2010-2011 Season

Roundabout has a great history with the work of George Bernard Shaw, most recently with Pygmalion and Heartbreak House, but also reaching back to Arms and the Man, Major Barbara, and more. It has been my experience that each production of a Shaw play reveals as much about the society that he depicts as it does about the society from which it is now being viewed. The characters he puts on stage and the questions posed by his work force us to closely examine our own attitudes towards a variety of subjects – and in the case of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, we find ourselves examining an essential issue for society: Morality. Continue Reading this article

Todd Haimes, Artistic Director, announces the dates and venue for the new Broadway production of Anything Goes, starring Tony® Award winner Sutton Foster as “Reno Sweeney.”

Directed & choreographed by Tony® Award winner Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes will begin performances March 10th, 2011 and officially open on April 7th, 2011 on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street).

Music & lyrics by Cole Porter; original book by P.G. Wodehouse & and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse; New book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman.

The creative team includes Rob Fisher (Music Supervisor). The design team includes Derek McLan (Sets), Martin Pakledinaz (Costumes) and Peter Kaczorowski (Lights). Additional design team and cast members will be announced shortly.

Complete casting has been announced for the Roundabout Theatre Company’s new Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw Mrs. Warren’s Profession, starring the previously announced two-time Tony Award winner Cherry Jones as Kitty Warren.

Directed by Doug Hughes, previews begin Sept. 3 at the American Airlines Theatre with an official opening scheduled for Oct. 3.

Jones will be joined on stage by Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins (“Happy-Go-Lucky”), who will be making her Broadway debut as Vivie Warren, with Adam Driver (Little Doc at the Rattlestick) as Frank Gardner, Mark Harelik (The Light in the Piazza) as Sir George Crofts, Edward Hibbert (Curtains, The Drowsy Chaperone) as Mr. Praed and Michael Siberry (A Man for All Seasons, The Merchant of Venice) as Reverend Samuel Gardner. The limited engagement is currently scheduled to run through Nov. 21.
The design team includes Scott Pask (sets), Catherine Zuber (costumes), Kenneth Posner (lights) and David Van Tieghem (sound).
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