The Last Five Years — La Boite Theatre

Overview

A lot can happen in five years. Two people can meet, fall in love, get married and then see their wedded bliss come to an end. That's the tale of budding writer Jamie and rising actress Cathy in The Last Five Years, which sees him share their story from the beginning, her start at the end and work backwards, and both sing about it. And, their individual accounts only intersect once.

Of course, a lot can happen in 21 years as well. That's how long it has been since the show premiered in Chicago, and then made its way to off-Broadway the next year. In 2015, it became a film starring Anna Kendrick. Now, Aussie Danielle Remulta and the UK's Robert Tripolino are stepping onto La Boite's stage and stepping into the narrative.

Catch their efforts between Monday, May 30–Saturday, June 18 — and catch a powerful tale about love, life and sharing an existence with someone but still feeling like strangers, too. You'll also be seeing a classic penned by Tony-winning playwright Jason Robert Brown (Parade, The Bridges of Madison County), and a show that's kept treading the boards for more than two decades now for a reason.

Images: Morgan Roberts.