Awake and Sing!

Summary

Clifford Odets' masterpiece, starring Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind, and Ben Gazzara, brings to life the struggles of a working-class family aspiring to the promise of the American Dream. Even as they endure the country's worst economic nightmare, three generations of an immigrant family are crowded into a Bronx tenement, fiercely determined to stay afloat, no matter what the cost.

An LA Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Emily Bergl as Hennie Berger, Ben Gazzara as Jacob, Jonathan Hadary as Myron Berger, Jane Kaczmarek as Bessie Berger, Richard Kind as Uncle Morty, Peter Kybart as Schlosser, Mark Ruffalo as Moe Axelrod, Raphael Sbarge as Sam Feinschreiber, and Peter Smith as Ralph Berger. Directed by Bartlett Sher. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.