PORGY AND BESSARCADIA
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Tom Stoppard’s ARCADIA opened up on Broadway following a sold-out run in London. Directed by five-time Tony Award® nominee David Leveaux, ARCADIA is a masterpiece of misunderstanding and quest for knowledge resonating across centuries that John Lahr of The New Yorkercalls “ONE OF THE GREAT PLAYS OF MY THEATERGOING LIFE.”
Stoppard, one of the most celebrated and prolific playwrights of modern day, has been represented on Broadway with seventeen different productions to date including Rock ’n’ Roll, Jumpers, The Real Thing, Travesties, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia, which received the most Tony Awards of any play on Broadway. David Leveaux’s previous collaborations with Stoppard include the Tony Award-winning revival of The Real Thing and the Tony-nominated revival of Jumpers, receiving Tony Award nominations for his direction of both.
Opening Night Production Credits
Opening Night Cast
Understudies: Bianca Amato (Hannah Jarvis, Lady Croom), Jack Cutmore-Scott (Augustus Coverly, Gus Coverly, Septimus Hodge), Alyssa May Gold (Chloë Coverly, Thomasina Coverly), Baylen Thomas (Bernard Nightingale, Valentine Coverly), Ray Virta (Captain Brice, RN, Ezra Chater, Jellaby, Richard Noakes).
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Phillip J. Smith: Chairman; Robert E. Wankel: President)
Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Roger Berlind, Stephanie P. McClelland, Scott M. Delman, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Disney Theatrical Group, Robert G. Bartner, Olympus Theatricals and Douglas G. Smith; Produced in association with Janine Safer Whitney
Written by Tom Stoppard; Original Music By: Corin Buckeridge
Directed by David Leveaux; Choreographed by Jodi Moccia; Assistant Director: Jason Lawson
Scenic Design by Hildegard Bechtler; Costume Design by Gregory Gale; Lighting Design by Donald Holder; Sound Design by David Van Tieghem; Hair Design by David Brian Brown; Make-Up Design by Naomi Donne; Associate Lighting Design: John Viesta; Associate Costume Design: Colleen Kesterson; Associate Sound Design: David Sanderson; Assistant Lighting Design: Michael Jones and Caroline Chao
US General Management: 101 Productions, Ltd.; UK General Management: Sonia Friedman Productions; Company Manager: David van Zyll de Jong
Technical Supervisor: Peter Fulbright and Tech Production Services, Inc.; Production Stage Manager: Ira Mont; Stage Manager: Matthew Lacey
Dialect Consultant: Elizabeth Smith; General Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown; Casting: Jim Carnahan C.S.A.; Advertising: aka; Marketing: aka; Photographer: Carol Rosegg
“A masterpiece that recalls the wit of Oscar Wild and the complexity of Chekhov.”- Mark Kennedy, Associated Press
“A TIME TRAVELING MASTERWORK. A ravishing romance. A great love story. David Leveaux’s celebrated revival is emotionally exuberant.” – Linda Winer, Newsday
“A MASTERWORK. The play leaves its audience breathlessly enraptured.” - Jesse Oxfeld, The New York Observer
“THIS IS A STELLAR PRODUCTION. The emotional intensity and intellectual acuity of this play evince laughter, awe and the occasional lump in one’s throat.” – Ariel Ramchandani, The Economist
“Feel the heat rising. Arcadia is propelled by genuine, panting passion. A TERRIFIC PLAY. SEE IT.” – Ben Brantley, The New York Times
“ARCADIA STANDS TO LIVE FOREVER.” - Marilyn Stasio, Variety
“ONE OF THE GREAT PLAYS OF MY THEATRE GOING LIFE.” - John Lahr, The New Yorker
“TOM STOPPARD’S MASTERPIECE. AN EXQUISITE REVIVAL.” – Scott Brown, New York Magazine
Category: Play, Revival, Broadway
Setting: The room on the garden front of a very large country house in Derbyshire. April 1809. The Present.
# of Performances: 110
1st Preview : February 26, 2011
Opening Night : March 17, 2011
Final Performance: June 19, 2011
Award Wins/Nominations
2011 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Play – (nominee)
2011 Tony Award® Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play – Billy Crudup (nominee)
2011 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Tom Riley (nominee)
Opening Night Cast
ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE
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