Network Tickets

By: adapted by Lee Hall, based on the Academy Award-winning film by Paddy Chayefsky
Director: Ivo van Hove
Producer: David Binder, the National Theatre, Patrick Myles, David Luff, Ros Povey and Lee Menzies
Cast list: Bryan Cranston (as Howard Beale), Tony Goldwyn (as Max Schumacher), Tatiana Maslany (as Diana Christensen), Joshua Boone (as Frank Hackett), Alyssa Bresnahan (as Louise Schumacher), Ron Canada (as Edward Ruddy), Julian Elijah Martinez (as Harry Hunter), Frank Wood (as Nelson Chaney), Nick Wyman (as Arthur Jensen), Barzin Akhavan (as Jack Snowden/Warm-Up Guy), Jason Babinsky (as Floor Manager), Camila Canó Flaviá (as Secretary), Eric Chayefsky (as ELA Member), Gina Daniels (as Technician), Nicholas Guest (as Technician), Joe Paulik (as Technician), Susannah Perkins (as Schlesinger), Victoria Sendra (as Camera Person 2), Henry Stram (as Continuity Announcer), Bill Timoney (as
Director: ), Joseph Varca (as Camera Person 1), Nicole Villamil (as Sheila) and Jeena Yi (as Technician)
Design: Jan Versweyveld
Lighting: Jan Versweyveld
Costume: An D'Huys
Sound: Eric Sleichim
Other info: Video
Design: by Tal Yarden and Original Music by Eric Sleichim

Adapted from the 1976 film of the same name, “Network” centers on a news anchor who brings in ratings because of his uncontrollable on-air anger. In the new play, which debuted at London’s National Theatre in November 2017 under the direction of Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove.

Union Broadcasting System’s “UBS Evening News” anchorman Howard Beale (Bryan Cranston) is told that he’ll have to sign off indefinitely because of declining ratings. However, when he has a meltdown live on air in his final broadcast, viewers swarm the station — and producers decide to take advantage of its newfound audience, forcing Beale to rant on repeat. Playwright Lee Hall’s adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky’s screenplay examines what happens when the world tires of Beale’s tirades and the lines of fact and fiction begin to blur in his broadcast.

Recommended for ages 12 and up. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.

What to watch for

Leading man Bryan Cranston took home an Olivier Award for his performance as Howard Beale in the world-premiere production at London's National Theatre.

Tony Goldwyn, who plays Max Schumacher, is the latest “Scandal” star to grace the Great White Way. Costar Kerry Washington stars in Broadway’s “American Son,” and Katie Lowes recently made her Broadway debut in “Waitress.”

In 2007, the film “Network” ranked 64 in the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest American films.

The 1976 film took home four Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay.