A Childhood during the Great Depression Arthur Miller was born in October 1915, on West 110th Street, to parents of Polish Jewish descent. His father Isidore was a prosperous coat manufactur…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:21PMTed Sod: Where were you born and educated? When did you decide to become an actress? Did you have any great teachers who influenced you? Jessica Hecht: I was born in Princeton, New Jersey,…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:47PMDEREK MCLANE — SET DESIGN The Price takes in the late 1960s and, interestingly, Arthur Miller said that this play was his response to the Vietnam War. The setting is located in an attic a…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 02:31PMIn The Price, the Franz family is forced to deal with the practical and emotional results of financial decisions made during the Great Depression. The play takes place in 1968, and money dom…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:24PMRachel Hauck—Set Design On The Exhale could be set anywhere, Martín does not specify a location. Leigh, Martín, Marin and I had some long conversations about what the liminal space might…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:42AMTed Sod: Where were you born and educated? How did you become an actor and a director in the theatre? Did you have any teachers who had a profound influence on you? Terry Kinney: I grew up i…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:13PMTrauma is the Greek word for “wound.” In ancient time it referred to a physical wound, but today trauma is also understood as an emotional wound. Experiencing a traumatic event changes t…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:50AMDEREK MCLANE—SET DESIGN When I first read Steven Levenson’s If I Forget, my brain started to figure out the ground plan or the geometry of this particular house. Basically, my job is to …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:28PM“Based on current trends, the problem is likely to become much graver over the next decade. It is imperative that lawmakers, policymakers, college administrators, law enforcement and other…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:36AMA solo show (often also known as a “one person show”) can take many different forms, from just a comedian musing on stage to a piece of performance art. When we think of a solo show, man…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:45PMThe Rise of the Internet Today, we pull smartphones out of our pockets to look up information, stream music, and watch videos. But back in 2000, the most common way to access the Internet wa…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:17PMIt’s a store. It’s a parcel of property. It’s not some kind of magical place. There are no magical places. There’s just dirt. It’s all the same dirt. -Michael, If I Forget In If I …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:13PMMaster Teaching Artist Mathilde Dratwa joined Roundabout’s Teaching Artist roster in 2012. She leads a variety of workshops and residencies for students all over New York City. She current…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:38AMMartín Zimmerman’s On the Exhale draws audiences into the center of America’s most divisive—and urgent—debate. Every day, 90 people die from gun violence, and from 1966 to 2012, nea…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 05:00PMWe are thrilled to announce a line-up of all new work Off-Broadway, including two commissions by Roundabout Underground alumni Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies the Bone) and Joshua Harmon (Bad…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 02:16PMThe Roundabout family mourns the loss of the great Carrie Fisher. Carrie would be the first to say that her life took more twists and turns than most, even by the Hollywood standards that de…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 02:24PMIn under 10 years, Mike Bartlett has emerged as “one of our superstar playwrights,” according to the London Guardian. These are some of the milestone productions—from intimate chamber …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 05:06PMDEREK MCLANE—SET DESIGN The story of Love, Love, Love takes place in three different eras during three different acts. It is partly about a generational war and deals very much with the …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 03:18PMSamantha’s weight is integral to her character — it has isolated her, making the thrill of online connection that much more potent — but it isn’t the plot of Kingdom Come. It’s ea…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:20PMWhile Shakespeare’s plays are regularly turned into musicals these days, the origins of Kiss Me, Kate go far beyond the notion of making The Taming of the Shrew sing. Back in 1935, there w…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:13AMThe late 1960s were a time of social and political change in both Britain and the United States. In many ways these were the conclusion of shifts begun in the wake of WWII. For the older gen…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:17AMARNULFO MALDONADO—SET DESIGN Kingdom Come to me is very much a rollercoaster of emotions — one minute you're laughing, the next you are struck by the severity of both Sam and Layne's lon…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:36PMOn Monday, November 14, Todd Haimes (Artistic Director/CEO) joined with Roundabout’s major donors and some of Roundabout’s artists for the annual Artistic Director’s Circle Dinn…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:57AMGoogle “Generation X vs. Baby Boomers,” or “Millennials vs. Generation X” and you’ll find results that, true to the “versus,” bring to mind a boxing match. Not just in the comm…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 02:31PMAnton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard takes place in Russia around 1904, in the midst of one of the country’s greatest social transformations. About four decades earlier, Tsar Alexander II …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 03:24PMWe're snappin' out! It's for sure and not for maybe! We've joined Snapchat to put you front and center for each of our productions and events. Be sure to follow us by searching for our user…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:20PMNICO MUHLY—ORIGINAL MUSIC The music for The Cherry Orchard needs to explode out of the music for the party in Act III, both by practical necessity and to thicken a mystery about the play: …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:44AMcat-fish [kat-fish] noun - a person who pretends to be someone they’re not, using social media to create a false identity, particularly to pursue deceitful online romances.—Nev Schulman�…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:28PMIn Kingdom Come, characters Samantha and Layne entangle themselves in a complicated instance of classic online catfishing, the term used to describe a relationship in which at least one part…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:13AMYesterday, we were pleased to announce that Michael Kors and Lance Le Pere are donating $1.5 million dollars toward our 50th Anniversary Campaign, and more specifically, our Musical Theatre …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 03:47PMWhat do Anton Chekhov, Jerry Seinfeld, and Stephen Karam have in common? Karam himself explained the connection in a 2012 conversation at the University of Scranton. “I think I discovered …
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