Monday-Wednesday, June 13-15, 7 pm
Wednesday, June 15, 4 pm
Thalian Hall Main Stage
Cultures collide when an American businessman (Tom Hanks) is sent to Saudi Arabia to close what he hopes will be the deal of a lifetime. Baffled by local customs and stymied by an opaque bureaucracy, he eventually finds his footing with the help of a wise-cracking taxi driver (Alexander Black) and a beautiful Saudi doctor (Sarita Choudhury). (Rated R, 1 hour 37 minutes)
“It takes an actor with the finesse of Tom Hanks to turn a story of confusion, perplexity, frustration and panic into an agreeably uncomfortable comedy.” – Stephen Holden, New York Times
“It's that rare fish-out-of-water story in which the fish miraculously manages to stop needing water, and learns to crave air instead.” – Ann Hornaday, Washington Post