God of Carnage Extends Broadway Run Through February 2010

God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning dark comedy, will continue its Broadway run at least through February 2010. A production spokesperson confirms that tickets for the smash-hit play are now on sale through February 28. The four-person original cast—Tony nominees Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis and James Gandolfini and Tony winner Marcia Gay Harden—is currently contracted through November 14 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

After opening on Broadway on March 22, 2009, God of Carnage quickly become one of the biggest successes of the season, routinely out-selling many large-scale musicals. For the week ending July 26, the final week before closing for a six-week summer hiatus, Carnage grossed more than $1 million, a rare feat for a play. The celebrated original cast agreed to return to Broadway on September 8 for a 10-week extension; no word on whether any of them will remain with the show through the winter.

God of Carnage examines what happens when two sets of parents meet for dinner to deal with the aftermath of a schoolyard fight between their young sons. An evening that begins as a calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly devolves into comic mayhem.