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Other Desert Cities
Hudson Theatre · opened Oct 2026 · closes Jan 2027
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Jon Robin Baitz's family drama — a Pulitzer finalist that moved from Off Broadway to Broadway in 2011 — puts a liberal daughter's explosive memoir up against her Republican parents' version of the past, during a Palm Springs Christmas. Broadway Scorecard puts it at 68/100 across 32 critics; we haven't reviewed this run yet. What do you want to know — the room, the seating, or how it stacks up against what else is playing?

OTHER DESERT CITIES, a 2012 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, had its Off Broadway premiere in January 2011 and transferred to Broadway in November 2011. Former actor-turned-ambassador, Republican Party bigwig Lyman Wyeth and his wife, Polly, live a picturesque life in their very own affluent exile - the Palm Springs Desert. When their daughter, left-winged Brooke, returns home during Christmas of 2004 for the first time in six years, she reveals that she has written a tell-all memoir that discloses the family's controversial past, including one very painful incident. This shocking announcement sends the Wyeth family down an emotional spiral where they are forced to revisit and ultimately heal their wounds from the past. Polly's recovering alcoholic sister, Silda, and Brooke's TV producer brother, Trip, complete this holiday family reunion.

6.8/10

Worth Seeing · 32 critics

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$2,347,158
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7,792
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8
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