Anna Christie (Early McMullan)

Eugene O'Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatic masterpiece 'Anna Christie' arrived on Broadway in a acclaimed 1977 revival at the Imperial Theatre, famously commemorated by celebrated watercolor artist James McMullan’s iconic key art layout. Directed by legendary O'Neill interpreter José Quintero, the haunting marine tragedy transforms a fog-drenched coal barge and waterfront saloon cockpit into an absolute emotional sandbox battlefield of redemption, shame, and familial reconciliation. McMullan’s evocative artwork captures the vulnerable yet fierce spirit of the title protagonist—portrayed in a tour-de-force turn by Liv Ullmann alongside John Lithgow as Mat Burke and Robert Donley as Chris Christopherson—as she confronts her painful past and navigates the turbulent, unforgiving tides of the sea.