America is experiencing a resurgence in passenger rail travel. Between 1995 and 2012, ridership rose 55%. On the Acela Express, you can get from Washington, D.C. to Boston in 6 hours, 45 min…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:00AMWith On the Twentieth Century in full swing at the American Airlines Theatre, we take a look at the genre and history of screwball comedy. Howard Hawks’ 1934 film Twentieth Century feature…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:00PMCongratulations to all our nominees so far this awards season! Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations: On the Twentieth Century - playing through July 5 Outstanding Revival of a Musical Outs…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:56PMWe are pleased to announce that 17‐year‐year senior at Repertory Company High School Darleny Suriel will pen a world premiere play for the ninth annual Student Production Workshop, un…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 04:08PMWe are thrilled to announce that PS Classics will record the cast album of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century on Monday, March 23, 2015. This new Broadw…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:00AMANDREW BOYCE, Set Design Little Children Dream of God in its scope, use of language, poetic narrative, and culturally specific perspective has given me so much to explore. My hope is that w…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:48AMJames Lapine and Stephen Sondheim created Into the Woods, a story in which the lives of famous fairy-tale characters collide and intertwine. Read more about fairy tales and their character…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 04:24PMIn Little Children Dream of God, playwright Jeff Augustin uses aspects of magical realism, a style that originated in literature and visual art. The framework of his play is apparently reali…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:30AMOur production of On the 20th Century opened on Sunday, March 15 to widespread critical acclaim. Here’s what the critics had to say: THE NEW YORK TIMES ‘On the Twentieth Century,’ Wi…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 02:25PMAs if Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine wasn’t a challenging enough piece in the musical theater cannon, Fiasco Theater decided that they would take it on as their latest…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 06:09PMInto the Woods is such a rich and appealing musical that many directors have been eager to put their own spin on it over the years. In these wildly different productions, all design elements…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:56AM“A permanent gem in Broadway’s crown." So said theatre critic Clive Barnes in praise of Cy Coleman and his nearly half-century of contributions to the American musical. Coleman was born …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 09:30AM“In general, our culture is trained to honor the individual genius. But there is such a thing as group genius which is built from the notion that the group can create something enti…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 09:30AMOn the 20th Century begins previews February 12 on Broadway. For more information and tickets, visit our website.
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:10PMThe following is an excerpt from Stephen Sondheim’s Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981 – 2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 05:08PMWith only 10 actors, one piano and boundless imagination, this witty and wildly theatrical re-invention is Into the Woods like you’ve never seen it before! The creative team share their vi…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 05:57PMEmma Stone has extended her acclaimed run as “Sally Bowles” for two weeks through February 15, 2015! Alan Cumming will continue to star as “Emcee” for the final 12 weeks through Mar…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:01AMTo write a play in which the first scene was written by a character in the second scene, Stoppard’s protaganist would necessarily have to be a playwright, a fact that left Stoppard in a s…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:20AMWe are thrilled to announce that four-time Emmy® Award and Golden Globe® winner Jim Parsons will be joined by Brooks Ashmanskas (Jeff Baird), Tracee Chimo (Tessie Kearns), John Cullum (Am…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:32AMThe Real Thing can be seen within a tradition of plays about theatre artists, and it uses the device of the “play-within-a-play" to raise questions about the nature of "reality." What bett…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:40AMLikely the most famous passage in The Real Thing, protagonist Henry’s “cricket bat speech” is a superb example of writing about writing. Henry and Annie have been arguing about the wri…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 05:46PMIn The Real Thing, playwright Henry (Ewan McGregor) struggles to name the songs he’d take if he were stranded on a desert island. We asked the cast to share the playlist of songs they woul…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 05:02PMImmerse yourself in the world of The Real Thing with our recommended listening, reading and tasting lists! LISTEN The Crystals, “Da Doo Ron Ron” HENRY: It’s not supposed to be eight …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:26AMThe iconic composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim has written that he lives by one important rule in his work: Content dictates form. But for Indian Ink playwright Tom Stoppard, it’s the o…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:59AMWe are pleased to announce the complete cast for The Real Thing, starring Ewan McGregor as “Henry,” Maggie Gyllenhaal as “Annie,” Cynthia Nixon as “Charlotte” and Josh Hamilton …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:40AMImmerse yourself in the world of Indian Ink with our recommended reading, watching and listening and looking lists! What to Read In the Native State by Tom Stoppard First aired on BBC Radi…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 06:39PMIn the second installment of weekly updates from the Indian Ink rehearsal room, Director Carey Perloff describes the first run-through in the rehearsal room and finding the "rasa" of the …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:09AMDavid Rockwell - Set Design Central to the comic plot of You Can’t Take It with You are the eccentricities of the Sycamore family. The entire three-act play takes place in the house where …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:20AMBroadwayWorld: When did you start working at Roundabout? Tiffany Nixon: I started working for Roundabout in December of 2008. They had just received funding to start the archives; I ca…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:17PMAssistant Director of Education, Mitch Mattson, sat down with actor James Earl Jones to discuss Jones's upcoming role as "Grandpa" in You Can't Take It With You. Mitch Mattson: I'm fascinate…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:49PMWe are thrilled to announce celebrated film star & Golden Globe nominee Emma Stone will join the cast of the Tony Award-winning Cabaret and make her Broadway debut starring as “Sally B…
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