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RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO ROUNDABOUT’S 2003-2004 SEASON!
Productions under consideration:
Patrick Stewart in
THE CARETAKER
by Harold Pinter
Directed by David Jones
Since its original production in 1960, Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker has been recognized as a landmark in 20th century drama. Written by one of contemporary theatre’s greatest living playwrights, The Caretaker delves into the fragile relationship of two brothers whose lives are disrupted by the arrival of a vagrant. David Jones (No Man’s Land) returns to direct this classic work. (American Airlines Theatre)
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Mark Brokaw
In pre-Revolutionary Russia, Madame Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate after an exile in Paris. Despite the threat of bankruptcy, the family refuses to sell their largest asset, the famous cherry orchard. Acclaimed director Mark Brokaw (How I Learned to Drive) helms this stunning new production of Chekhov’s final and greatest play. (American Airlines Theatre)
THE FOREIGNER
by Larry Shue
Directed by Scott Schwartz
In this hilarious farce, a socially phobic Englishman, marooned by his friend Froggy in a Georgia fishing lodge, adopts the persona of a “foreigner” who doesn’t understand a word of English. When the strangers at the lodge begin to speak freely around him, he not only becomes privy to secrets both dangerous and frivolous, he also discovers a lovable and adventurous extrovert within himself. (American Airlines Theatre)
ASSASSINS
Broadway Premiere
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Directed by Joe Mantello
The show that gave new meaning to the phrase “killer musical” returns in a dazzling, new production. This strikingly provocative work looks at the lives, loves and lunacy of nine American assassins, including John Wilkes Booth, John Hinkley, Lee Harvey Oswald and Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme. (Venue TBA)
FAITH HEALER
by Brian Friel
Faith Healer is Tony Award–winning author Brian Friel’s story of Francis Hardy, an Irish con man who, along with his wife and manager, has spent 20 years bringing makeshift miracles to little villages in Scotland and Wales. (Venue TBA)
INTIMATE APPAREL
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
Ben Brantley of The New York Times has called Intimate Apparel one of the “unforgettable productions of the century.” Set at the beginning of the 20th century, Intimate Apparel is a loving and evocative portrait of an African-American woman in New York City. Plain and unsophisticated, Esther creates intimate apparel for wealthy socialites—and women of ill repute. (Venue TBA)
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
by Reginald Rose
Directed by Scott Ellis
This searing courtroom drama follows 12 jurors deliberating an open and shut murder case. Soon preconceptions are tested, evidence is weighed, and the jurors are forced to look past the show of the courtroom to get to the truth. (Venue TBA)
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Summer 2003 Editor:
John Istel/ICAP
Production Coordinators:
Tim McCanna, David Steffen
