Seminar, Theresa Rebeck’s new play about the creative and personal tensions of four young novelists who are taking a private writing class with a potentially damaging teacher, played by Alan Rickman — an actor often on the brink of a sneer — begins Broadway performances Oct. 27 at the Golden Theatre.
In Seminar, according to the producers, “four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with Leonard, an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction, some thrive and others flounder, alliances are made and broken, sex is used as a weapon and hearts are unmoored. The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious as innocence collides with experience in this provocative new comedy.”
The cast also features Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Jerry O’Connell and Hettienne Park.
Producers of Seminar have announced a special contest for tickets to the exclusive final dress rehearsal of the upcoming Broadway play by Theresa Rebeck.
To enter, visit Seminar’s Facebook fan page. “Like” the page and submit a name and email address. Entries will be accepted through Oct. 24 at 3 PM. Twenty winners will each receive a pair of tickets to see the exclusive final dress rehearsal of Seminar, held Oct. 26 at 8 PM at The Golden Theatre. Winning entries will be selected at random.
Directed by Obie Award winner Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation, The Aliens, Tigers Be Still, Kin, The Coward), Seminar will star Tony Award nominee Alan Rickman (Private Lives, Les Liaisons Dangereuses) as a world-famous writer with power over young scribes in his class. The cast also includes Tony nominee Lily Rabe (The Merchant of Venice), Jerry O’Connell, Hettienne Park and Hamish Linklater.
Seminar, according to the producers, is about “four young writers who are thrilled to be participating in a private seminar taught by the brilliant but unpredictable Leonard (Rickman), an international literary legend. But as Leonard deems some students more promising than others, tensions arise. Sex is used as a weapon, alliances are made and broken, and it’s not just the wordplay that turns vicious…”
Theresa Rebeck’s new play, Seminar, will receive its world premiere on Broadway when performances begin Oct. 27, prior to an official opening set for Nov. 20, at the John Golden Theatre.
Directed by Obie Award winner Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation, The Aliens, Tigers Be Still, Kin, The Coward), Seminar will star Tony Award nominee Alan Rickman (Private Lives, Les Liaisons Dangereuses) as a world-famous writer with power over young scribes in his class. The cast also includes Tony nominee Lily Rabe (The Merchant of Venice), Jerry O’Connell, Hettienne Park and Hamish Linklater.
Here, Playbill Video meets Gold and the cast at a press day for the world-premiere production. Members of the Seminar cast chat about their characters and talk about the themes of the upcoming production.
Seminar, according to the producers, is about “four young writers who are thrilled to be participating in a private seminar taught by the brilliant but unpredictable Leonard (Rickman), an international literary legend. But as Leonard deems some students more promising than others, tensions arise. Sex is used as a weapon, alliances are made and broken, and it’s not just the wordplay that turns vicious…”
