American Buffalo - 2022 Broadway History , Info & More
Circle in the Square (Broadway)
1633 Broadway at 50th St. New York, NY
Emmy and Tony Award winner Laurence Fishburne and Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Sam Rockwell will star in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo.
Mamet will reunite with director Neil Pepe (Speed-the-Plow, A Life in the Theatre) for the production. Performances are set to begin in March 2020 with an official opening on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 in a Broadway theatre to be announced.
American Buffalo - 2022 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR American Buffalo
AMERICAN BUFFALO: MAMET’S CLASSIC IS IN MINT CONDITION
8 / 10
The current Broadway revival seems designed to showcase Sam Rockwell, who has often played fast-talking, dim-witted and often racist characters in his illustrious career, as exemplified by his Oscar-winning turn in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The role of Teach seems tailor-made for him, much as it did for Al Pacino decades earlier, and, not surprisingly, he kills in the part. But what makes this production so successful - unlike its previous, mediocre Broadway revival in 2008, starring John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer and Haley Joel Osment, which only lasted a week - is that his co-stars are equally up to the challenge.
Review: In ‘American Buffalo,’ Grift Is the Coin of the Realm
9 / 10
In the electric revival that opened on Thursday at Circle in the Square, Teach is embodied with coiled and then terrifyingly uncoiled ferocity by Sam Rockwell, making a great occasion of a great role. When he first skitters into the junk shop run by his poker buddy Don - Laurence Fishburne in a beautifully considered performance - he's already seething about a petty insult and stalking the joint like a rat-peacock hybrid. By the time he inserts himself into a heist Don is planning with his dim young gofer and protégé, Bobby, played by the angelic if underpowered Darren Criss, he is so hopped up on delusions of profit that he endangers the operation he means to abet.
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American Buffalo History
Other Productions of American Buffalo
| 1976 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1977 | Broadway |
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| 1981 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1983 | Broadway |
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| 2000 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2008 | Broadway |
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| 2015 | West End |
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| 2022 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
American Buffalo - 2022 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | American Buffalo |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Sam Rockwell |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Scott Pask |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Neil Pepe |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Sam Rockwell |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | American Buffalo |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Scott Pask |
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