Photo Coverage: The Cast of The Roundabout Theatre Company's A Touch of the Poet
By: Walter McBride
The cast of the Roundabout Theatre Company's upcoming revival of Eugene O'Neill's drama A Touch of the Poet posed for photos at a rehearsal. The show, which will open at Studio 54 on Thursday, December 8th after beginning previews on November 11th, will play out its limited engagement through January 29th, 2006.
Directed by Tony Award-winner Doug Hughes (Doubt), A Touch of the Poet stars Gabriel
Byrne as Cornelius Melody, Dearbhla Molloy as Nora Melody, Emily
Bergl as Sara Melody, John Horton as Nicholas Gadsby, Byron Jennings as Jamie Cregan, Kathryn Meisle as Deborah, Randall Newsome as Paddy
O'Dowd, Ciaran O'Reilly as Dan Roche and Daniel Stewart Sherman as Mickey
Maloy. "Set in a shabby tavern outside Boston in 1828, A Touch of the Poet
finds an Irish immigrant who fancies himself as a distinguished
gentleman despite all evidence to the contrary. Down-on-his-luck, he
finds himself in a quandary when his daughter falls for the son of a
wealthy American and he insists on maintaining his European gentility," according to press notes.For tickets, call (212) 719-1300, go to the Studio 54 box office (254 W. 54th St.) or visit www.roundabouttheatre.org.
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Byrne and Hughes
Hughes
Meisle
Jennings
Molloy
Meisle, Molloy and Bergl
Daniel Stewart Sherman
Newsome and Sherman
Powers, Ciaran O'Reilly, Newsome and Sherman
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