Keira Knightley will make Broadway debut in Therese Raquin

[AC126748]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 11:43am

For Roundabout, next season:
http://blog.roundabouttheatre.org/?p=11766

[Kad]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 11:49am

I am totally unfamiliar with that work, but if it's like anything else by Emile Zola, I am already bored.

[Fantod]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 11:51am

Here's the blurb for the novel on Goodreads:

"One of Zola's most famous realistic novels, Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Parisian society.

Set in the claustrophobic atmosphere of a dingy haberdasher's shop in the passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, this powerful novel tells how the heroine and her lover, Laurent, kill her husband, Camille, but are subsequently haunted by visions of the dead man and prevented from enjoying the fruits of their crime.

Zola's shocking tale dispassionately dissects the motivations of his characters--mere "human beasts", who kill in order to satisfy their lust--and stands as a key manifesto of the French Naturalist movement, of which the author was the founding father. Published in 1867, this is Zola's most important work before the Rougon-Macquart series and introduces many of the themes that can be traced through the later novel cycle."

Sounds like a soap opera

Updated On: 10/23/14 at 11:51 AM

[AC126748]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 11:56am

This new adaptation (the novel has been adapted a lot, including serving as the source material for Harry Connick Jr.'s musical THOU SHALT NOT) played in London over the summer and got great reviews.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 12:11pm

^ Yeah I was going to mention Thou Shalt Not. That's the adaptation I remember.

[bigbelterbaby]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 12:14pm

Elizabeth Marvel won an Obie Award for Best Actress when she did it Off-Broadway in 1998.

A movie was just made based on the play as well called "In Secret" with Elizabeth Olsen as Therese.


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Updated On: 10/23/14 at 12:14 PM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 12:18pm

When will celebs learn, Roundabout has a way of messing everything up.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 12:56pm

Does this mean that Noises Off is yet again delayed or will that be staying at the American Airlines and Therese Raquin goes to Studio 54.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 1:03pm

zzzzzzz.

[Fantod]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 1:08pm

Well the Roundabout still lists Noises Off on their website, so I imagine that it is still happening, but I wonder why it keeps getting delayed.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 10/23/14 at 1:18pm

Roundabout has a habit of delaying or moving shows to different venues. The Real Thing was delayed from Spring to Fall due to casting difficulties but was replaced by Violet. It must be frustrating for Andrea Martin and also Jeremy Herrin to have the shows delayed as it means they will have turned down things due to the scheduling clash only for the show to be delayed again.

[bigbelterbaby]

Posted: 6/10/15 at 9:10am

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Judith Light joins the cast as Madame Raquin

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http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/judith-light-to-join-keira-knightley-in-therese-raquin-on-broadway_73183.html

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[PianoMann]

Posted: 6/10/15 at 9:21am

Very excited to hear that Judith Light has set her next Broadway appearance! She's always one of the highlights of a given season.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 6/10/15 at 11:18am

The story is basically THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, but it's French so it's classy.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 6/10/15 at 1:40pm

Glad I'll finally be able to see Judith Light live! Everyone raves about her talent but I've never been able to catch her onstage. 

Also, I'll be happy to see Gabe Ebert again.

Off-topic question: does anyone know if Heart of Robin Hood is still trying to come to Broadway? I know Ebert was attached to that. 

[broadwayfan24]

Posted: 6/11/15 at 12:20am

I saw her on the west end in "The Misanthrope" and she was eh. Her character also called for an American accent, which may have worked for an English audience, but it was fairly bad. That was 5 years ago so hopefully she has improved on that. I don't know anything about Therese Raquin, are there accents of any kind?

[LarryD2]

Posted: 6/11/15 at 9:21am

The play is set in France (and Therese is French-Algerian), but I highly doubt the production will utilize French accents. 

As others have said, Knightly was quite good in The Children's Hour and I think she has the potential to be really good here.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/11/15 at 10:11am

Kate Nelligan was a wonderful Thérèse in a 1980 BBC production.

I'm definitely intrigued by this.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/11/15 at 10:31am

I love this crazy dark story that reaches Greek proportions in its scale of tragedy.  I would really love to see this production.

[skies]

Posted: 6/11/15 at 12:35pm

With Judith's participation I went from mildly interested to whoo hoooo!!!