#the hills of california

[jgroffdaily]

@hillsofcalibway The Hills of California is your favorite actors’ favorite new play. See it for yourself – now on Broadway for a strictly limited engagement. #HillsofCaliBway

#Broadway #jonathangroff #lauralinney #broadwayplay #sammendes #jezbutterworth #hillsofcalifornia

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Jonathan and Laura Linney at the opening of The Hills of California on 29 September.

[whiskeywithrayna]

Laura Donnelly photographed by Scott Rossi for the New York Times.

[jonathangroffappreciation]

@hillsofcalibway The Hills of California is your favorite actors’ favorite new play. See it for yourself – now on Broadway for a strictly limited engagement. #HillsofCaliBway

#Broadway #jonathangroff #lauralinney #broadwayplay #sammendes #jezbutterworth #hillsofcalifornia

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Jonathan and Laura Linney at the opening of The Hills of California on 29 September.

[betterinthedarkblog]

“First thing in a crisis. Ancient times, soon as some major shit went down - war, famine, death of the Pharaoh - first thing you do, find a goat. Put all your shit on its head - fear, shame, iniquity, whatever you got - and you let it loose, out into the wilderness. Then you hunt it down, cut out its heart and burn it as an offering to the gods. Have you done that yet? Did I miss it?”

— Jez Butterworth, THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA

[droughtofapathy]

"Welcome to the Theatre": Diary of a Broadway Baby

The Hills of California

September 20, 2024 | Broadway | Broadhurst Theatre | Evening | Play | Original | 2H 45M

I did like this play. Jez Butterworth has this great ability to craft a well-written slow burn play where the tension builds and builds and builds until the final thirty seconds just fucking floor you. Five years ago, I saw The Ferryman three times. It remains my absolute favorite straight play I've seen on Broadway. And so it was a tough act to follow. The Hills of California is no Ferryman, but it's exactly the kind of mature, intelligent theatre that I want. This play is full of flawed, high-strung, complex women, and the men are incidental. And god, that's good. And my, oh my, is it a set. The scenic design relies on a turntable to take us between the 70s and 50s in this same tired old inn and a family in shambles. I love an intimate family drama, and this one has that in spades, complete with a would-be show mom that may give soon-to-be-next-door-neighbor Rose Hovick a run for her money.

Ultimately, I think the tension doesn't built as effectively as Butterworth's past plays, and the pay-off feels less earned, however evocative it did end up being. And a lot of that hinges on the act three character, Joan, who is a Godot who does show up. Joan is a little weak and one-dimensional, but she's almost there. But I did like the play. And those final thirty seconds didn't take me out like Ferryman, but they still packed a wallop.

Verdict: A Lovely Night

A Note on Ratings

[frontmezzjunkies]

Climbing the West End Heights Inside "The Hills of California"

#frontmezzjunkies reviews: #TheHillsOfCaliforniaPlay by #JezButterworth d: #SamMendes w/ #LauraDonnelly #LeanneBest #OpheliaLovibond #HelenaWilson #BryanDick #ShaunDooley

The West End Theatre Review: The Hills of California By Ross As she makes her way down the numerous flights of stairs, endless and amazing, The Hills of California, written with clever purpose by Jez Butterworth (The Ferryman), draws us in with the sounds of waves and seagulls. The engagement lifts us to the state of California and its grand expansive shoreline, but the stifled energy and look…

[thunderstruck9]

Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000), Santa Ynez California Hillside, 1969. Oil on Masonite, 20 x 30 in.

[vintagecamping]

Road trip to Confusion Hill

Piercy, California

1970

[vintagehomecollection]

The Storer House by Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed as an organic extension of its rugged environment, Wright's Storer house - second of the textile-block houses - rises on a series of terraces set into a Hollywood hillside, its cement blocks mixed with decomposed granite from the site itself.

The Los Angeles House: Decoration and Design in America's 20th-Century City, 1995

[ca-dmv-bot]

Customer: (not on record) DMV: LOOKS LIKE HELL YEA.. CUSTOMER LAST NAME IS HILL Verdict: ACCEPTED

[aestum]

(by Zongnan Bao)

[2othcentury]

Sunset Hills, Los Angeles, California, April 7, 1985 © Terry Guy

[whiskeywithrayna]

Laura Donnelly photographed by Lee Malone for Fabric, April 2024 .

[bellafemme]

Lana in Beverly Hills.

[lionfloss]

Dolason Prairie, California

[leahberman]

windswept realm

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