ABC Inc., the Shubert Organization, and the Royal National Theatre. Dan .... Rupert Graves Alice .... Anna Friel Anna .... Natasha Richardson Larry .... Ciarán Hinds The production core consisted of: Closer ran for 172 performances on Broadway during 1999, with Polly Draper replacing Richardson starting 15 June. Closer won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play in 1999. Theatre Fontaine It received its Paris premiere on 22 December 1998 at the Theatre Fontaine, in a production based on a French translation by Pierre Laville and directed by Patrice Kerbrat. Dan .... Gad Elmaleh Alice .... Anne Brochet Anna .... Caroline Sihol Larry .... Jean-Philippe Ecoffey California Early productions of Closer on the West Coast of the United States include one featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal as Alice in a Berkeley Repertory Theatre production in May 2000 (directed by Wilson Milam). Gyllenhaal played opposite Rebecca De Mornay as Anna in a Mark Taper Forum production in December 2000, directed by Robert Egan. Divadlo Na Jezerce Directed by Jan Hřebejk. The play had its premiere on 22 November 2009 in Jezerka Theatre, in Prague. The Czech title is Na Dotek. Dan .... Jiří Macháček Alice .... Kristýna Liška Boková Anna .... Lenka Vlasáková Larry .... Marek Daniel Slezské divadlo Directed by Ivan Krejčí. The play had its premiere on 21 March 2004 in the Silesian Theatre in Opava, Czech Republic. Dan .... Ladislav Špiner or Ondřej Veselý Alice .... Sabina Figarová or Veronika Senciová Anna .... Hana Vaňková Larry .... Kostas Zerdaloglu Other productions and translations As of 2001, the play has been produced in more than a hundred cities in over thirty different languages around the world. In February 2009 a new German translation of the play opened in Berlin under the title Hautnah. In 2019, the Israeli Cameri Theater debuted a production of the play, translated and directed by Miri Lazar. Film adaptation In 2004, Marber adapted the play for a film of the same title. The feature film was directed by Mike Nichols, with stars Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen. References in popular culture The band Panic! at the Disco split a line from the play into two song titles on their 2005 album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out: "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her