Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1987

Opened: April 29, 1987
Closing: June 28, 1987

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - 1987 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Union Square Theatre
100 E. 17th Street New York, NY

Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare's play. In Tom Stoppard's best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to take the lead role, but do so in a world where echoes of Waiting for Godot resound, where reality and illusion intermix, and where fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.

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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE to Play North Coast Repertory Theatre Beginning This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 7, 2023


Experience the Halloween spirit with North Coast Repertory Theatre's production of 'DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE,' adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's novella. Directed by Shana Wride, performances run from Oct. 18 to Nov. 12, 2023.

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by Stephi Wild - Apr 21, 2023


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by Stephi Wild - Apr 18, 2023


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Anna-Jane Casey to Join Ian McKellen & John Bishop in the UK and Ireland Tour of MOTHER GOOSE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 28, 2022


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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2022


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by BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2019


Over eight million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most successful theatrical horror events ever staged - and it's coming to shock Seattle next month. In the village of Crythin Gifford, the wind howls across the moors and fog creeps mysteriously around the town spires. At the edge of the village's cemetery, young lawyer Arthur Kipps glimpses the figure of a woman, garbed all in black, and is drawn into Crythin's cursed and haunted history. Susan Hill's gothic ghost story, The Woman In Black, comes to spine- tingling life in this cunning stage adaptation by Stephen Mallatratt that has left London's West End theatre-goers enthralled for more than 30 years. Director Robin Herford recreates Mallatratt's original staging from the London West End for this American premiere of the West End Production, touring the U.S. for the first time. 

THE WOMEN IN BLACK Haunts Seattle Rep This Month
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 6, 2019


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by A.A. Cristi - Dec 19, 2018


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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead have there been?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead has had 5 productions including London Fringe which opened in 1967, Broadway which opened in 1967, Broadway which opened in 1967, Off-Broadway which opened in 1987 and West End which opened in 2017.

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