2009-2010 SEASON Aurelia's Oratorio
Robert Sella,Gretchen Egolf,Tom Story. Photo by Scott Suchman

Design for Living

Noël Coward
 directed by Michael Kahn
 5/12/2009 - 6/28/2009

Lansburgh Theatre
Runtime: approximately 2 hours 55 minutes
with two intermissions

Play Video

The master of 20th-century English comedy, Noël Coward continued the style of William Congreve and Oscar Wilde with this hilarious and sophisticated look at love, friendship and the joys and perils of fame. Filled with Coward’s trademark sparkling wit, Design for Living follows three glamorous Bohemians—Otto, Leo and Gilda—as they fall in and out of love with each other. Moving restlessly from Paris to London to New York, the three both pursue and repel each other in an ever-more-maddening love triangle. Michael Kahn directs this provocative and surprisingly moving modern comedy classic.

Sponsor:
Design for Living is underwritten by the HRH Foundation

Media Partner:
Roll Call  

 
Events at the Harman Center for the Arts
Antony and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra
Presented by Synetic Theater
1/28/2010 - 2/28/2010
Lansburgh Theatre
Happenings Charles Mokotoff - Guitar
Happenings at the Harman
2/10/2010 - FREE
Sidney Harman Hall Forum
Happenings The Arts Club of DC
Happenings at the Harman
2/24/2010 - FREE
Sidney Harman Hall Forum
Aurelia's Oratorio Aurélia's Oratorio
Starring Aurélia Thierrée
3/4/2010 - 3/7/2010
Lansburgh Theatre
Bolero Bolero+
Presented by The Washington Ballet
4/14/2010 - 4/18/2010
Sidney Harman Hall
Bolero Ron K. Brown and Evidence
Presented by WPAS
4/30/2010 - 5/1/2010
Sidney Harman Hall
Upright Citizens Brigade Upright Citizens Brigade
Presented by DCComedy.org
1/29/2010 - 3/27/2010
Sidney Harman Hall Forum
Windows Discussion Windows Discussion
The Leadership Repertory
2/14/2010 - FREE
Sidney Harman Hall Forum
The Great One-Man Comm...
Presented by Faction of Fools
2/25/2010 - 3/1/2010
Sidney Harman Hall Forum
Mock Trial Mock Trial
Judgment at Agincourt
3/16/2010
Lansburgh Theatre
The Magistrate and the Miller's Wife Falla and Flamenco:
El Corregidor y la Molinera
Presented by Post-Classical Ensemble
4/23/2010
Sidney Harman Hall
Bolero The Habit of Art
Broadcast in HD by NT Live
5/3/2010
Lansburgh Theatre
Bolero Nation
Broadcast in HD by NT Live
2/8/2010
Lansburgh Theatre
Happenings The Kirov Academy
Happenings at the Harman
2/17/2010 - FREE
Sidney Harman Hall Forum
Theological Discussion Theological Discussion
The Leadership Repertory
3/3/2010 - FREE
Sidney Harman Hall Forum
Classics in Context Classics in Context
The Leadership Repertory
4/10/2010 - FREE
Sidney Harman Hall Forum
Will on the Hill Will on the Hill
The Play’s The Thing!
4/26/2010
Genius3 Genius3
Presented by The Washington Ballet
5/19/2010 - 5/23/2010
Sidney Harman Hall