About the Show

Tony-winning Playwright Jez Butterworth and Director Sam Mendes reunite for The Hills of California.

Following their triumphant production of The Ferryman, Tony-winning playwright Jez Butterworth and Oscar and Tony-winning director Sam Mendes return to Broadway with The Hills of California.

Set in a dilapidated English seaside guesthouse, the Webb sisters come home during a sweltering summer to say a final farewell to their ailing mother. As memories resurface, the sisters are drawn into confronting their shared past, unraveling a complex web of secrets, betrayals, and deep emotional bonds.

This "relentlessly entertaining new play" (The New York Times) transports audiences from the 1970s to the 1950s, when the sisters dreamed of becoming a famous singing group—a time that changed their lives forever. With stunning design and glorious music, The Hills of California "is a magnificent production. I never wanted it to end" (Chicago Tribune).

Critic Reviews (12)

"This is not the kind of play that brandishes a singular sharp point"
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"Butterworth’s portrayal of grief and the memories people choose to remember — and forget — is moving, and worth checking"
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"The tricky thing about this kind of craftsmanship is that it turns a play into a set: It looks solid and handsomely decorated, it’s shaped like a house and even comes pretty close to feeling like a house"
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"Jez Butterworth’s ambitious, captivating and richly rewarding domestic drama 'The Hills of California' straddles dual worlds of dreams and reality as it shuttles between two pivotal time periods in the lives of the Webb women."
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“The cathartic showdown between the angry, grieving siblings leaves you more or less glad to have ridden the whole roller coaster.”
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"Butterworth’s compelling drama starts sad and only gets sadder. "
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“…a mother-daughter double act that Laura Donnelly performs to stunning effect."
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"basically a tale of two postwar entertainment cities: Los Angeles and Blackpool, England"
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About the Show

Critic Reviews (12)

Cast and creative team

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