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THE REAL THING Launches Desert Island Disc Challenge; Submit Before 11/2!

By: Oct. 29, 2014
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In Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, playwright Henry (Ewan McGregor) struggles to name the songs he'd take if he were stranded on a desert island. Should he admit to his guiltiest pop pleasures, or stick to more conventional choices?

Now it's your turn to decide! Submit a song to include on your Desert Island Disc by Sunday, November 2, then check by on Monday, November 3 to see if your song has advanced to the voting round.

One winner with the most votes will receive a trip to London, including roundtrip airfare for two on American Airlines and four night's accommodations at Baglioni Hotel London. The runner-up will receive an autographed merchandise package from the cast ofThe Real Thing.

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, November 11 through Roundabout Theatre Company's Facebook, Twitter and Instagramfeeds. Official contest rules can be seen here.

Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing is directed by Sam Gold, starring Ewan McGregor as "Henry," Maggie Gyllenhaal as "Annie," Cynthia Nixon as "Charlotte" and Josh Hamilton as "Max," and features Ronan Raftery as "Billy," Alex Breaux as "Brodie," and Madeline Weinstein as "Debbie." The Real Thing opens tomorrow, October 30 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42ndStreet). This is a limited engagement through Sunday, January 11, 2015.

This Tony Award®-winning play by Tom Stoppard (The Coast of Utopia, Arcadia) first seduced audiences in London and New York nearly 30 years ago. Henry (McGregor) is a playwright not so happily married to Charlotte (Nixon), the lead actress in his play about a marriage on the verge of collapse. When Henry's affair with their friend Annie (Gyllenhaal) threatens to destroy his own marriage, he discovers that life has started imitating art. After Annie leaves her husband, Max (Hamilton), so she and Henry can begin a new life together, he can't help but wonder whether their love is fiction or The Real Thing. Delectably witty and deeply affecting, The Real Thingtakes a daring glimpse at relationships, fidelity, and the passions that often blur our perception of love.







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