Arts & Entertainment
Ticket On Sale Dates Announced for The Hills of California on Broadway
Previews begin Wednesday, September 11 Opening Sunday, September 29 At The Broadhurst Theatre
Tickets Go On Sale For
The Hills Of California
Beginning Wednesday, June 26
Following 24-Hour Early Access Pre-Sale
on Tuesday, June 25
A New Play by Jez Butterworth
Directed by Sam Mendes
Previews begin Wednesday, September 11
Opening Sunday, September 29
At The Broadhurst Theatre
www.thehillsofcalifornia.com
Tickets for the Broadway premiere of Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes, will go on sale to the general public beginning Wednesday, June 26 at 10am EST.
Prior to the general on sale, fans can register for first access to a special pre-sale, beginning Tuesday, June 25 at 10am EST. Sign up now at thehillsofcalifornia.com.
Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, No Guarantees Productions, Neal Street, Brian Spector, and Sand & Snow Entertainment, with Stephanie P. McClelland, The Hills of California will begin previews Wednesday, September 11 ahead of a Sunday, September 29, 2024 opening night at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 W. 44th Street) in a limited engagement.
The Hills of California marks Tony and Olivier Award winner Butterworth’s newest play since the multi-award winning The Ferryman, also directed by Oscar, Tony, and Olivier Award winner Mendes.
Broadway casting for The Hills of California will be announced at a later date.
The production just concluded its limited engagement at the Harold Pinter Theatre on the West End last Saturday, June 15. The critics said:
“Jez Butterworth is back and he’s still remarkable.” – Time Out
★★★★★ “Jez Butterworth’s magnificent, moving new play is rich, funny, brilliantly layered drama. Sam Mendes’ beautifully paced production surfs time, place and mood. A rich, funny, brilliantly layered drama about lost dreams, trampled hopes, parenting and letting go.” – Financial Times
“The Hills of California is a top-of-the-range night out. Flawless Sam Mendes magic.” – Daily Mail
“Hilarious and devastating, The Hills of California will undoubtedly cement Jez Butterworth's reputation as our greatest living playwright.” – Vogue
“A play of beauty, heat and pain, all built on a shattered dream.” – Mail on Sunday
“What is a song? A song is a dream... a place to be. Somewhere you can live. And in that place, there are no walls. No boundaries. No locks. No keys. You can go anywhere...”
Following their triumphant production of The Ferryman, Tony®-winning Playwright Jez Butterworth and Oscar and Tony-winning Director Sam Mendes reunite for The Hills of California.
In the sweltering heat of a 1970s summer, the Webb sisters return to their childhood home in Blackpool, an English seaside town, where their mother Veronica lies dying upstairs. Gloria and Ruby now have families of their own. Jill never left. And Joan? No one’s heard from her in twenty years… but Jill insists that their mother’s favorite won’t let them down this time.
The run-down Sea View Guest House is haunted by bittersweet memories of amusement park rides and overdue bills. Back in the 1950s, each night the four young sisters rehearse their singing act, managed by their fiercely loving single mom. But when a record producer offers a shot at fame and a chance to escape, it will cost them all dearly. With stunning design and glorious music, The Hills of California is “a rich, funny, brilliantly layered drama.” (Financial Times).
The creative team for The Hills of California includes Rob Howell (scenic and costume design), Natasha Chivers (lighting design), Nick Powell (composer, sound design and arrangements), Ellen Kane (choreography), Candida Caldicot (musical supervision and arrangements), Amy Ball (UK casting director, Verity Naughton (UK young persons’ casting director), Jim Carnahan CSA, JV Mercanti (US casting director) and Zoé Ford Burnett (associate director).
