Coming: AFTER MISS JULIE

Strindberg's Miss Julie is a powerful play, which is also very strange and hard to make believable, since so much happens in a very short time, and the characters are extreme. But it is such an interesting play that people keep trying. (Here's one translation of Strindberg's script, including Strindberg's preface.)

In a new interpretation, changed enough, I guess, so that the name itself is slightly changed, one of the world's most exciting new playwrights, and three powerful young actors present their version at the American Airlines Theater in September as part of the Roundabout's new season.

After Miss Julie
By Patrick Marber
Directed by Mark Brokaw
With Sienna Miller, Jonny Lee Miller, Marin Ireland

Sept. 18 - Dec. 6, 2009
The Roundabout Theater Company
The American Airlines Theater
227 West 42 Street (btw 7th & 8th)

Patrick Marber wrote Closer.

Sienna Miller was recently in Interview and The Edge of Love.She's in G. I. Joe coming out this summer (Aug 7, 2009).

She was also in lots of gossip stories.

Marin Ireland was in Reasons To Be Pretty on Broadway, and is a rising star in films and theater.

Jonny Lee Miller was in Trainspotting. Some trivia (from Wikipedia) -- Jonny Lee Miller was in Hackers and married his co-star Angelina Jolie; he ran the London Maration in about 3 hours. He played the lead in Eli Stone, a series I rather liked, that was cancelled after 2 seasons (possibly a victim of the Writer's Strike).

Sienna Miller and Jonny Lee Miller, though both named "Miller" are not related.

The Story
In his new interpretation of August Strindberg's classic drama about class and sex, Miss Julie, playwright Patrick Marber transposes Miss Julie to the English countryside in 1945. Sequestered in her grandmother's country house on the eve of the Labour Party's historic landslide victory, young Miss Julie engages in a forbidden flirtation that quickly spins into a life and death struggle for power.

After Miss Julie
The Roundabout Theater Company

Sept. 18 - Dec. 6, 2009

American Airlines Theatre
227 West 42 St. (7th & 8th Aves)
Ticket Services: 212.719.1300

Coming: DREYFUS IN REHEARSAL

DREYFUS IN REHEARSAL

By JEAN-CLAUDE GRUMBERG
Adapted by GARSON KANIN (Born Yesterday, The Rat Race, Do Re Mi)
Directed by Chad Larabee

Poland. 1931. A troupe of amateur Jewish performers attempts to put on a play about French Captain Alfred Dreyfus. Complications ensue as the frustrated director struggles to make the company understand the relevance of live theatre and help his young lead find the conviction to play the title character. Through it all, the troupe discovers the strength of their collective voice and what they mean to each other.

Dreyfus in Rehearsal begins performances this Thursday, July 30 at the Beckett Theatre, Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street).

Tickets are $18.

Beckett Theatre,
Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street).

Thursday, July 30 at 8pm
Friday, July 31 at 8pm
Saturday, August 1 at 3pm & 8pm
Monday, August 3 at 7pm
Tuesday, August 4 at 7pm
Wednesday, August 5 at 3pm & 8pm
Thursday, August 6 at 8pm
Friday, August 7 at 8pm

To purchase:
www.ticketcentral.com
or
(212) 279-4200
Or in person at the
Box Office at Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Ave.)

Featuring:
Paul Anthony Stewart* (2004 Revival of Fiddler on the Roof, "Guiding Light") as Morris,
Lori Wilner* (A Catered Affair, Awake and Sing) as Zina,
Bob Ari* (Frost/Nixon, The Constant Wife) as Arnold,
Ari Butler* as Michael,
Holly Ann Butler* (Lincoln Center's Happiness, 2007 Revival of Grease!) as Myriam,
Lee Zarrett* (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jane Eyre) as Mendl,
Daniel Pollack* (Arthur Miller's The Prince) as Zalman,
Teddy Bergman* as Dr. Wasselbaum/ Bronislaw and
Timothy Sekk* as Yanek.

With set design by Ken Goldstein,
Costume design by David Zyla,
Lighting design by Cory Pattak,
Original music by Matt Gould and
Fight direction by Joe Travers.
Iris D. O'Brien* serves as the production stage manager.

Presented by:
Philip Morgaman, Emily Miller, Frankie Grande

JUDE LAW => HAMLET

Jude Law will take the role of Hamlet in a Broadway production directed by Michael Grandage.

Preview performances start September 12, with the official opening on October 6.

(NOTE: Tickets are on sale to American Express Cardmembers only through July 17! Tickets will go on sale to the general public on July 18.)

Broadhurst Theatre 235 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York NY 10036

Running Time: 3 hours and 10 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission