Tix for Rock 'n' Roll On Sale Aug. 29; Box Office to Open in October
By Andrew Gans
29 Aug 2007
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Rufus Sewell in Rock 'n' Roll.
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| photo by Geraint Lewis | Tickets for Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, which will begin previews Oct. 19 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, are now on sale to the general public.
Tickets for the production, which will be directed by Trevor Nunn, are available by calling (212) 239-6200 or by visiting www.telecharge.com. The Jacobs Theatre box office, located at 242 West 45th Street, will open for business Oct. 1.
Rock 'n' Roll, which played a record-breaking run in London, will officially open on Broadway Nov. 4. Brian Cox, Sinead Cusack and Rufus Sewell, who appeared in the London company, will also star in New York. The Broadway cast will also feature Nicole Ansari and Alice Eve. Sewell won the Olivier, Evening Standard and London Critics' Circle awards for his performance. (Additional casting will be announced shortly.)
"It's August 1968," press notes state, "and Russian tanks are rolling in to Prague. Jan, the Czech student, lives for rock music, Max, the English professor, lives for Communism and Esme, the flower child, is high. By 1990, the tanks are rolling out, the Stones are rolling in and idealism has hit the wall. A deeply felt look at the connection between rock music and revolution, Stoppard's sweeping and witty play spans two countries, three generations and 22 turbulent years, at the end of which love remains — and so does rock 'n' roll."
The design team includes Robert Jones (set design), Emma Ryott (costume design), Howard Harrison (lighting design) and Ian Dickinson (sound design).
Stoppard's play received its world premiere at the Royal Court and subsequently transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre for a sold-out run. It won the London Evening Standard and London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for Best New Play.
Rock 'n' Roll will be produced on Broadway by Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Boyett, Ostar Enterprises, Roger Berlind and Tulbart Productions, in association with Lincoln Center Theater.
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