Photo Coverage: The Cast of Roundabout's 'Streamers' Meet the Press
By: Walter McBride Oct. 02, 2008
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will present a new Off-Broadway production of David Rabe’s award winning drama Streamers, directed by Scott Ellis. Streamers will begin performances on Friday, October 17th and open officially on Thursday, November 11th, 2008, Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). Yesterday, October 1st, BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were on hand as the cast and crew held their press 'Meet and Greet'.
The cast will feature Hale Appleman (Richie), Larry Clarke (Sgt. Cokes), Ato Essandoh (Carlyle), Brad Fleischer (Billy), Charlie Hewson (Martin), John Sharian (Sgt. Rooney), J.D. Williams (Roger).The design team includes Neil Patel (Sets), Tom Broecker (Costumes), Jeff Croiter (Lights) and John Gromada (Sound).In this powerful American masterpiece, four young soldiers fresh from boot camp wait anxiously in 1965 Virginia, watching the Vietnam conflict escalate. As they struggle to make sense of their new life in the army, tensions rise over race, sexuality, and class, culminating in an explosive act that changes them forever. Streamers is an unflinching exploration of the turmoil and confusion facing young men threatened by forces beyond their control.Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre box office (111 West 46 Street). Streamers will play a limited engagement.Streamers will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.
Roundabout Theatre Company’s Associate Artistic Director Scott Ellis recently staged Roundabout’s hit Tony nominated Broadway production, and subsequent two-year national tour, of Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men. Ellis returns to the Laura Pels stage following the recent production of Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr. Sloane starring Alec Baldwin.Streamers premiered Off-Broadway in April 1976 and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. Streamers was eligible for the Tony Awards in 1977 and was nominated for Best Play. This production of Streamers is based on the 2007 Huntington Theatre Company production directed by Scott Ellis.
For more information please visit www.roundabouttheatre.org
Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
Larry Clarke and John Sharian
Larry Clarke and John Sharian
Ato Essandoh, J.D. Williams, Brad Fleischer and Hale Appleman
Ato Essandoh, J.D. Williams, Brad Fleischer and Hale Appleman
The cast of 'Streamers'
The cast of 'Streamers' with David Rabe
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