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    Elizabeth McGovern and Aaron Costa Ganis
    in
    Ava: The Secret Conversations
    Written by Elizabeth McGovern
    Based on the book The Secret Conversations
    by Peter Evans & Ava Gardner
    Produced by Karl Sydow
    Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel


    About the Play

    Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated actor Elizabeth McGovern stars as Hollywood's original femme fatale Ava Gardner in a critically acclaimed new play lauded by Entertainment Weekly as “mesmerizing and electric!”
    The Golden Age of Cinema’s Ava Gardner sat for a series of real-life interviews with writer Peter Evans in an attempt to glean the juicy details about her life story, her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, and her turbulent relationship to Howard Hughes. Initially barred from publication, Evans’ stories of a bygone era were published twenty-five years later with permission from Gardener’s estate and is now reimagined on stage played by “two powerful forces” Elizabeth McGovern as Ava and Aaron Costa Ganis as Peter.

    RUN TIME
    Approximately 90 minutes with no intermission
    WARNINGS
    Herbal cigarette smoke, flashes of light
    CONTENT
    This production contains profanity and discussions of sex and sexual assault. Recommended for 12+


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    NEW YORK CITY CENTER

    131 W 55th Street, New York, NY 10019

    JULY 30 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

    Produced by Karl Sydow

    Produced with the support of the Ava Gardner Trust