The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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Full guide →When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
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The whole thing is played by a company of fifteen actor-musicians who never leave the stage, passing instruments and characters between them like a folk session that gradually breaks your heart. Clark’s score sounds like it has always existed somewhere on the Cornish coast. Compton directs his own book and co-lyrics.
The North American premiere runs at the Public Theater’s Newman Theater, October 8 through November 15, 2026. New York casting had not been announced at the time of writing — we will update this page the moment it drops.
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