Roundabout announces Broadway cast of Man and Boy, starring Frank Langella
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Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full cast joining star and three-time Tony Award® winner Frank Langella as “Gregor Antonescu” in Terence Rattigan’s drama Man and Boy, directed by Maria Aitken.
The cast will also feature Adam Driver as “Basil Anthony”, Francesca Faridany as “Countess Antonescu”, Zach Grenier as “Mark Herries”, Brian Hutchison as “David Beeston”, Virginia Kull as “Carol Penn”, Michael Siberry as “Sven Johnson”.
As part of the centennial celebration of English playwright Terence Rattigan, Man and Boy will begin previews on September 9th and opens officially on October 9, 2011 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). This will be a limited engagement through November 27, 2011.
The creative team includes Derek McLane (Sets), Martin Pakledinaz (Costumes), Kevin Adams (Lights) & John Gromada (Original Music and Sound Design).
Mr. Langella’s memoir Dropped Names will be released by HarperCollins in 2012. He was recently nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as “Richard Nixon” in Ron Howard’s film Frost/Nixon and has subsequently appeared in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, All Good Things and The Box. Mr. Langella returns to Broadway and Roundabout Theatre Company following his 2008 performance as “Sir Thomas More” in A Man for All Seasons. Previous Roundabout credits also include The Father (1996) and Cyrano De Bergerac (1997).
Roundabout is pleased to welcome back Adam Driver following his performance in Mrs. Warren’s Profession last fall, Zach Grenier who was featured in A Man for All Seasons also with Frank Langella, and Michael Siberry who is currently featured in Roundabout’s production of Death Takes a Holiday at the Laura Pels Theatre.
Maria Aitken also returns following her acclaimed staging of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps.
At the height of the Great Depression, ruthless financier Gregor Antonescu’s (Langella) business is dangerously close to crumbling. In order to escape the wolves at his door, Gregor tracks down his estranged son Basil in the hopes of using his Greenwich Village apartment as a base to make a company-saving deal. Can this reunion help them reconcile? Or will this corrupt father use his only son as a pawn in one last power play? Man and Boy is a gripping story about family, success and what we’re willing to sacrifice for both.