About
It explores Vivien Leigh’s struggle with bipolar disorder in the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway production of John Gielgud’s Chekhov adaptation of “Ivanov.” Joseph Penn, WWII veteran and blue-collar florist encounters Leigh on a delivery. At the same time, the star attends a local psychiatric facility for electroconvulsive therapy. Amidst the backdrop of madness, Leigh and Penn become each other’s sources of truth, beauty, and love.
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Carla Gugino
Vivien Leigh
J
Jack Davenport
Laurence Olivier
C
Charlie McDermott
Freddie
D
David Hyde Pierce
John Gielgud
E
Eoin Macken
Jack Merivale
A
Ajay Naidu
Eldridge
B
Blake DeLong
Byron
K
Keith Kirkwood
Doctor
F
Frank Modica
Theater Attendee
E
E.J. Carroll
Charlie
D
Denver Taylor
Stage Manager
M
Maria-Christina Oliveras
Peg
