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2013 Award Season

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013 by Roundabout

 

Roundabout has been racking up the nominations!

Tony Award Nominations:

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical  — Stephanie J. Block
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical —  Will Chase
Best Direction of a Musical —  Scott Ellis
Best Scenic Design of a Musical —  Anna Louizos 

The Big Knife
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play —  Richard Kind 

Cyrano de Bergerac
Best Costume Design of a Play — Soutra Gilmour

Full list of nominees.

 

Bobby Cannavale, Richard Kind and Reg Rogers in 'The Big Knife';
Photo Credit: Joan Marcus, 2013

Drama Desk Nominations:

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Outstanding Revival of a Musical or Revue
Outstanding Actor in a Musical — Jim Norton
Outstanding Actress in a Musical — Stephanie J. Block
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical — Andy Karl
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical — Jessie Mueller
Outstanding Set Design — Anna Louizos
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical — Tony Meola

The Big Knife
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play — Richard Kind

If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play — Brían F. O'Byrne

Full list of nominees.

 

Tracee Chimo and Michael Zegen in 'Bad Jews'; Photo Credit: Joan Marcus, 2012

Drama League Nominations:

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
Distinguished Performance Award — Jim Norton
Distinguished Performance Award — Chita Rivera

Harvey
Distinguished Performance Award — Jessica Hecht

If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
Distinguished Performance Award — Jake Gyllenhaal

Bad Jews
Distinguished Performance Award — Tracee Chimo

Talley's Folly
Distinguished Performance Award — Danny Burstein

The Big Knife
Distinguished Performance Award — Bobby Cannavale

Read the full list of nominees.

 

The cast of 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood'; Photo Credit: Joan Marcus, 2012

Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations:

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Outstanding Director of a Musical — Scott Ellis
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) — William Ivey Long
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical — Will Chase

Bad Jews
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Outstanding Actress in a Play — Tracee Chimo
John Gassner Award — Joshua Harmon

The Big Knife
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play — Richard Kind

Read the full list of nominees.

 

Jake Gyllenhaal and Annie Funke in 'If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet';
Photo Credit: Joan Marcus, 2012

Lucille Lortel Award Nominations:

If There Is I Haven't Found it Yet
Outstanding Featured Actor — Jake Gyllenhaal
Outstanding Featured Actress — Annie Funke
Outstanding Scenic Design — Beowulf Boritt

Talley's Folly
Outstanding Revival
Outstanding Lead Actor — Danny Burstein

Lifetime Achievement Award — Todd Haimes

Read the full list of nominees.


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BAD JEWS is moving upstairs in 2013

Posted on: February 1st, 2013 by Todd Haimes

 

It is my great pleasure to announce that the first production of the 2013-2014 Season at the Laura Pels Theatre will bring back the entire company of Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews for an Off-Broadway remount after their sold-out run in the Black Box this season. It is incredibly satisfying to see an Underground show make the move upstairs. And with Tracee Chimo, Michael Zegen, Molly Ranson, and Philip Ettinger returning to the roles they originated, I know our audiences will enjoy seeing the fireworks fly once again. Daniel Aukin will return to direct along with the fantastic original design team.

I am also excited to announce the full roster for the 2nd Annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series, which presented the first public reading of Bad Jews last season. The Recommendation by Jonathan Caren, Swimmers by Rachel Bonds, Tinker to Evers to Chance by Mat Smart, Shiner by Christian Durso, and Benefit of the Doubt by Kate Gersten will each be presented over the week of February 25th – March 1st in the Black Box Theatre. A limited number of tickets to the reading series will be available to general public. These tickets can be reserved by emailing undergroundreadings@roundabouttheatre.org

It is great to see the new play development program so present at the Steinberg Center for Theatre, from the first look at a crop of new plays in the Reading Series, to The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin premiering at the Pels this Spring, through to the first Off-Broadway transfer of our own Underground production next season.

I encourage you to sign up to be part of Roundabout’s Email Club as members will be notified first about ticket availability for the 2013-2014 Season.

Todd Haimes
Artistic Director


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From the Artistic Director: BAD JEWS

Posted on: October 1st, 2012 by Todd Haimes

 

The new play, Bad Jews starts this week at Roundabout Underground’s Black Box Theatre.

I’m willing to bet that the title alone already has you thinking. Will it be serious? Funny? Divisive? To me, the play is intriguingly difficult to pin down. In fact, that’s part of its charm. Somehow, playwright Joshua Harmon has found a way to be both reverent and irreverent on the subject of religion. At the same time, he creates characters who will feel like part of your own family but can express themselves in far funnier ways than most. I suppose that calling the play a comedy is closest to the truth (because the laughs are indeed plentiful), but that characterization shouldn’t make you think that this writer isn’t getting down to serious business. What could be more serious than being stuck in a studio apartment…with your family?

That’s what truly captivates me so much about this piece – those familiar family dynamics that Josh has captured in all their uncomfortable glory. In many ways, family and tradition bring us together, especially as children, but what happens when the kids grow up and form beliefs of their own? Bad Jews looks at that very specific moment in time when a generation of cousins realizes that it’s up to them to decide how their culture will be perceived. Depending on their behavior, Judaism can be a collection of perfunctory traditions or a legacy of faith and survival. And the stakes are even higher when you’re the grandchildren of a man who lived through the Holocaust. For these characters, choosing to eat a cookie during Passover carries more than the average amount of Jewish guilt – it carries the symbolic weight of their feelings about the life of Judaism throughout the world.

In this play, all sides are allowed to have their say. And I think you’ll be surprised to find your own loyalties shifting throughout the evening. A character who behaves repugnantly can be both awful and absolutely right at the same time. The gentlest of souls may bring out the strongest emotions. And even the most assured can have their faith shaken. It’s a play that lives on ever-shifting ground, which is exactly what makes it so exciting to watch.

I’m thrilled to be introducing you to this playwright and to his director, Daniel Aukin, an artist whose work I’ve admired for years and who makes his Roundabout debut with Bad Jews. They join an ever-growing list of playwrights, directors, actors, and designers who have found a home at Roundabout Underground and have been able to launch hugely successful careers. From a Pulitzer finalist to a Tony nominee to a writer/director team making the leap to Broadway this year, I’m so proud of the many accomplished talents who have gotten their start in our little Black Box Theatre.

I hope that you will share your thoughts on Bad Jews with me after seeing the show. Please email me at artisticoffice@roundabouttheatre.org and let me know what you think about this provocative new play.

Sincerely,

Todd Haimes
Artistic Director


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