Rock 'n' Roll star Rufus Sewell will be interviewed on NY-1's "On Stage" by Patrick Pacheco in a segment that will air Saturday, February 2nd and Sunday, February 3rd at 9:30 AM and 7:30 PM, and Monday, February 4th (early Tuesday) at 12:30 AM.
Rock 'n' Roll opened to rave reviews on Sunday, November 4 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street). The production, which is directed by Trevor Nunn, will play a limited engagement through Sunday, March 9.
It's August 1968, and Russian tanks are rolling in to Prague. Jan, the Czech student, lives for rock music, Max, the English professor, lives for Communism and Esme, the flower child, is high. By 1990, the tanks are rolling out, the Stones are rolling in and idealism has hit the wall. A deeply felt look at the connection between rock music and revolution, Stoppard's sweeping and witty play spans two countries, three generations and twenty-two turbulent years, at the end of which love remains - and so does rock 'n' roll.
The production stars
Brian Cox (Max), Sinead Cusack (Eleanor/Esme (Older)), and
Rufus Sewell (Jan), with
Nicole Ansari (Lenka),
Mary Bacon (Gillian/Magda),
Alice Eve (Esme (Younger)/Alice), Seth Fisher (The Piper/Policeman),
Stephen Kunken (Ferdinand), Quentin Maré (Interrogator/Nigel), Ken Marks (Milan/Waiter),
Alexandra Neil (Candida) and Anna O'Donoghue (Pupil),
Rock 'n' Roll won the Evening Standard and London Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play. The Broadway production marks the 40th anniversary since Stoppard was first introduced to New York audiences with
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Stoppard was most recently represented on Broadway with the acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater production of
The Coast of Utopia, which last season won a record-breaking seven Tony Awards, including Best Play. Set design is by
Robert Jones, costume design is by Emma Ryott, lighting design is by
Howard Harrison and sound design by Ian Dickinson.
Rock 'n' Roll is produced on Broadway by
Bob Boyett &
Sonia Friedman Productions, Ostar Productions,
Roger Berlind, Tulchin/Bartner, Douglas G. Smith, Dancap Productions, Jam Theatricals, and The Weinstein Company, in association with Lincoln Center Theater.
Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM. Tickets may be purchased by calling TeleCharge at 212-239-6200, online at www.telecharge.com or at the Jacobs Theatre box office (242 West 45th Street). Log onto
www.RocknRollThePlay.com for more information.
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