Roundabout Theatre Company (New York). After many years of presenting low‐budget revivals in a variety of inhospitable venues, this company became one of New York's most potent producing groups on and Off Broadway in the 1990s. Founded in 1965 by Gene Feist to present seasons of revivals of notable plays, the group first performed in a church, then in the basement of a supermarket before finding a home in a converted cinema. In 1984 the company moved to the old Tammany Hall building off Union Square. Jane Alexander, Jim Dale, Anthony Hopkins, Philip Bosco, and Irene Worth are among the distinguished performers who have appeared in a broad range of plays, including Shakespeare and classical Greek drama, but emphasizing 19th‐ and 20thcentury British works. By the late 1980s the company boasted the largest list of regular subscribers in New York and was sending productions regularly to Broadway. It next occupied the Criterion Center in Times Square, making its shows bona fide Broadway entries, though the company remained a nonprofit venture. In 2000 the Roundabout moved into its permanent Broadway home, the restored Selwyn Theatre on 42nd Street, now called the American Airlines Theatre, while still presenting shows Off Broadway at the American Place Theatre and the former discotheque Studio 54. The repertory still consists almost exclusively of play and musical revivals, some of which enjoyed long runs, such as the 1998 mounting of Cabaret.
Roundabout Theatre Company
| American Theater Guide: Roundabout Theatre Company |
| Wikipedia: Roundabout Theatre Company |
 |
This article or section has multiple issues. Please help improve the article or discuss these issues on the talk page.
|
The Roundabout Theatre Company is the largest[citation needed] non-profit theatre company based in New York City, New York U.S.A.. The Company owns[citation needed] Studio 54, the American Airlines Theatre, and Henry Miller's Theatre, all Broadway theatres, and the Off-Broadway Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Arts, all in New York City.
A subsidiary of the Roundabout, the Roundabout Underground, is dedicated to the works of emerging playwrights (most recently Steven Karam's Speech and Debate). Its performances are held in the Black Box Theatre, located in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center For Arts.
The Roundabout was founded in 1965 by Gene Feist and Elizabeth Owens.[1] The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, which includes the Laura Pels Theatre, is located on West 46th Street in Manhattan. The Center was developed, with financial support from the Steinbergs, "to support its artistic mission of fostering emerging talent in playwriting, performance, and stagecraft."[2]
Contents |
Production history
(incomplete (1965-2000), you can help)
- American Airlines Theatre
- 2000: The Man Who Came to Dinner, Betrayal, Design for Living
- 2001: Major Barbara, The Women, An Almost Holy Picture, The Man Who Had All the Luck
- 2002: The Boys from Syracuse, Tartuffe, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, As Long as We Both Shall Laugh
- 2003: Big River, The Caretaker, Twentieth Century
- 2004: After The Fall, Twelve Angry Men
- 2005: The Constant Wife, A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, The Pajama Game
- 2006: Heartbreak House, Prelude to a Kiss
- 2007: Old Acquaintance, Pygmalion, The 39 Steps, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- 2008: A Man for All Seasons, Hedda Gabler
- 2009: The Philanthropist, "After Miss Julie"
- Studio 54
- 1998: Cabaret
- 2004: Assassins
- 2005: Pacific Overtures, A Streetcar Named Desire
- 2006: A Touch of the Poet, The Threepenny Opera
- 2007: The Apple Tree, 110 in the Shade
- 2008: The Ritz, Sunday in the Park with George
- 2009: Pal Joey, Waiting for Godot
- Laura Pels Theatre
- 2004: The Foreigner
- 2005: Mr. Marmalade, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Pig Farm
- 2006: Suddenly Last Summer, Howard Katz, The Home Place
- 2007: The Overwhelming, Crimes of the Heart
- 2008: Streamers, Distracted "Tin Pan Ally Rag"
- Gramercy Theatre
- 2000: Hotel Suite
Awards
Drama Desk Awards
- 1993: Revival of a Play – Anna Christie
- 1994: Musical Revival – She Loves Me
- 1998: Revival of a Musical – Cabaret
- 1998: Revival of a Play – A View From the Bridge
- 2003: Revival of a Musical – Nine
- 2004: Revival of a Musical – Assassins
- 2005: Revival of a Play – Twelve Angry Men
- 2008: Unique Theatrical Experience – The 39 Steps
Laurence Olivier Awards
- 1995; Best Musical Revival – She Loves Me
Lucille Lortel Awards
They have won 9 Lucille Lortel Awards. Derek McLane and Catherine Zuber won Outstanding Set and Costume Design Awards for 2004's Intimate Apparel. Reg Rogers won an Outstanding Actor award for 2002's The Dazzle. Kenneth Posner won an Outstanding Lighting Design Award for 2000's Give Me Your Answer, Do! Robert Brill with Scott Pask, Jess Goldstein, and Kevin Adams won Awards for Outstanding Set, Costume, and Lighting Design for 1999's The Mineola Twins. 1998's All My Sons won an award for Outstanding Revival. 1996's Molly Sweeney won an award for Outstanding Play of the Season.
Theatre World Awards
29 Performers in Roundabout productions have won Theatre World Awards, which honors achievement in "breakout" performances. Winners are Christopher Goutman in 1979's The Promise, Boyd Gaines in 1981's A Month in the Country, Lisa Banes in 1981's Look Back in Anger, Anthony Heald in 1982's Misalliance, Kate Burton in 1983's Winners, Mark Capri in 1985's On Approval, Lindsay Crouse in 1992's The Homecoming, Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson in 1993's Anna Christie, Calista Flockhart and Kevin Kilner in 1995's The Glass Menagerie, Helen Mirren in 1995's A Month in the Country, Alfred Molina in 1996's Molly Sweeney, Helen Carey in 1997's London Assurance, Alan Cumming in 1998's Cabaret, Henry Czerny in 2000's Arms and the Man, Juliette Binoche in 2001's Betrayal, David Warner in 2002's Major Barbara, Victoria Hmailton in 2003's A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Antonio Banderas and Mary Stuart Masterson for 2003's Nine, Alexander Gemignani in 2004's Assassins, Carla Gugino in 2005's After the Fall, Mamie Gummer in 2006's Mr. Marmalade, Nellie McKay in 2006's The Threepenny Opera, Harry Connick Jr. in 2006's The Pajama Game, Ben Daniels in 2008's Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Jenna Russell in 2008's Sunday in the Park with George.
Tony Awards
- 1993: Revival – Anna Christie
- 1998: Revival of a Musical – Cabaret
- 1998: Revival of a Play – A View From the Bridge
- 1999: New Play – Side Man
- 2003: Revival of a Musical – Nine
- 2004: Revival of a Musical – Assassins
- 2005: Revival of a Play – Glengarry Glen Ross
- 2006: Revival of a Musical – The Pajama Game
Village Voice Obie Awards
They have won 7 Village Voice Obie Awards. 2004's Intimate Apparel, 2003's All Over, 2002's The Dazzle, 1999's The Mineola Twins, and 1981's The Chalk Garden won Performance Awards for Viola Davis, Rosemary Harris, Peter Frechette and Reg Rogers, Swoosie Kurtz, and Irene Worth respectively. Emily Mann also won a Direction Obie Award for 2003's All Over.
Other awards
Roundabout has received 41 Outer Critics Circle Awards
References
- ^ Roundabout Theatre Company - A Short History of Roundabout
- ^ Architectural Record Building Types Study | Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
External links
- Roundabout Theatre Company official website
- Roundabout Theatre Company at the Internet Movie Database
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
 | She Loves Me [1993 Broadway Revival Cast] (1993 Album by 1993 Broadway Revival Cast) |
| Pacific Overtures [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (2005 Album by 2004 Broadway Revival Cast) |
| Pacific Overtures [New Broadway Cast Recording] (Classical Album) |
 | How can you audition for a professional theatre company? Read answer... |
| What is a resident theatre company? Read answer... |
| What is the name of shakespeare's theatre company? Read answer... |
 | What is a roundabout theatre subscription? |
| What theatre productions uses a playpark set design Including a slide roundabout and swings? |
| What happened to the Theatre companies after the pa? |
Copyrights:
 |
 | American Theater Guide. The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. Copyright © 2004 by Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Roundabout Theatre Company". Read more |
- Did all theatre companies own a theatre to perform in?
- What theatre did the king's men theatre company buy?
- What is a roundabout?
- What type of theater is the Roundabout Theatre Company New York?
- What is a roundabout theatre subscription?
Mentioned in
- She Loves Me [1993 Broadway Revival Cast] (1993 Album by 1993 Broadway Revival Cast)
- Pacific Overtures [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (2005 Album by 2004 Broadway Revival Cast)
- Pacific Overtures [New Broadway Cast Recording] (Classical Album)
- 110 in the Shade [2007 Broadway Revival Cast] (2007 Album by 2007 Broadway Revival Cast)
- Errand (Historical Context) (story)
- Company (TV program)
- Roundabout (disambiguation)
- Robert Clohessy
- Gordon Edelstein
- The Foreigner (play)
- Brownstone (musical)
- Look Back in Anger (1980 film)
- Lenny Von Dohlen
- Alexander Gemignani
