WELCOME
to Roundabout's
2005-2006 Season!
We’re proud to present the following productions during our exciting 40th Anniversary Season:
New York Premiere
Jill Clayburgh Richard Thomas in
a naked girl on
the appian way
By Richard Greenberg
Directed by Doug Hughes
Tony Award® winner Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out) returns to Broadway with one of his funniest, most imaginative plays yet, starring Jill Clayburgh (two-time Academy Award nominee for Starting Over and An Unmarried Woman) and Richard Thomas (Democracy and The Stendhal Syndrome). Tony Award® winner Doug Hughes (Doubt) directs.
New York Premiere
Mr. Marmalade
By Noah Haidle
Directed by Michael Greif
Noah Haidle’s hilarious new play stars Emmy Award nominee Michael C. Hall (Cabaret, Chicago), making his first stage appearance following his acclaimed run on HBO’s "Six Feet Under." A comedy for grown-ups, about grown-ups, as seen through the eyes of children, Mr. Marmalade gives a cleverly imaginative new meaning to the term "child’s play." Rent director Michael Greif helms this New York premiere.
Gabriel Byrne in
A Touch of the Poet
By Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Doug Hughes
Eugene O'Neill's A Touch of the Poet is an emotionally gripping, passionately romantic, and surprisingly funny portrait of a unique immigrant family. This highly anticipated revival stars Tony Award® nominee Gabriel Byrne (A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Usual Suspects) and is directed by 2005 Tony Award® winner Doug Hughes (Doubt).
Harry Connick, Jr. in
THE PAJAMA GAME
A Musical Comedy
Book by
George Abbott and Richard Bissell
Music & Lyrics by
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Based on the novel
by Richard Bissell 7½ Cents
Book revisions for this
production by Peter Ackerman
Directed and Choreographed by
Kathleen Marshall
The sizzling Harry Connick, Jr. stars in one of the brightest, brassiest most feel-good musicals ever! Featuring such classics as "Hey There," "Hernando’s Hideaway," and "Steam Heat."
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
By Joe Orton
Directed by Scott Ellis
A comic whirlwind of lust, lies, and lunacy, this Joe Orton (Loot) masterpiece centers on a handsome stranger with a secret, his libidinous landlady, and her gender-bending brother. Together they play out a sexual tug of war, sparking a series of murderously funny events that are certainly not for the faint of heart – or humor. Scott Ellis (Twelve Angry Men) directs.
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The Threepenny Opera
Book by Bertolt Brecht
Music by Kurt Weill
New Translation by Wallace Shawn
Directed by Scott Elliott
Under the direction of Scott Elliott (Hurlyburly, The Women), Tony Award® winner Alan Cumming (Cabaret) portrays the legendary character of Mack The Knife. Three-time Emmy Award winner Edie Falco ("The Sopranos") and rising star Nellie McKay join the dream cast of one of the greatest hits ever to shake up Broadway.
Front & Center Online
Fall 2005 Editor:
John Istel/ICAP
Print Design:
Tim McCanna
Cover Image:
The Appian Way, Italy Pixtal
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