Tony Winner John Rubinstein to Star in EISENHOWER: THIS PIECE OF GROUND at Theatre West

THEATRE WEST & NEW LA REPERTORY will present Tony Winner John Rubinstein, performing as General Eisenhower in Richard Hellesen's world premiere EISENHOWER: This Piece Of Ground. Opening October 28th, 2022 at Theatre West.

For detailed information about the show, go to: www.newlarep.org. Tickets are on sale now at: www.TheatreWest.org.

Rehearsals began last week, directed by Peter Ellenstein and are in full swing. In this powerful drama, Tony-winning theatre, television and film actor John Rubinstein will portray General Eisenhower.

This play is a fiction, a piece of history. It is adapted from a range of General Eisenhower's memoirs, speeches, and letters. The author is grateful to David Eisenhower and the Eisenhower family for permission to quote as needed.

The show opens October 28 - November 20, 2022. Performances are Friday and Saturday 8:00pm and Sunday 2:00pm. Previews will be October 22, 23, & 27. Theatre West is located at 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Los Angeles, CA. 90068. Box Office (323) 851-7977. Tickets on sale at: www.TheatreWest.org

John Rubinstein (Dwight D. Eisenhower)

John Rubinstein originated the title role in the Broadway musical Pippin, directed by Bob Fosse, and won the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his performance in Children of a Lesser God. Other Broadway appearances include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ragtime, Hurlyburly, M. Butterfly, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Drama Desk nomination), Getting Away with Murder, Fools, Love Letters, and the 2013 Pippin revival. He appeared off-Broadway in Counsellor-at-Law (2005 Lucille Lortel Award, Outer Critics' Circle and Drama League nominations), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Urban Blight, Cabaret Verboten, and Morning's at Seven. Regionally: Wicked in LA, and the international tour of the Pippin revival. He starred in the TV series, "Family" (Emmy nomination), and "Crazy Like A Fox", and over 300 episodes. Films include Being the Ricardos, Hello, I Must Be Going, 21 Grams, Red Dragon, The Boys from Brazil, Someone to Watch Over Me, Daniel, Zachariah, and Getting Straight. He directed the world premiere of A. R. Gurney's The Old Boy, and Counsellor-at-Law, Company, Brigadoon, Macbeth, The Three Sisters, Phantasie, Nightingale, The Rivals, A Little Night Music, Guys and Dolls, Into The Woods, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Rover. He composes film and TV music (Jeremiah Johnson, The Candidate, "The Dollmaker", "China Beach", among others), hosted two classical music radio programs, played keyboards in a rock band, and has recorded over 200 audiobooks, most numerously Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware series of Los Angeles crime novels. He is married to Bonnie Burgess, and their son Max is the youngest of his five children, joining Jessica, Michael, Peter, and Jacob.

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