Design for Living (2001)

Noël Coward’s sophisticated, bisexually fluid high comedy masterpiece 'Design for Living' received a powerful, highly celebrated Broadway revival at the American Airlines Theatre in 2001 under the auspices of the Roundabout Theatre Company. The crisp, textually electric plot follows a glamorous, polyamorous artistic trio—Gilda, Leo, and Otto—as they rampage through Paris, London, and New York, systematically shattering conventional high-society marital codes to construct a wild, codependent romantic existence together. Directed with sharp comedic nuance by Joe Mantello, the star-powered blockbuster production achieved immense profile by uniting Alan Cumming, Jennifer Ehle, and Dominic West.