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Fosse Tribute to Hit Studio 54, SONS OF THE PROPHET & LOOK BACK IN ANGER Play Roundabout in 2011-2012 Season

By: Feb. 16, 2011
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Roundabout Theatre Company has announced three productions as part of the 2011-2012 theatrical season.  Bob Fosse's Dancin', a masterful tribute to legendary choreographer Bob Fosse, directed by Graciela Daniele, will play Studio 54 in the Fall of 2011. Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam, directed by Peter DuBois, will also premiere this Fall, while Look Back in Anger by John Osborne, directed by Sam Gold, will hit the stage in the Winter of 2012.

Only Roundabout subscribers have first access to tickets for the 2011-2012 season! Subscriptions for the 2011-2012 season will go on sale March, 2011. Visit www.roundabouttheatre.org/joinnow for details.

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BOB FOSSE'S DANCIN'

(Performances begin Fall 2011 at Studio 54 on Broadway, 254 West 54th Street.)

Roundabout Theatre Company presents a new Broadway production of Bob Fosse'S DANCIN', directed by Graciela Daniele.

This is the first production of DANCIN' since the original 1978 production. Bob Fosse's original choreography will be recreated on the stage of Studio 54. Creative consultation will be provided by Nicole Fosse (Bob Fosse's daughter). Cast members and the design team will be announced shortly.

Bob Fosse'S DANCIN' is a masterful tribute to the art of movement featuring legendary choreography by Bob Fosse and a score of jazz, classical and pop songs! Fosse was one of the greatest and most influential figures in dance and theatre history, with works including Cabaret, Chicago, Sweet Charity and Pippin, as well as the recipient of two Tony Awards, three Emmys and an Academy Award®.

SONS OF THE PROPHET

By Stephen Karam, Directed by Peter DuBois

(Performances begin Fall 2011, off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, 111 West 46th Street).

Roundabout Theatre Company presents SONS OF THE PROPHET, the New York premiere of Stephen Karam's brutally funny new play about a Lebanese family in PA in crisis. But as they deal with crazy bosses, medical mysteries, and the end of the family line, they never lose their unbreakable sense of humor. SONS OF THE PROPHET was commissioned by Roundabout Theatre Company. In April 2011, it will have its world premiere at Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, directed by Peter DuBois (Artistic Director) by special arrangement with Roundabout. The fall Roundabout production will be produced in association with the Huntington. Stephen Karam is the author of Speech & Debate, the first production from the Roundabout Underground. Cast members and the design team will be announced shortly.

New plays at Roundabout are supported by the New Play Production Fund. Roundabout thanks The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Jodi Glucksman, The Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater, and Laura S. Rodgers/The Honorable Ann W. Brown & Donald A. Brown.

LOOK BACK IN ANGER

By John Osborne, Directed by Sam Gold

(Performances begin Winter 2012, off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, 111 West 46th Street).

A stirring new production of John Osborne's play often regarded as the pivotal work of the last century. LOOK BACK IN ANGER is a shocking and vibrant drama about four people struggling to live together and love each other in 1950s England. Cast members and the design team will be announced shortly.

Director Sam Gold is a Roundabout Theatre Company Associate Artist and recently staged the acclaimed production of Tigers Be Still at Roundabout Underground.

Roundabout Theatre Company

Roundabout Theatre Company is a not-for-profit theatre dedicated to providing a nurturing artistic home for theatre artists at all stages of their careers where the widest possible audience can experience their work at affordable prices. Roundabout fulfills its mission each season through the revival of classic plays and musicals; development and production of new works by established playwrights and emerging writers; educational initiatives that enrich the lives of children and adults; and a subscription model and audience outreach programs that cultivate loyal audiences.

Roundabout Theatre Company currently produces at three permanent homes each of which is designed specifically to enhance the needs of the Roundabout's mission. Off-Broadway, the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, which houses the Laura Pels Theatre and Black Box Theatre (home to Roundabout Underground) features a simple sophisticated design that is perfectly suited to showcasing new plays. The grandeur of its Broadway home on 42nd Street, American Airlines Theatre, sets the ideal stage for the classics. Roundabout's Studio 54 provides an exciting and intimate Broadway venue for its musical and special event productions. Together these three distinctive venues serve to enhance the work on each of its stages.

The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre opened on March 17th, 2004 allowing Roundabout to continue its mission to produce new plays by established writers and lesser-known classic plays in the 425-seat Laura Pels Theatre. The inaugural production at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre was Intimate Apparel, a new play by Lynn Nottage, directed by Daniel Sullivan (2004 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Best Play, Outer Critics Circle Award Best Play, Outer Critics Circle Award John Gassner Award Best Play, PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award for Lynn Nottage, American Theatre Critic's Association's Francesca Primus Award Best Play, Steinberg New Play Award, Audelco Dramatic Production of the Year). Prior to the launch of Roundabout Underground in October 2007, the 62-seat Black Box Theatre has been used by Roundabout's education department for its activities including student productions and professional development workshops.

American Airlines is the official airline of Roundabout Theatre Company. Roundabout productions are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State's 62 counties; and the City of New York Theater Subdistrict Council, LDC and the City of New York.

Roundabout Theatre Company's current 2010-2011 season features Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, starring and directed by Brian Bedford; Tennessee Williams' The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore starring Olympia Dukakis, directed by Michael Wilson; Anything Goes starring Sutton Foster & Joel Grey, directed & choreographed by Kathleen Marshall; David West Read's The Dream of the Burning Boy, directed by Evan Cabnet; Dart, Stoller & Butler's The People in the Picture, starring Donna Murphy, directed by Leonard Foglia; Stone, Meehan & Yeston's Death Takes a Holiday, directed by Doug Hughes.

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