The Trip to Bountiful at Ahmanson Theatre

The Trip to Bountiful

Ahmanson Theatre
135 North Grand Ave Los Angeles

One of Broadway's most loved shows of 2013, The Trip to Bountiful, comes to the Ahmanson stage, starring Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams & Blair Underwood -- the same trio who starred in the TV film version of the show earlier this year. Tyson and Williams both headlined last year's Broadway production, which earned Tyson every major theatrical award, including the Tony. The Trip to Bountiful has a simple, relatable plot that's both heart-wrenching and inspiring: A spry widow living in a cramped apartment with her watchful son and daughter-in-law sneaks off on a secret journey to her beloved hometown of Bountiful. What starts as an ordinary trip becomes a life-changing journey. This hit Broadway production -- a revival of the original 1954 production -- inspired The Wall Street Journal's theater critic Terry Teachout to say, "I've never been more deeply moved by a theatrical production of any kind."

Thru - Oct 31, 2014

Price: $60.00 - $79.00

Show Type: Musical

Box Office: 213-628-2772

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The Trip to Bountiful Reviews

Average Rating based on 8 reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Recommended

"...Ultimately, what makes this harrowing "Trip" endurable, even uplifting, is Carrie's hard-won humor and wisdom, and the peace she is able to make with her own unhappiness before she is caught and marched back to Houston. "There are worse things," she dryly retorts when the sheriff reflects on her childhood friend's "lonely death alone in a big house." This small, tart moment will stay with me-as will my gratitude for this unforgettable production."

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- Margaret Gray

Edge - Recommended

"...From the set pieces to the painterly backdrops, the beauty of the play's message is only accentuated by the beauty of what has been created on stage. Add in a fantastic group of actors and this is certainly a trip worth seeing."

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- Kevin Taft

LA Splash - Recommended

"...At the very end, after satisfying her dream, Mrs. Watts says: "I'm a happy woman" and indeed, as they sprung to their feet at the final scene, this was one happy audience."

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- Beverly Cohn

StageHappenings.com - Recommended

"...Wilson's direction mines the humor in a story which could easily tip over into bathos. Without distorting Foote's text, he colors even the most melancholy situations with a dash of optimism. The result is that this Trip, with all its frustrations and dispiriting discoveries, is ultimately a tribute to Carrie's indomitable spirit."

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- Michael Van Duzer

Examiner - Recommended

"...This Ahmanson production of "The Trip to Bountiful" is a fanciful, romantic view of Texas in the 1940s. If you can believe in it, then follow this feisty woman's determined journey home and make time to visit those old friends and family for your own trip home."

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- Jana Monji

Hollywood Progressive - Recommended

"...It is the latter cast that's trodding the boards at the Ahmanson in Bountiful's current incarnation, which is directed by Michael Wilson, who previously helmed the Lifetime version. And by the time they and Foote were done skillfully, subtly working their magic this critic was ensnared in what could be called Foote's drama of everyday life featuring ordinary people facing the vicissitudes of existence."

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- Ed Rampell

Culture Vulture - Somewhat Recommended

"...The touring production at the Ahmanson is meticulously directed by Michael Wilson, if not especially inspired. It is not a stretch to imagine the Watts family as African-American. But sadly, as has happened before, "Bountiful" is a small story swallowed by the ungainly Ahmanson venue. Judging by the responsiveness of the audience in the lower section of the orchestra, there was much to recommend this production if you could snag a seat in the first 15 or so rows. What does shine through is Cicely Tyson's old-fashioned mastery of the stage."

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- Karen Weinstein

Cultural Weekly - Recommended

"...Call the play old-fashioned - it is - and that is elemental to its big rewards. Foote is a poet of the human species and there is something deeply satisfying about watching the grit and tunnel vision of his Carrie Watts, the "rightness" in her yearning to revisit home that is such a fundamental if unattainable craving. We know the impossibility of reliving the past will stop her, as will the transformations in the vanished world she pines for. But Tyson as this wily, bent over old lady, who dismisses rejection and ignores defeat and makes it all the way to the goal post with not much more than pluck, is a triumphant display of the human spirit at its best."

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- Sylvie Drake