137 stories by "Roundabout"
A Childhood during the Great Depression Arthur Miller was born in October 1915, on West 110th Street, to parents of Polish Jewish descent. His father Isidore was a prosperous coat manufactur…
Ted Sod: Where were you born and educated? When did you decide to become an actress? Did you have any great teachers who influenced you? Jessica Hecht: I was born in Princeton, New Jerse…
DEREK MCLANE "Â SET DESIGN The Price takes in the late 1960s and, interestingly, Arthur Miller said that this play was his response to the Vietnam War. The setting is located in an attic a…
In The Price, the Franz family is forced to deal with the practical and emotional results of financial decisions made during the Great Depression. The play takes place in 1968, and money dom…
Rachel Hauck"Set Design On The Exhale could be set anywhere, MartÃn does not specify a location. Leigh, MartÃn, Marin and I had some long conversations about what the liminal space mig…
Ted Sod: Where were you born and educated? How did you become an actor and a director in the theatre? Did you have any teachers who had a profound influence on you? Terry Kinney: I grew up i…
Trauma is the Greek word for "wound." In ancient time it referred to a physical wound, but today trauma is also understood as an emotional wound. Experiencing a traumatic event changes the c…
DEREK MCLANE"SET DESIGN When I first read Steven Levenson's If I Forget, my brain started to figure out the ground plan or the geometry of this particular house. Basically, my job is to figu…
"Based on current trends, the problem is likely to become much graver over the next decade. It is imperative that lawmakers, policymakers, college administrators, law enforcement and others …
A solo show (often also known as a "one person show") can take many different forms, from just a comedian musing on stage to a piece of performance art. When we think of a solo show, many of…
The Rise of the Internet Today, we pull smartphones out of our pockets to look up information, stream music, and watch videos. But back in 2000, the most common way to access the Internet wa…
It's a store. It's a parcel of property. It's not some kind of magical place. There are no magical places. There's just dirt. It's all the same dirt. -Michael, If I Forget In If I Forget, th…
Master Teaching Artist Mathilde Dratwa joined Roundabout's Teaching Artist roster in 2012. She leads a variety of workshops and residencies for students all over New York City. She currently…
MartÃn Zimmerman's On the Exhale draws audiences into the center of America's most divisive"and urgent"debate. Every day, 90 people die from gun violence, and from 1966 to 2012, nearly on…
We are thrilled to announce a line-up of all new work Off-Broadway, including two commissions by Roundabout Underground alumni Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies the Bone) and Joshua Harmon (B…
The Roundabout family mourns the loss of the great Carrie Fisher. Carrie would be the first to say that her life took more twists and turns than most, even by the Hollywood standards that de…
In under 10 years, Mike Bartlett has emerged as "one of our superstar playwrights," according to the London Guardian. These are some of the milestone productions"from intimate chamber plays …
DEREK MCLANE"SET DESIGN The story of Love, Love, Love takes place in three different eras during three different acts. Â It is partly about a generational war and deals very much with the …
Samantha's weight is integral to her character " it has isolated her, making the thrill of online connection that much more potent "Â but it isn't the plot of Kingdom Come. It's each chara…
While Shakespeare's plays are regularly turned into musicals these days, the origins of Kiss Me, Kate go far beyond the notion of making The Taming of the Shrew sing. Back in 1935, there was…
The late 1960s were a time of social and political change in both Britain and the United States. In many ways these were the conclusion of shifts begun in the wake of WWII. For the older gen…
ARNULFO MALDONADO"SET DESIGN Kingdom Come to me is very much a rollercoaster of emotions " one minute you're laughing, the next you are struck by the severity of both Sam and Layne's lonelin…
On Monday, November 14, Todd Haimes (Artistic Director/CEO) joined with Roundabout's major donors and some of Roundabout's artists for the annual Artistic Director's Circle Dinner. Th…
Google "Generation X vs. Baby Boomers," or "Millennials vs. Generation X" and you'll find results that, true to the "versus," bring to mind a boxing match. Not just in the comments sections …
Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard takes place in Russia around 1904, in the midst of one of the country's greatest social transformations. About four decades earlier, Tsar Alexander II had …
