In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel at Hudson Theatre

In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel

Hudson Theatre
6539 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood

Written in 1968, this rarely seen play was first staged off-Broadway in 1969. It shines an undeniable light on the chasm between spiritual ambition and carnal need. The central characters, a debilitated painter and his lonely, desperate wife, express their anguish through plaintive notes of poetry recalling Tennessee Williams at his very best. Running time is 90 minutes with no intermission.

Thru - May 18, 2025

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 3:00pm

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 323-856-4249

www.hudsontheatre.com

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In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel Reviews

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Stage and Cinema - Not Recommended

"...It can be a curse to start one's literary or dramatic career with a masterpiece. Doing so serves to intensify the expectations of one's readership or audience while inflating the artist's creative anxieties. Towards the end of his life, author of the classic antiwar novel Catch-22, Joseph Heller was being interviewed, when the reporter was churlish enough to offer his unsolicited opinion that with all his later efforts, that Heller had never succeeded in writing anything as good as Catch-22, Heller quipped back, "Who has'""

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- Ernest Kearney

LA Splash - Recommended

"...Skillfully helmed by Jack Heller, IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL is an intriguing character study of two people caught in a lonely, hopeless, and desperate prison of their own making. The talented cast - with special kudos to Susan Priver for her anguished portrayal of the promiscuous and unfulfilled Miriam - digs deep into the personalities of the artist and his directionless spouse longing for something meaningful in her life."

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- Elaine Mura

Stage Raw - Somewhat Recommended

"...However, the play itself - while frequently poetic - is overwritten and features characters that, for the most part, are not emotionally accessible."

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- G. Bruce Smith

Ticket Holders LA - Not Recommended

"...Although it's oddly seductive and certainly revealing to be privy to how completely Williams was able to express the deepest pain and sense of loss that was destroying his life at the time of this writing and how this flawed play remains a perfect chronicle of how one worldclass wordsmith inadvertently set out to destroy himself, it's a shame how much time, energy, talent, and financial support had to be expended to attempt to bring In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel to dubious fruition."

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- Travis Michael Holder

Larchmont Buzz - Somewhat Recommended

"...Intriguingly, one of his lesser-known plays, In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel, is currently playing at the Hudson's Backstage 99-seat theatre. And if you are a Williams admirer, now is the time to see Dance on Productions take on this alluring yet flawed play."

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- Carol M. Becker

In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel at Hudson Theatre