Broadway-Bound VIOLET Will Be 'Retooled' One-Act Version

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Sutton Foster is coming BACK to Broadway, as Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced that it will present two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster in a Broadway production of Violet (first seen as part of Encores! Off-Center concert series in 2013), directed by Leigh Silverman. Based on the short story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts, Violet features music by Jeanine Tesori and book & lyrics by Brian Crawley.

Composer Jeanine Tesori just revealed in an interview with Variety that the upcoming Broadway production will be the one-act, "retooled and trimmed" version that was presented at Encores in summer 2013. The changes made for that presentation will be "retained and honed."

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VIOLET will play a 20-week limited engagement beginning previews on March 28, 2014 and opening officially on April 20, 2014 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street).

The show will mark Sutton Foster's return to Broadway and Roundabout after winning the 2011 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her acclaimed performance as "Reno Sweeney" in Anything Goes. The full cast will be announced shortly.

The creative team includes Jeffrey Page (Choreographer), Joseph Joubert and Buryl Red (Original Orchestrations) and Michael Rafter (Music Director). The design team includes David Zinn (Sets), Clint Ramos (Costumes), Mark Barton (Lights) and Leon Rothenberg (Sound).

VIOLET tells the story of a young woman's quest for beauty amidst the image-obsessed landscape of the 1960s. Facially disfigured in a childhood accident, Violet (Foster) dreams of a miraculous transformation through the power of faith. Convinced that a televangelist in Oklahoma can heal her, she hops a Greyhound bus and starts the journey of a lifetime. Along the way, Violet forms unlikely friendships with her fellow riders, who teach her about beauty, love, courage and what it means to be an outsider.

VIOLET opened off-Broadway for a limited run at Playwrights Horizons on March 11, 1997. It won the Obie Award, Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical and the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical.

Tickets are currently available to Roundabout subscribers, and VIP Seats are available to donors in the Chairman's Circle. All other tickets will be available to the public in early 2014. For more information on subscriptions, VIP seats, or to sign up to be notified when tickets go on-sale to the public, visit roundabouttheatre.org or call 212-719-1300.