Mrs. Warren's Profession

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

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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It is my pleasure to announce two shows that will be a part of the 2010-2011 season: Mrs. Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw will be directed by Doug Hughes and will be the first show of next season in the American Airlines Theatre, and The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore by Tennessee Williams and directed by Michael Wilson will be the second show at the Pels Theatre.

Both of these productions will star two first class leading ladies with Cherry Jones as the title character, Mrs. Warren, and Olympia Dukakis playing Flora Goforth in Milk Train.

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