The New York Times
Those Who Seek to Make Art Often Find Themselves Alone
Ben Brantley

“It makes you catch your breath. Rosemary Harris asks us to look close to find the creative soul within. And with the generosity of a great artist, she rewards us with the illusion that we have discovered the majesty of her character all by ourselves. Carla Gugino is bracingly vital and Jim Dale is first-rate in this powerful production.”

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Variety
Marilyn Stasio

“If anyone is Broadway royalty, it’s Rosemary Harris, captivating as an eccentric visionary who strikes her pious neighbors as batty, but who embodies the last flickering flame of artistic freedom in her politically embattled nation.”

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Time Out New York
Rosemary Harris glows in a flickering revival of Athol Fugard’s drama.
Adam Feldman

“The play catches fire in Act II, culminating in a beautiful speech in which Helen describes the lonely journey to her fanciful concrete Mecca. It’s Fugard at his lyrical best, and the indomitable Harris—at 84, still inspiringly sharp—delivers it with marvelous ragged dignity.”

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New York Post
Luminous Performers Brighten 1984 ‘Road’
Elisabeth Vincentelli

“The drama flourishes in the second act, when local minister Marius Byleveld (Jim Dale, making a welcome return to the stage) drops by.  He’s trying to persuade Miss Helen to leave her house for a retirement home, and at first he looks like a manipulative, judgmental creep.  But the reverend is more complex than he seems, and Fugard endows him with the same layered depth he affords the women. There are no obvious villains and heroes here, and no easy resolutions, either.”

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The Road to Mecca is playing at the American Airlines Theatre through March 4, 2012.  For more information, click here.

A new block of tickets for Anything Goes is now on-sale through September 9th, 2012. Anything Goes will now play through Sunday, September 9^th, 2012 on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.  It was originally scheduled to run through Sunday, July 31^st, 2011.

Casting for May 1st – September 9th will be announced shortly.

Anything Goes currently stars 2011 Tony® Award winner Sutton Foster as “Reno Sweeney” and Tony and Academy® Award winner Joel Grey as “Moonface Martin,” and is directed and choreographed by 2011 Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall.

The cast currently features John McMartin as “Elisha Whitney”, Julie Halston as “Evangeline Harcourt.” Colin Donnell as “Billy Crocker”, Erin Mackey as “Hope Harcourt,” Robert Petkoff as “Lord Evelyn Oakleigh,”Jessica Stone as “Erma,” Walter Charles as “Captain,” Robert Creighton as “Purser,” Andrew Cao as “Luke,” and Raymond J. Lee as “John.”Additional cast members include Clyde Alves, Ward Billeisen, Daniel J. Edwards, Kearran Giovanni, Justin Greer, Derek Hanson, Tari Kelly, Michelle Loucadoux, Shina Ann Morris, Linda Mugleston, Kevin Munhall, Mary Michael Patterson, Hayley Podschun, Brandon Rubendall, William Ryall, Jennifer Savelli, Vanessa Sonon, Kristen Beth Williams.

For more information on Anything Goes, click here.

Ted Sod, Roundabout’s Education Dramaturg, sat down with actor Matthew Rhys to discuss Look Back in Anger and his role as the iconic Jimmy Porter.

Ted Sod: Why did you choose to play the role of Jimmy Porter?

Matthew Rhys: Look Back in Anger was instrumental in me choosing to be an actor. I’ve been slightly obsessed with this play since I was a very young boy when I saw Richard Burton in the film version. Consequently, it’s always been an enormous ambition of mine to play the part.

TS: Jimmy seems to be a character that wasn’t seen on British stages prior to 1956.

MR: Obviously, I wasn’t around when it premiered, but we are all privy to the play’s impact. There are people I’ve worked with who remember seeing Jimmy on stage for the first time and certainly felt the impact it had at that time. Sometimes, when the play is revived, the pressing question becomes how relevant is it? There are still great elements of the play that are incredibly relevant I think. And that’s why the play means so much to me; I can relate to Jimmy so easily.

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