Richard Easton is Back for the 'Voyage' at LCT

Tony Award-winning actor, Richard Easton, returned to the Lincoln Center Theater production of Voyage, the first part of its new production of Tom Stoppard's trilogy The Coast of Utopia, this past Saturday evening, November 11th. 

This first installment of Mr. Stoppard's trilogy, directed by Jack O'Brien, will open on Monday, November 27 at 6:45pm at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street).

Easton, who plays Russian landowner Alexander Bakunin in Voyage, was away from the production for several weeks to recover from a procedure to correct a heart arrhythmia.  Easton, who played the first preview of the production on Tuesday, October 17, became ill during the following night's performance.  His understudy, David Manis, performed the role of Alexander Bakunin since October 19.

The Coast of Utopia features a cast of 44 also headed by Billy Crudup, Jennifer Ehle, Josh Hamilton, David Harbour, Jason Butler Harner, Ethan Hawke, Amy Irving, Brían F. O'Byrne and Martha Plimpton.

Easton is a Tony Award-winner for his performance in Stoppard's The Invention of Love, while his many other Broadway credits include The Rivals, Henry IV, Noises Off, Hamlet, Exit the King, The School for Scandal, and The Cherry Orchard.

The schedule for the second and third parts of The Coast of Utopia is: Part Two – Shipwreck begins performances on Wednesday, December 6 and opens on Thursday, December 21; and Part Three – Salvage begins performances Tuesday, January 30 and opens on Thursday, February 15.  The play is scheduled to run through Saturday, March 10.

Visit www.lincolncenter.org for tickets and more information.

Photo by Paul Kolnik--Ethan Hawke and Richard Easton