Broadway Cast Announced For Tom Stoppard’s ‘Leopoldstadt’
deadline.comMost of the 38-member cast of the upcoming Broadway production of Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning Leopoldstadt was announced today, with four members of the original West End company making the move and newcomers to the show set to include Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, Seth Numrich and David Krumholtz.Twenty-three of the cast members announced today will be making their Broadway debuts with Leopoldstadt, according to producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Roy Furman, and Lorne Michaels.
Patrick Marber, who directed the West End staging, will direct for Broadway as well.Leopoldstadt’s limited Broadway engagement will begin previews Wednesday, September 14, with an official opening on Sunday, October 2, at the Longacre Theatre.Set in Vienna, Leopoldstadt begins in the last days of 1899 and follows one extended family well into the 20th Century.
The title takes its name from Vienna’s Jewish quarter, and the play is described by the production as “a passionate drama of love and endurance.”Leopoldstadt opened in London’s West End to critical acclaim on January 25, 2020, with a planned extension due curtailed due to the Covid-19 lockdown seven weeks later.
In late 2021, the play returned for an additional 12-week engagement, with both runs selling out and Leopoldstadt receiving the Olivier Award for Best New Play in October 2020.Leopoldstadt will mark Tom Stoppard’s 19th play on Broadway since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opened 55 years ago.
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