Wit (2012)

Written by Margaret Edson
Directed by Lynne Meadow
Cast: Cynthia Nixon, Pun Bandhu, Suzanne Bertish, Michael Countryman, Jessica Dickey, Chiké Johnson, Greg Keller, Carra Patterson

The action of the play takes place during the final hours of Dr. Vivian Bearing, a university professor of English, dying of ovarian cancer. She recalls the initial diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic ovarian cancer from her oncologist, Dr. Harvey Kelekian. Kelekian then proposes an experimental chemotherapeutic treatment regimen consisting of eight rounds at full dosage.

Theater: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre · Broadway
Closed: March 17, 2012

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When does Wit close?

Wit closed on March 17, 2012.