PAST PERFORMANCES
The 1995-1996 Season
STAGE RIGHT
THE FATHER
By August Strindberg
Adapted by Richard Nelson
Directed by Clifford Williams
In this timeless Battle of the Sexes, Frank Langella plays the Captain, a man in a bitter no-holds-barred struggle with his scheming wife (Gail Strickland) for power over their child. The results of this relentless marital war are devastating. Completing the cast are Tom Beckett, Angela Bettis, Ivar Brogger, Irene Dailey, and Garret Dillahunt. Image: Frank Langella and Angela Bettis
THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
Written by Tennessee Williams
Starring Cherry Jones, William Peterson, and Marsha Mason
Directed by Robert Falls
The Roundabout Theatre Company is proud to present Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana directed by Robert Falls, Artistic Director of The Goodman Theatre in Chicago. The production stars Cherry Jones in her first performance after her Tony Award®-winning turn in The Heiress, Chicago actor William Peterson making his Broadway debut and Marsha Mason returning to the Roundabout stage for the first time since her performance in Harold Pinter's Old Times in 1984.
Set in a broken down Mexican resort hotel, The Night of the Iguana is the story of four very different and very lonely people. A defrocked minister, a woman of about 40 from New England who travels the world with her grandfather ("the oldest practicing poet in the world"), and the tough, lustful widow who runs the hotel are brought together in the squalor and heat of the tropical setting. Throughout the course of the play, they are forced to confront life, with all of its tragedy and despair, and to endure it.
Image: Cherry Jones
A THOUSAND CLOWNS
Written by Herb Gardner
Starring Judd Hirsch
with Jim Fyfe, Marin Hinkle, John Procaccino, Dov Tiefenbach and David Marguiles
Directed by Scott Ellis
Roundabout Theatre Company's 30th Anniversary celebration continues with the first-ever Broadway revival of Herb Gardner's A Thousand Clowns. Directed by Scott Ellis (Company, She Loves Me), A Thousand Clowns will mark Judd Hirsch's return to Broadway after his critically acclaimed performance in Conversations with my Father.
When this touching comedy premiered, The New York Times called it "sunny, wistful and above all, unfailingly amusing."
Image: Judd Hirsh
SUMMER AND SMOKE
Written by Tennessee Williams
Starring Mary McDonnell and Harry Hamlin
Directed by David Warren
A haunting and poetic drama, Summer and Smoke tells the story of Alma, the minister's daughter, and John, the hedonistic doctor next door. In her search for spirituality and lasting love, she is confronted with his need for sensual fulfillment. Their turbulent relationship becomes an emotional battle of wills that alters each of them irrevocably.
Image: Mary McDonnell and Harry Hamlin
LAURA PELS THEATRE
INAUGURAL SEASON
American Premiere
MOONLIGHT
by Harold Pinter
starring Jason Robards and Blythe Danner
Directed by Karel Reisz
Image: Blythe Danner
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American Premiere
MOLLY SWEENEY
Written and Directed by Brian Friel
Starring Catherine Byrne,
Jason Robards and Alfred Molina
Molly Sweeney was first staged at the Gate Theatre in Dublin in 1994 and was subsequently presented in London at the Almeida. Catherine Byrne orginated the title role of Molly, a 41 year-old woman, who blind from birth, recovers her sight through the skills of Mr. Rice (Jason Robards), an alcoholic surgeon whose career is riding on the success of the vision-restoring operation. Alfred Molina plays Frank, Molly's husband, who spends his life committed to ill-fated business schemes and worthy causes.
Image: Catherine Byrne
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