In 1975, Tom Stoppard’s play Travesties, opened on Broadway. It went on to win Tony Awards for Best Play, Best Actor and Best Director. Now 43 years later, this play is being revived in a production from the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. This revival opens this week at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theatre and is directed by Patrick Marber.
Tom Hollander, who last appeared on Broadway in The Judas Kiss in 1998, stars as Henry Carr who reminiscences about his interactions with James Joyce, Lenin prior to the Russian Revolution and others when they all lived in Zurich in 1917.
Hollander is best known for roles in such films as Pride and Prejudice, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and Gosford Park. Menier Chocolate Factory has previously had four other productions on Broadway including revivals of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music. They were also the team behind the award-winning revival of The Color Purple. The touring production of the latter show will be at the Pantages Theatre in late May and will continue on to Segerstrom Hall immediately following in mid-June.
Also in the cast are Peter McDonald, Seth Numrich, Dan Butler, Scarlett Strallen, Sara Topham, Opal Alladin and Patrick Kerr. This is a limited engagement through June 17, 2018.
Photo Credit: Joan Marcus
