>Hamilton<\/em>), Emmy Award winner and five-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams takes on one of the boldest roles in the American canon. \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWilliams, whose latest movie and TV credit embody <em>The Fablemans<\/em>, <em>Dying For Sex<\/em> and <em>Fosse\/Verdon<\/em>, has appeared on Broadway twice, together with an acclaimed efficiency as Sally Bowles within the 2014 revival of <em>Cabaret<\/em> and, two years later, in a manufacturing of David Harrower\u2019s play <em>Blackbird<\/em> reverse Jeff Daniels. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFaist, maybe most generally recognized for his position in Steven Spielberg\u2019s <em>West Side Story<\/em> and the movie <em>Challengers<\/em>, most just lately appeared on stage within the 2023 West End manufacturing of <em>Brokeback Mountain<\/em>, wherein he performed Jack Twist. He made his Broadway debut in 2012\u2019s <em>Newsies<\/em>, and he was Tony-nominated for his featured position of Connor Murphy in 2016\u2019s <em>Dear Evan Hanse<\/em>n.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe artistic workforce of <em>Anna Christie<\/em> will embody motion by Steven Hoggett, music by Nicholas Britell, set design by Christine Jones and Bret Banakis, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Natasha Katz, and sound design by Nevin Steinberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe fall season at St. Ann\u2019s Warehouse, situated within the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, may also embody <em>Weather Girl,<\/em> a brand new darkish comedy by Brian Watkins starring Julia McDermott and directed by Tyne Rafaeli. Running from September 16 to October 12, the play is produced by Francesca Moody Productions, the manufacturing firm behind the theatrical stagings of <em>Fleabag <\/em>and<em> Baby Reindeer. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMcDermott performs Stacey, a California \u201cweather girl,\u201d described within the synopsis as an \u201coversexed and underpaid harbinger of our dying planet.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cBut today,\u201d the outline continues, \u201cher regular routine of wildfires, prosecco, and teeth whitening descends into a scorched earth catastrophe, before she discovers something that will save us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMcDermott originated the position ultimately yr\u2019s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Michelle Williams will star because the title character in an Off Broadway revival of Eugene O\u2019Neill\u2019s Anna Christie this fall reverse Mike Faist in a manufacturing directed by Hamilton\u2018s Thomas Kail. The revival is a part of the autumn 2025 season at Brooklyn\u2019s St. Ann\u2019s Warehouse. 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