Up on the Marquee: THE AUDIENCE

Peter Morgan's Broadway-bound The Audience, starring Academy Award winner Helen Mirren and directed by Stephen Daldry, will begin performances at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) on February 14, with an official opening night set for March 8. BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the marquee below!

The Audience cast is Helen Mirren (Queen Elizabeth II), Dylan Baker (John Major),Geoffrey Beevers (The Queen's Equerry),Michael Elwyn (Sir Anthony Eden), Judith Ivey(Margaret Thatcher), Dakin Matthews(Winston Churchill), Richard McCabe (Harold Wilson), Rod McLachlan (Gordon Brown),Rufus Wright (David Cameron), Anthony Cochrane (Cecil Beaton / Detective / Bishop), Graydon Long(Footman / Beefeater), Jason Loughlin (Footman / Beefeater), Michael Rudko (Ensemble), Henny Russell (Queen's Secretary), Tracy Sallows (Bobo McDonald), Sadie Sink (Young Elizabeth), Elizabeth Teeter (Young Elizabeth), and Tony Ward (Ensemble).

For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said, not even to their spouses.

The Audience imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister uses these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional - sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive. In turn, the Queen can't help but reveal her own self as she advises, consoles and, on occasion, teases. These private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age, from the beginning of Elizabeth II's reign to today. Politicians come and go through the revolving door of electoral politics, while she remains constant, waiting to welcome her next Prime Minister.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.

Theatre Marquee unveiling for Peter Morgan's 'The Audience', starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on January 26, 2015 in New York City.