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PAST PERFORMANCES
The 2006 - 2007 Season
STUDIO 54
November 29, 2006 - March 11, 2007
"THE BLINDINGLY RADIANT KRISTIN CHENOWETH,
is a BONA FIDE BROADWAY STAR!" - Ben Brantley, The New York Times
"THE PERFORMANCES ARE PURE GOLD!
KRISTIN CHENOWETH is a BROADWAY LEGEND IN THE MAKING!" – Clive Barnes, New York Post
"In Gary Griffin's hands The Apple Tree is EVANESCENT FUN!" – Howard Shapiro, Philadelphia Inquirer
"A DREAM CAST! KRISTIN CHENOWETH, MARC KUDISCH and BRIAN d'ARCY JAMES
profusely exhibit SKY-HIGH STAR QUALITY! Do yourself a favor
and fall under The Apple Tree's considerable charms!" – David Finkel, Theatremania
Kristin Chenoweth
Brian d'Arcy James Marc Kudisch
in
with
Walter Charles
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Book by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock
Additional book material by Jerome Coopersmith
Directed by Gary Griffin
Tony Award® winner Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown) returns to Broadway to star in this delicious production of Bock and Harnick's The Apple Tree. This musical comedy gem, written by the team behind She Loves Me and Fiddler on the Roof, presents a luscious evening of theater about men, women, and the love that grows between them. Gary Griffin (The Color Purple) directs this charming new production that celebrates the irresistible temptation of forbidden fruit.
Kristin Chenoweth will play Eve, Princess Barbara & Ella. She is joined by Brian d'Arcy James (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as Adam, Sanjar & Flip; Marc Kudisch (Assassins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) as Snake and Walter Charles (Woman in White, Big River) as King Arik, Employer & Producer.
The cast of The Apple Tree also includes Meggie Cansler, Julie Connors, Sarah Jane Everman, Jennifer Taylor Farrell, Justin Keyes, Lorin Latarro, Mike McGowan, Sean Palmer, Dennis Stowe and Eric Santagata.
The Apple Tree creative team includes Andy Blankenbuehler (Choreography), Rob Fisher (Music Direction & Vocal Arrangements), Jonathan Tunick (Orchestrations), John Lee Beatty (Sets), Jess Goldstein (Costumes), Donald Holder (Lights) and Dan Moses Schreier (Sound)
April 13 - July 29, 2007
2007 DRAMA DESK AWARD WINNER!
Outstanding Actress in a Musical - AUDRA McDONALD
"EXACTLY WHY YOU GO TO THE THEATER!
AUDRA McDONALD proves once again she's more than A BROADWAY STAR
– she's AN ENTIRE CONSTELLATION!" – Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News
"Ravishing of voice and Olympian of stature,
AUDRA McDONALD is AN OVERWHELMING PRESENCE.
JOHN CULLUM is EXCELLENT!" – Ben Brantley, The New York Times
"The GLORIOUS AUDRA McDONALD possesses one of the
finest voices in the American musical theater.
STEVE KAZEE's powerful voice matches McDonald's!" – Michael Kuchwara, AP
"RADIANCE IS A THING CALLED AUDRA McDONALD!
Intelligent staging from LONNY PRICE." – Clive Barnes, New York Post
"'110 IN THE SHADE' IS A TRIUMPH, not just for Ms. McDonald but for
the entire company and production team. I WISH IT COULD RUN FOREVER!"
– Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
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Audra McDonald
John Cullum
Steve Kazee in
Book by N. Richard Nash
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Lyrics by Tom Jones
Set & Costume Design by Santo Loquasto
Lighting Design by Christopher Akerlind
Sound Design by Dan Moses Schreier
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
Choreographed by Dan Knechtges
Directed by Lonny Price
In the middle of a heat wave in 1930's Texas, when everyone is longing for rain, or a breeze, Lizzie Curry (McDonald) is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit, intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she can't find true love. Even the town sheriff, for whom she harbors a secret yen, won't take a chance. However, when a charismatic rainmaker named Starbuck (Kazee) enters the town and her family's life, Lizzie's world is turned upside down.
Four-time Tony® Award winner Audra McDonald returns to the Broadway stage having most recently won a Tony® for her performance in the 2004 Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun. Broadway veteran and two-time Tony® Award winner John Cullum returns to Roundabout as "H. C. Curry" having last starred in Arthur Miller's All My Sons during the 1996-1997 season. Steve Kazee returns to the Broadway stage after starring as Sir Lancelot in Monty Python's Spamalot. Lonny Price returns to Roundabout Theatre Company having recently directed the 2003 Broadway revival of "Master Harold"...and the boys starring Danny Glover.
The cast also features Chris Butler as Noah, Carla Duren as Snookie, Christopher Innvar as File, Bobby Steggert as Jimmy. The full cast includes Elisa Van Duyne, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Valisia Lekae Little, Darius Nichols, Mamie Parris, Devin Richards, Michael Scott, Will Swenson, Matt Wall and Betsy Wolfe.
AMERICAN AIRLINES THEATRE
September 15 - December 17, 2006
“EFFERVESCENT! A TOP-NOTCH CAST!” - Michael Kuchwara, ASSOCIATED PRESS
“RIPPINGLY GOOD! THIS FINE PRODUCTION SENDS A SHIVER DOWN THE SPINE!
PHILIP BOSCO IS SUBLIME! SWOOSIE KURTZ IS AN EXPERT COMIC ACTRESS!
LILY RABE performs with RADIANCE AND FLASHES OF FIRE”
- Charles Isherwood, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“A MASTERPIECE! BYRON JENNINGS is SUPERB! LAILA ROBINS is EXQUISITE!”
- Jeremy McCarter, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
“A STIMULATING PRODUCTION from ROBIN LEFEVRE with a SPARKLING ENSEMBLE.”
- David Rooney, VARIETY
Philip Bosco Swoosie Kurtz
Byron Jennings Lily Rabe Laila Robins
in
George Bernard Shaw's
with
Bill Camp John Christopher Jones
Gareth Saxe Jenny Sterlin
Directed by Robin Lefevre
Tony Award® winners Philip Bosco (Lend Me A Tenor, Twelve Angry Men) and Swoosie Kurtz (The House of Blue Leaves, Frozen) head an all-star cast in this timely comedy from a timeless master. Bosco, in his 13th Roundabout production, stars as "Captain Shotover" and Kurtz joins him as "Hesione Hushabye". Robin Lefevre (The Homecoming) directs Shaw's ruefully funny play, where a weekend on the English countryside becomes a tangle of unlikely attachments and unwanted complications. Romance springs eternal but never mutual, and the most successful relationships have the least to do with love.
Heartbreak House features Byron Jennings (A Touch of the Poet, Twelve Angry Men) as "Hector", Lily Rabe (Steel Magnolias) as "Ellie Dunn" and Laila Robins (Frozen, The Herbal Bed) as "Lady Utterword."
The cast also includes Bill Camp as "Mangan", John Christopher Jones as "Mazzini Dunn", Gareth Saxe as "Randall" and Jenny Sterlin as "Nurse Guinness."
The Heartbreak House design team includes John Lee Beatty (sets), Jane Greenwood (costumes), Peter Kaczorowski (lights) and John Gromada (Original Music and Sound Design).
February 17 - April 29, 2007
“MAGICAL!” - David Rooney, VARIETY
“CRAIG LUCAS' BLUE-HUED ROMANTIC FANTASY has returned to Broadway
in a TOUCHING REVIVAL!” - Charles Isherwood, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“A COMIC FANTASY with a BIG HEART! AN EXCEPTIONAL CAST!”
- Michael Kuchwara, ASSOCIATED PRESS
“A POIGNANT LOVE STORY! JOHN MAHONEY IS PHENOMENAL!” - Roma Torre, NY1
“ALAN TUDYK and ANNIE PARISSE have EFFORTLESS CHEMISTRY!” - Eric Grode, NEW YORK SUN
John Mahoney
Annie Parisse Alan Tudyk
in
By Craig Lucas
with
Robin Bartlett James Rebhorn
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
In this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-nominated comedy by Craig Lucas (The Light in the Piazza) a whirlwind romance takes a startling turn at Rita (Parisse) and Peter's (Tudyk) wedding when an uninvited guest (Tony Award® winner John Mahoney) congratulates the bride with a kiss. With this one kiss the couple embarks on a mystical journey, traveling through puzzling identities and hidden longings to find the pure connection of love. Sometimes, a kiss isn't just a kiss.
John Mahoney, best known for playing Martin Crane on "Frasier," won a Tony® for his Broadway debut in The House of Blue Leaves and has appeared in numerous plays with Steppenwolf. Annie Parisse was a series regular on "Law & Order," and has appeared in films including Prime, Monster-in-Law, and National Treasure, and recently finished a run in The Internationalist at the Vineyard Theater. Alan Tudyk, who may be familiar to Roundabout audiences from Misalliance in 1997, has gone on to perform on Broadway in musicals such as Epic Proportions and Spamalot as well as numerous films.
Featured are Robin Bartlett as "Mrs. Boyle" and James Rebhorn as "Dr. Boyle." Robin Bartlett appeared on Broadway in Yentl and Sholom Aleichem and in numerous off-Broadway plays, including Isn't It Romantic, The Early Girl, and Craig Lucas's Reckless. James Rebhorn recently appeared in Twelve Angry Men and The Man Who Had All the Luck at Roundabout, and has also been seen on Broadway in Dinner at Eight, Our Town and I'm Not Rappaport.
The cast also includes Francois Battiste (Tom), Brandon Dirden (Ensemble), MacIntyre Dixon (Minister), Marceline Hugot (Aunt Dorothy, Leah), Matthew Rauch (Taylor), John Rothman (Uncle Fred) and Karen Walsh (Ensemble).
This production continues the Roundabout Theatre Company's relationship with Tony® award-winning Director Daniel Sullivan. He directed the multiple award-winning production of Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel in 2004 and the Tony®-nominated production of Major Barbara starring Dana Ivey, Cherry Jones, David Warner and Denis O'Hare in the summer of 2001.
The Prelude to a Kiss design team includes Santo Loquasto (sets), Jane Greenwood (costumes), Donald Holder(lights) and John Gromada (Sound and Original Compositions).
Lead support provided by our Play Production Fund partners:
Steven and Liz Goldstone, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation,
Mary and David Solomon
June 1 - August 19, 2007
“A COOL MANHATTAN COCKTAIL OF A COMEDY!” - Michael Sommers, The Star-Ledger
“IT'S A BALL - JUST THE TICKET! WONDERFULLY WHACKY!” - David F. Richardson, WOR Radio
“The production is BEAUTIFUL! Harriet Harris reaps BIG LAUGHS.” - Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News
“Harriet Harris and Margaret Colin are A TANTALIZINGLY TUMULTUOUS TEAM!”
- Elysa Gardner, USA Today
“'Old Acquaintance' is A FABULOUSLY WELL-MADE PLAY that has lost nothing of
its freshness and bite. MARGARET COLIN IS PERFECT!” - Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
Margaret Colin Harriet Harris
in
By John van Druten
Directed by Michael Wilson
Old Acquaintance stars Margaret Colin (A Day in the Death of Joe Egg) as Kit and Tony Award®-winner Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie) as Milly in this deliciously witty comedy of manners that chronicles a tumultuous friendship of the upper-crust set. Both successful authors, independent Kit carries on an affair with a younger man while divorcée Milly refuses to loosen the apron strings on her teenage daughter.
When an old secret comes to light and an unexpected affair creates a rift amongst the longtime friends, the two must decide whether to cling to petty rivalries or keep the one sure thing they've got: each other. Michael Wilson, director of the Tony Award®-nominated Enchanted April, helms this sparkling play written by John van Druten (I Remember Mama, I Am a Camera).
The cast will also include Stephen Bogardus (Love! Valour! Compassion!) as Preston Drake, Diane Davis (Regrets Only) as Deirdre Drake, Corey Stoll (Intimate Apparel) as Rudd Kendall, Cynthia Darlow (Taller Than a Dwarf) as Susan and Gordana Rashovich (A Shayna Maidel) as Karina.
The design team includes Alexander Dodge (sets), David Woolard (costumes), Rui Rita (lights), John Gromada (sound) and Paul Huntley (hair & wigs).
HAROLD AND MIRIAM STEINBERG CENTER FOR THEATRE
LAURA PELS THEATRE
October 20, 2006 - January 20, 2007
“SMASHING! A LUSCIOUS REVIVAL!
BLYTHE DANNER is DELICIOUS.” - Linda Winer, NEWSDAY
“CARLA GUGINO has human vitality that seems to ooze from every pore.
She rivals memories of a young Elizabeth Taylor.” - Ben Brantley, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“SPELLBINDING!” - Michael Sommers, STAR-LEDGER
“VINTAGE TENNESSEE ALL THE WAY!
Directed with a sure hand by MARK BROKAW.” - Jacques le Sourd, THE JOURNAL NEWS
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Mark Brokaw
with
Becky Ann Baker, Blythe Danner,
Carla Gugino, Gale Harold, Sandra Shipley,
Karen Walsh & Wayne Wilcox
Mark Brokaw (The Constant Wife) directs this new production of the psychological drama by Tennessee Williams. Tony® and Emmy award winner Blythe Danner (Follies, TV's "Huff") stars as the formidable Mrs. Venable, an aging widow distraught over the mysterious death of her son. When the young cousin who traveled with him, played by Carla Gugino (After the Fall), begins raising scandalous allegations, Mrs. Venable will stop at nothing to preserve her son's reputation.
Suddenly Last Summer marks Blythe Danner's fourth production with Roundabout, where she last starred as Phyllis in Steven Sondheim's Follies (Tony Nomination). Carla Gugino made her New York stage debut in Roundabout Theatre Company's 2004 Broadway production of Arthur Miller's After The Fall.
The cast also features Becky Ann Baker (Assassins) as Mrs. Holly, Gale Harold ("Queer As Folk," "Vanished") as Doctor Cukrowicz, Sandra Shipley (Arms and the Man) as Sister Felicity, Karen Walsh (Let's Face It) as Miss Foxhill and Wayne Wilcox (A Man of No Importance) as George Holly.
The Suddenly Last Summer design team includes Santo Loquasto (sets & costumes), David Weiner (lights), Peter Golub (original music & sound) and Ryan Powers (sound).
February 2 - May 6, 2007
“ALFRED MOLINA is SENSATIONAL. A TOUR DE FORCE PERFORMANCE!” - Roma Torre, NY1
“A WONDERFUL CAST! ALFRED MOLINA gives a POWERFUL PERFORMANCE!” - Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC
“ALFRED MOLINA is one of the FINEST ACTORS ON THE STAGE
- A TOWERING PERFORMANCE!” - John Simon, BLOOMBERG NEWS
“DOUG HUGHES may have directed the HIT OF THE SEASON!” - David F. Richardson, WOR RADIO
AMERICAN PREMIERE
by Patrick Marber
Directed by Doug Hughes
with
Max Baker, Alvin Epstein, Elizabeth Franz,
Edward Hajj, Jessica Hecht,
Patrick Henney, Alfred Molina,
Euan Morton, Charlotte Parry
Two-time Tony Award® nominee Alfred Molina stars in the American premiere of this dark comedy directed by Tony Award® winner Doug Hughes (Doubt). Once a powerful, hard-hearted showbiz agent, Howard Katz has lost everything: his career, his family-even his self-respect. Oscar nominee Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal, Closer) deftly traces the story of the mighty Katz through flashbacks, painting a vivid picture of a man in crisis. But it's in the midst of this freefall Katz learns that only by looking back at what he's lost can he find the faith to move forward.
Alfred Molina made his Roundabout stage debut in the American Premiere of Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney during the 1995-1996 Off-Broadway season. Molina was recently nominated for a Tony® Award for his performance as "Tevye" in the 2004 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof.
The cast also features Max Baker (Abigail's Party) as Bern, Alvin Epstein (Marat/Sade) as Jo, Elizabeth Franz (Morning's At Seven) as Ellie, Edward Hajj (East is East) as Norm, Jessica Hecht (RTC's After the Fall) as Jess, Patrick Henney (Beauty and the Beast) as Ollie, Euan Morton (Taboo) as Robin and Charlotte Parry (The Real Thing) as Nat.
The Howard Katz design team includes Scott Pask (sets), Catherine Zuber (costumes), Christopher Akerlind (lights) and David Van Tieghem (original music & sound design).
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May 25 - August 19, 2007
“A PERFORMANCE THAT WILL SEAR ITS WAY INTO YOUR MIND AND LINGER THERE FOREVER!”
- Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
“STEPHEN LANG'S PERFORMANCE IS FORCEFUL AND IMPRESSIVE!”
- Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
“STIRRING AND POIGNANT!” - Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press
“UPLIFTING AND WELL-CRAFTED!” - Mark Blankenship, Variety
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Written by and starring Stephen Lang
From the book by Larry Smith
Directed by Robert Falls
In an extraordinary theatrical event, acclaimed Broadway and film actor Stephen Lang brings to the stage the riveting stories of eight American heroes. Recipients of the Medal of Honor, each of these men went 'above and beyond the call of duty' to a place where bravery and humility meet. In a stunning tour de force performance, Lang leads us on a journey through WWII, Korea and Vietnam, taking us to a realm beyond glory to ponder the meaning of true courage.
STEPHEN LANG was last on the Roundabout stage in 1992, playing the title character in Hamlet at the Criterion Center. Mr. Lang starred on Broadway as Colonel Jessep in A Few Good Men, and he appeared as Happy in Death of a Salesman. His performance in The Speed of Darkness earned him a Tony nomination. He is also known for his work in feature films, having portrayed Gen. George Pickett in Gettysburg and Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals. Lang has acted in such television series as "Crime Story" and "The Fugitive," and he portrayed the title character in NBC's telefilm, "Babe Ruth." He has been honored with the Helen Hayes Award, Joseph Jefferson Award, and the Grace Prize, and he has received nominations for the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Tony Awards.
ROBERT FALLS directed The Night of the Iguana starring Cherry Jones for Roundabout in the 1995-96 season. He is celebrating his 20th anniversary as artistic director of Chicago's Goodman Theatre, where he most recently directed King Lear, starring Stacy Keach. His work can currently be seen on Broadway in Talk Radio. Previous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions include Frank's Home, Shining City, Death of a Salesman (Tony Awards for Best Director and Best Production), Long Day's Journey into Night (three Tony Awards, Drama Desk for Direction), Aida, The Young Man From Atlanta, The Rose Tattoo, subUrbia (Obie Award) and The Food Chain
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