Wednesday, April 19, 2017
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 01:21PMTuesday, April 11, 2017
Ted 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 12:47PMMonday, April 3, 2017
DEREK 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 02:31PMSaturday, April 1, 2017
In 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 01:24PMWednesday, March 29, 2017
Rachel 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 10:42AMMonday, March 20, 2017
Ted 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 12:13PMFriday, March 17, 2017
Trauma 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 10:50AMMonday, March 13, 2017
DEREK 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 01:28PMTuesday, February 28, 2017
“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 10:36AMFriday, February 24, 2017
A 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 12:45PMWednesday, February 22, 2017
The 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 01:17PMFriday, February 17, 2017
It’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 01:13PMTuesday, February 7, 2017
Master 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 10:38AMFriday, February 3, 2017
Martín 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 05:00PMSunday, January 29, 2017
We 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 02:16PMTuesday, December 27, 2016
The 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 02:24PMSaturday, December 17, 2016
In 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 05:06PMSaturday, December 10, 2016
DEREK 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 03:18PMThursday, December 8, 2016
Samantha’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 12:20PMTuesday, December 6, 2016
While 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 11:13AMSunday, December 4, 2016
The 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 11:17AMSaturday, December 3, 2016
ARNULFO 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 01:36PMWednesday, November 30, 2016
On 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 11:57AMFriday, November 25, 2016
Google “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 02:31PMTuesday, November 22, 2016
Anton 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 03:24PMThursday, November 17, 2016
We'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 01:20PMWednesday, November 16, 2016
NICO 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 11:44AMFriday, November 4, 2016
cat-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 12:28PMMonday, October 31, 2016
In 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 11:13AMWednesday, October 19, 2016
Yesterday, 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 03:47PMMonday, October 17, 2016
What 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 …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:03AM 
