THE COLLABORATION

Name: THE COLLABORATION
Start: 2022-11-29T00:00:00
End: 2023-02-11T23:59:00
Location: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Young Vic

Run Dates

2022.11.29 ~ 2023.02.11

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Broadway Premiere

2022.02.16 ~ 2022.04.02

The Young Vic

World Premiere

About the show

Painters are like boxers, both smear their blood on the canvas. New York, 1984. Fifty-six-year-old Andy Warhol’s star is falling. Jean-Michel Basquiat is the new wonder-kid taking the art world by storm. When Basquiat agrees to collaborate with Warhol on a new exhibition, it soon becomes the talk of the city. As everyone awaits the ‘greatest exhibition in the history of modern art', the two artists embark on a shared journey, both artistic and deeply personal, that re-draws both their worlds. Paul Bettany (The Avengers, Wandavision) is the iconic Warhol and Jeremy Pope (Hollywood, Choir Boy, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations) plays the magnetic Basquiat in the world premiere of Anthony McCarten’s thrilling new drama, directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah.

Creatives

Anthony McCarten

Playwright/Author

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Director

Olivia Nwabali

Assistant Director, Dramaturg

Anna Fleischle

Set Designer, Costume Designer

Tina Torbey

Associate Set Designer, Associate Costume Designer

Mark Henderson

Lighting Designer

Emma Laxton

Sound Designer

Duncan McLean

Video/Projection Designer

Sofia Barclay

Cast(Maya)

Paul Bettany

Cast(Andy Warhol)

Alec Newman

Cast(Bruno Bischofberger)

Jeremy Pope

Cast(Jean-Michel Basquiat)