Performances of The National Theatre of Great Britain's American premiere production of Coram Boy begin tonight, Monday, April 16th at Broadway's Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). Staged and co-designed by Melly Still, and adapted by Helen Edmundson from Jamila Gavin's award-winning novel, Coram Boy opens officially on Wednesday, May 2nd. Previously, the show played two sold-out engagements at The National Theatre of Great Britain and was awarded the 2006 Time Out Best Play Award.
Press notes describe
Coram Boy as, "the tale of two orphans at the Coram Hospital for Deserted Children: Toby, saved from an African slave ship and Aaron, the abandoned son of the heir to a great estate. A story of fathers and sons, set in the dark heart of 18th-century England,
Coram Boy is filled with danger and excitement."
Coram's Boy's cast includes
Jolly Abraham (
Bombay Dreams) as "Molly,"
Uzo Aduba as "Toby,"
Jacqueline Antaramian (
Julius Caesar) as "Mrs. Hendry,"
Bill Camp (
Heartbreak House) as "Otis Gardiner,"
Dashiell Eaves (
The Lieutenant of Inishmore) as "Adult Thomas Ledbury,"
Xanthe Elbrick as "Young Alexander Ashbrook/Aaron,"
Tom Riis Farrell (
Dirty Blonde) as "
Mr. Claymore,"
Brad Fleischer (
Pig Farm) as "Meshak Gardiner,"
Karron Graves as "Isobel Ashbrook,"
Laura Heisler as "Edward Ashbrook,"
Angela Lin as "Miss Price,"
David Andrew Macdonald (
Two Shakespearean Actors) as "Lord Ashbrook,"
Quentin Maré (
Julius Caesar) as "Dr. Smith/Frederic Handel," Tony Award(r) nominee
Jan Maxwell (
Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang) as "Mrs. Lynch,"
Kathleen McNenny (
The Constant Wife) as "Mrs. Milcote,"
Cristin Milioti (
The Lieutenant of Inishmore) as "Alice Ashbrook,"
Charlotte Parry (
The Real Thing) as "Young Thomas Ledbury,"
Christina Rouner as "Lady Ashbrook,"
Ivy Vahanian as "Melissa/Angel," and
Wayne Wilcox (S
uddenly Last Summer) as "Adult Alexander Ashbrook."
Philip Anderson,
John Arbo,
Sean Attebury,
Renée Brna,
Charlotte Cohn,
Sean Cullen,
Katie Geissinger,
Zachary James,
Tinashe Kajese, BJ Karpen,
Katherine Keyes,
Evangelia Kingsley, Eric
William Morris,
Samantha Soule,
Daniel Neer,
Nina Negri,
Mark Rehnstrom,
Martín Solá, Alisson Weller, and Greg Wright complete the cast as an on-stage choir that will perform Handel's "Messiah" and original music composed by
Adrian Sutton. The choir will be accompanied by a 7 piece chamber orchestra.
Coram Boy's creative team includes
Ti Green and
Melly Still (set design),
Paule Constable (lighting design),
Christopher Shutt (sound design) The music director is
Constantine Kitsopoulos and the fight director is
Thomas Schall.
Previews of
Coram Boy will play the following schedule:
Week of April 16, 2007
Monday – Saturday at 8:00 p.m. with a matinee on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
There will be no performance on Sunday, April 22.
Week of April 23, 2007
Tuesday – Saturday at 8:00 p.m. with a matinee's on Wednesday and
Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Week of April 30, 2007
Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday evening at
7:30 p.m. with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Opening Night is on Wednesday, May 2 is at 6:30 p.m. There will be no performance on Thursday, May 3. Beginning May 8, 2007,
Coram Boy runs Tuesday – Saturday at 8:00 p.m. with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
Tickets are available by calling (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, visiting
Telecharge.com, and at the Imperial Theatre box office (249 West 45th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Tickets range in price from $56.25 - $101.25. For more information, visit
www.CoramBoyonBroadway.com.
