PAST PERFORMANCES
The 2004 - 2005 Season
STUDIO 54
November 12, 2004 - January 30, 2005
"GLORIOUS! A MUST-SEE!" - Jacques le Sourd, THE JOURNAL NEWS
"EXQUISITE SONGS! A THRILLING CROSS-CULTURAL REVIVAL!" – - Linda Winer, NEWSDAY
"THRILLING!" – - Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY
"STUNNING!" - Roma Torre, NEW YORK 1
"MARVELOUS! EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL!" - Clive Barnes, NEW YORK POST
"ONE OF THE MOST ENTRANCINGLY BEAUTIFUL SHOWS EVER TO COME TO BROADWAY!
Amon Miyamoto's staging is masterly in every way."
- Terry Teachout, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
FIRST BROADWAY REVIVAL
Roundabout Theatre Company
in association with Gorgeous Entertainment
presents
B.D. Wong
in
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Additional material by Hugh Wheeler
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Music Direction by Paul Gemignani
Directed and Choreographed by Amon Miyamoto
Following last season's triumphant production of Assassins, Roundabout presents another landmark musical by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman. Tony Award® winner B.D. Wong (M. Butterfly) stars in this brilliant tale of culture clash as sparked by America's 1853 mission to Westernize Japan. A show of sheer theatrical genius, Pacific Overtures features Sondheim's most daring music-an adventurous blend of Broadway razzle-dazzle and pure Eastern beauty. Visionary Japanese director Amon Miyamoto brings a fresh perspective to this American musical masterpiece.
The cast also includes Eric Bondoc, Michael J. Bulatao, Evan D'Angeles, Rick Edinger, Joseph Anthony Foronda, Yoko Fumoto, Alvin Y. F. Ing, Fred Isozaki, Francis Jue, Darren Lee, Michael K. Lee, Ming Lee, Telly Leung, Orville Mendoza, Paolo Montalban, Alan Muraoka, Mayumi Omagari, Daniel Jay Park, Hazel Anne Raymundo, Sab Shimono, Yuka Takara, Kim Varhola and Scott Watanabe.
Major support for Roundabout Theatre Company's Musical Theatre Fund
provided by The Kaplen Foundation.
Major Support for Pacific Overtures Provided By
Official Airlines
Additional Support Provided By
The Japan Foundation, Japanese Chamber of Commerce,
Sumitomo Corporation of America, Tokyo Broadcasting System
Visit Japan Campaign Japan National Tourist Organization
Buy the 2004 Roundabout Cast Recording
March 26 - July 3, 2005
WINNER!
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play - Amy Ryan
2005 Outer Critics Circle Award
"EXPLOSIVE! Edward Hall's production reinvigorates
this extraordinarily powerful play!" - Howard Kissel, Daily News
"John C. Reilly is a REVELATION!" – David Cote, Time Out New York
"The LUMINOUSLY BRILLIANT Natasha Richardson is a heaven-sent Blanche
- A ROLE SHE WAS BORN TO PLAY!" - Clive Barnes, The New York Post
"Amy Ryan delivers another PITCH PERFECT PERFORMANCE!" - Elysa Gardner, USA Today
"A FIRST-CLASS PRODUCTION! Chris Bauer gives a winning performance!" - Roma Torre, NY1
"Natasha Richardson is one of our GREATEST ACTRESSES-she is fantastic!" - Annie Bergen, WQXR.
Natasha Richardson John C. Reilly
in
Tennessee Williams'
with
Amy Ryan Chris Bauer
Directed by Edward Hall
Set against the steamy backdrop of New Orleans' gritty French Quarter, A Streetcar Named Desire is the dramatic story of Blanche DuBois, a faded Southern belle driven to madness by her animalistic brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski.
Natasha Richardson (Blanche DuBois) returns to Roundabout Theatre Company having received a 1993 Tony® nomination for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as "Anna Christopherson" in the Tony® Award-winning Anna Christie and a 1998 Tony® Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as "Sally Bowles" in the Tony®-winning revival of Cabaret.
John C. Reilly (Stanley Kowalski) returns to Broadway after last appearing in the critically-lauded production of True West (Tony® nomination). His film work includes Chicago, The Perfect Storm, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Hard Eight, The Thin Red Line and What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Amy Ryan (Stella Kowalski) returns to Roundabout as well after appearing in The Women, Uncle Vanya (Tony® nomination) and The Three Sisters. She has also appeared on Broadway in The Sisters Rosensweig.
Chris Bauer (Harold Mitchell) was recently seen Off-Broadway in The Night Heron, Hothouse, and Mojo. Recent films include Keane and upcoming independent films The Ballad of Betty Paige and Dead Flowers.
The cast also includes Starla Benford, Kate Buddeke, John Carter, Wanda L. Houston, Alfredo Narciso, Kristine Nielsen, Frank Pando, Scott Sowers, Will Toale and Teresa Yenque.
Director Edward Hall's work was recently represented on the New York stage with Rose Rage, his adaptation of Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3 which was seen in England and Chicago before performing off-Broadway at the Duke on 42nd Street.
Major support provided by
AMERICAN AIRLINES THEATRE
October 1, 2004 - May 15, 2005
WINNER!
• OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY •
2005 Drama Desk Award
2005 Outer Critics Circle Award
2005 Drama League Award
2005 Tony Award® nomination
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY - SCOTT ELLIS
2005 Tony Award® nomination
“A CLASSIC IN THE MAKING! Scott Ellis delivers a STUNNING piece of staging.
I salute every single performance!” - John Simon, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
“A HUGE WINNER! You simply must see it!” - David F. Richardson, WOR RADIO
“EXHILARATING! An absorbing theatrical experience with a SMASHING ENSEMBLE OF ACTORS.”
- Michael Kuchwara, ASSOCIATED PRESS
“ENGROSSING! A bristling, energizing production by SCOTT ELLIS.”
- Robert Feldberg, THE RECORD
BROADWAY PREMIERE
by Reginald Rose
Directed by Scott Ellis
In its first-ever Broadway production, this searing courtroom drama concerns a jury deliberating what seems to be an open-and-shut murder case. As prejudices are tested and evidence weighed, the entire jury is forced to look past the show of the courtroom to unearth the shocking truth.
The cast of Twelve Angry Men includes Tom Aldredge (Juror #9), Mark Blum (Juror #1), Robert Clohessy (Juror #6), Philip Bosco (Juror #3), Larry Bryggman (Juror #11), Peter Friedman (Juror #10), Boyd Gaines (Juror #8), Kevin Geer (Juror #2), Michael Mastro (Juror #5), Matte Osian (Guard), John Pankow (Juror #7), James Rebhorn (Juror #4) and Adam Trese (Juror #12). Later in the run, Robert Foxworth played Juror #3 and Byron Jennings played Juror #11.
Major support for this production provided by
The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
May 27 - August 21, 2005
“AN EXTRAORDINARY CAST! SPLENDID!
Everything about this production is SUCH A PLEASURE!” - Hilton Als, THE NEW YORKER
“A SPARKLING COMEDY! KATE BURTON gives A MAGICAL PERFORMANCE!
LYNN REDGRAVE is FLAWLESS!”- Clive Barnes, NEW YORK POST
“SIMPLY DELICIOUS WITH A CAST TO DIE FOR!” - David Richardson, WOR
“A DELIGHT! LYNN REDGRAVE is ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!
JOHN DOSSETT is IRRESISTIBLE!” -Howard Kissel, DAILY NEWS
Kate Burton
Michael Cumpsty John Dossett
and
Lynn Redgrave
in
by W. Somerset Maugham
Directed by Mark Brokaw
 
 
This deliciously biting comedy about marital high-jinx in high-society 1920s London stars two of the theatre's foremost actresses.
Kate Burton plays Constance Middleton, the perfect wife who happens upon the most imperfect of circumstances: her husband's affair ... with her best friend! If she succumbs to emotions, she'll fuel the gossip of incorrigibly proper ladies who lunch, including her mother (two-time Golden Globe winner Lynn Redgrave). But if she remains constant, Constance could turn bad luck, and the return of a handsome ex-beau, to her own fabulously improper advantage.
HAROLD AND MIRIAM STEINBERG CENTER FOR THEATRE
LAURA PELS THEATRE
February 4 - May 1, 2005
“A JUICY CRIME-AND-POLITICS THRILLER!” - - David Cote, TIME OUT NEW YORK
“SEARING DRAMA! McREELE is a strong political play
which dares to challenge us about race, class, politics and truth.
DOUG HUGHES directs with a confident hand and is
BLESSED WITH FIVE WONDERFUL ACTORS!” - David Rothenberg, WBAI
“STEPHEN BELBER'S McREELE is one of the most political plays
New York has seen in years! ANTHONY MACKIE is a gifted and promising actor -
MESMERIZING! HENRY STROZIER and PORTIA are EXTRAORDINARY!”
- Jeremy McCarter, THE NEW YORK SUN
“DOUG HUGHES' POLISHED PRODUCTION of this immensely thought-provoking play
is sure to spark lively dicussions!” - Roma Torre, NEW YORK 1.
WORLD PREMIERE
Anthony Mackie Michael O'Keefe
in
Jodi Long
Portia Henry Strozier
by Stephen Belber
directed by Doug Hughes
From playwright Stephen Belber (Match, Tape, The Laramie Project) comes a provocative new drama that pits social responsibility against personal redemption. When Delaware journalist Rick Dayne meets death row inmate Darius McReele, the articles Rick writes eventually lead to Darius's exoneration from a 16 year murder conviction. Darius's sympathetic past and magnetic personality make him a darling of the lecture circuit, leading to national attention and political viability. With his past and future in the balance, Darius walks the line, as Rick seeks to determine which way he'll ultimately fall.
Anthony Mackie (Darius McReele) starred in last season's Drowning Crow on Broadway opposite Alfre Woodard and can currently be seen in the critically acclaimed, Sundance Award winning independent feature film Brother to Brother, for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for best debut performance and a Gotham Award nomination for best breakthrough performance.
Michael O'Keefe (Rick Dayne) recently appeared on Broadway in Reckless. He has also been seen on Broadway in Side Man, Fifth of July and Mass Appeal, for which he won a Theatre World Award. Mr. O'Keefe was also a series regular on TV's "Against The Law" and "Roseanne" and directed and produced the documentary Raising the Ashes about the Zen Peacemaker Meditation Retreat at Auschwitz, Poland.
Playwright Stephen Belber was represented last season on Broadway with the world premiere of his play Match starring Frank Langella and Ray Liotta. Belber's play Tape has been produced in New York, Australia, Germany, Canada, Greece and Japan and was made into a feature film starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman.
Doug Hughes recently received unanimous critical acclaim for his direction of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt, which opened this month off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club. Hughes received 2004 Tony Award®, Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle nominations for his direction of Bryony Lavery's acclaimed Frozen, which quickly transferred to Broadway last season after being embraced by critics and audiences alike.
Buy the Script to this Roundabout Premiere
May 13 - August 7, 2005
“A STUNNING NEW PLAY!” - Howard Kissel, DAILY NEWS
“ENTHRALLING! The story is EXCELLENT, the players are WONDERFUL
and the direction is SUPERB!” - David Richardson, WOR
“The tortured affection that binds these men – articulated with complicated intensity
by the SUPERB actors JOHN GLOVER and RON RIFKIN – is POTENT and PROVOCATIVE.”
- Charles Isherwood, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“A BLUE-CHIP CAST! JON ROBIN BAITZ is an enormously GIFTED, WONDERFUL
writer, capable of spinning magic with words!” - Jacques le Sourd, THE JOURNAL NEWS
“Director DOUG HUGHES has elicited STERLING PERFORMANCES from the entire cast!”
- Frank Scheck, NEW YORK POST
NEW YORK PREMIERE
by Jon Robin Baitz
directed by Doug Hughes
with
John Glover, Daniel Eric Gold,
Jason Butler Harner, Michele Pawk,
Ron Rifkin
 
  
The Paris Letter is about sex, power and money. Wall Street powerhouse Sandy Sonenberg (Rifkin) finds his personal and professional life threatened by the unraveling secrets of his past. A tragic game of financial and moral betrayal is played out over four decades and between two friends at the cost of family, friendship, love and marriage.
The Paris Letter features Tony Award® winner John Glover (Terrence McNally's Love! Valour! Compassion!, Roundabout's Give Me Your Answer, Do!), Daniel Eric Gold (Craig Lucas' Small Tragedy), Jason Butler Harner (Roundabout's Juno and the Paycock, NYTW's Hedda Gabler), Tony Award® winner Michele Pawk (Hollywood Arms, Roundabout's Cabaret) and Ron Rifkin, also returning to Roundabout where he won the Tony® for his performance in Cabaret and appeared in A Month In The Country.
Playwright and screenwriter Jon Robin Baitz's most recent play My Beautiful Goddamn City premiered at this year's Tribeca Theatre Festival following the debut of Chinese Friends at Playwrights Horizons last season. Baitz's acclaimed adaptation of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, starring Kate Burton was produced on Broadway in 2001. His play The Substance of Fire was turned into a Miramax feature film starring Ron Rifkin and Sarah Jessica Parker, with a screenplay adapted by Baitz.
Doug Hughes returns to Roundabout where his work was recently represented with Stephen Belber's McReele at the Laura Pels Theatre and on Broadway in John Patrick Shanley's Doubt. He earned 2004 Tony Award®, Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle nominations for his direction of Bryony Lavery's Frozen last season.
Major support for this production provided by The Laura Pels Foundation.
Buy the Script to this Roundabout Premiere
Full subscribers to the 2004-05 Season also received tickets to
the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet.
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