"FOUR STARS!"
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"As embodied by a brilliant Ethan Hawke and a tightly wired Paul Dano, sibling rivalry has seldom felt this ominous. Shepard’s wild West just got a lot scarier."
Opposites attack in Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play about two brothers with more in common than they think.
Broadway fireworks don’t get more combustible than this powerhouse new production—on Broadway through March 17 only. Two of this generation’s hottest actors face off as estranged brothers in an empty California home, and the sparks truly fly.
The New York Times says, “Ethan Hawke delivers a faultless performance, probably his best ever onstage, and The Wall Street Journal says, “everything Paul Dano does is excitingly surprising.” Don’t miss director James MacDonald’s suspenseful, smoldering True West. “It’s as funny as it is serious, as entertaining as it is profound” (New York Stage Review).
![Two men sit on the floor of a kitchen set with their backs against the cabinets. The room is only lit by one light above the sink. One of them holds a beer bottle.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/True-West/TrueWest0133r.jpg)
Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano
Photo by Joan Marcus![A man in a white tank top holding a beer bottle laughs and sits in a chair in a messy home, with beer cans scattered around. Another man sits on the kitchen counter and looks at him.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/True-West/TrueWest0577r.jpg)
Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano
Photo by Joan Marcus![A man in a white tank top reaches down towards a man in glasses and a collared shirt who is laying down on the kitchen floor.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/True-West/TrueWest0009r.jpg)
Paul Dano and Ethan Hawke
Photo by Joan MarcusGALAPRO available as of February 19, 2019. Learn more.
Relaxed performance available March 2, 2019. Lean more.
Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.
True West Cast
- Lee
- Ethan Hawke
- Austin
- Paul Dano
- Mom
- Marylouise Burke
- Saul Kimmer
- Gary Wilmes
- u/s Lee, Saul Kimmer
- Adam Greer
- u/s Mom
- Anne Lange
- u/s Austin
- Alex Mickiewicz
True West Creative
- Playwright
- Sam Shepard
- Set Designer
- Mimi Lien
- Costume Designer
- Kaye Voyce
- Lighting Designer
- Jane Cox
- Original Music & Sound Design
- Bray Poor
- Hair & Wig Design
- Tom Watson
- Dialect Consultant
- Kate Wilson
- Fight Choreographer
- Thomas Schall
- Production Stage Manager
- Stephen Milosevich
- Director
- James Macdonald
For every production, we create an UPSTAGE guide that features interviews with the production’s creative team members, contextual information about the play and teacher resources and activities to enhance your experience. Read this show's guide here.
Partial underwriting support for True West generously provided by Ravenel Curry.
![The empty house of the Todd Haimes Theatre with a wash of purple light over the seats, and a chandelier hangs at the top of the theatre.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_340,q_auto:eco,w_440/e_grayscale/e_tint:100:391f55:0p:ea5297:100p/v1/Venues/AA_Venue.jpg)
Presented at
Todd Haimes Theatre
227 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
between 7th and 8th Avenues