Duncan Macmillan’s U.K. Hit Every Brilliant Thing Will Play Off-Broadway

Duncan Macmillan’s hit U.K. play Every Brilliant Thing will make its North American premiere at the Barrow Street Theatre. Co-written by and featuring Jonny Donahoe, the production will play a limited 16-week engagement off-Broadway. Performances will begin on December 6, with opening night set for December 14.

1. Ice cream, 2. Water fights, 3. Things with stripes, 4. Christopher Walken’s voice, 5. Rollercoasters. In Every Brilliant Thing, a young boy attempts to ease his mother's depression by creating a list of all the best things in the world. Everything worth living for. Through adulthood, as the list grows, he learns the deep significance it has on his own life.

The new play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love will be directed by George Perrin.