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Encyclopedia > Roundabout Theatre Company

The Roundabout Theatre Company is a non-profit, subscription based theatre company, based in New York City. They own two Broadway (Studio 54 and the American Airlines Theatre) and one Off-Broadway (the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Arts). They are known for their Tony-award winning 1998 revival of Cabaret. Most recently, they produced the Broadway revivals of the Threepenny Opera and the Pajama Game. A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... The original Studio 54 logo. ... The American Airlines Theatre is a Broadway theatre, located at 227 West 42nd Street, New York City. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical, based on John Van Drutens play I Am a Camera, based in its turn on stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, produced and directed by Hal Prince and starring Bert Convy... The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) was a revolutionary piece of musical theatre written by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with the composer Kurt Weill in 1928. ... The Pajama Game is a Broadway musical based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell. ...

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History

Roundabout was founded in 1965 by Gene Feist and Elizabeth Owens.[1] 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...


Past Seasons

Awards

Most recently, Roundabout won two Tony awards for its production of the Pajama Game (best revival of a musical and best choreography). Their production of Assassins in 2004 garnered them 5 Tony Awards, including best director, best featured actor, and best musical revival.[2] What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... The Pajama Game is a Broadway musical based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell. ... Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman and was based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Current Season 2006-2007

Currently scheduled for the 2006/2007 season are:


At the American Airlines Theatre:
Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw (with Philip Bosco, Swoosie Kurtz, Byron Jennings, Lily Rabe, and Laila Robins)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton In the words of AC Ward in his introduction to Bernard Shaw’s play Heartbreak House ‘the prime theme… was, that cultured, leisured Europe (words used at the beginning of the Preface) was drifting to destruction because those in a position to guide it to safety had failed to learn... George Bernard Shaw (George) Bernard Shaw[1] (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish-British playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and the Academy Award in 1938 for Pygmalion. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Swoosie Kurtz (born on September 6, 1944, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American actress. ... Young actress currently appearing (August 2005) in the Broadway show Steel Magnolias. ... Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) is a famous French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, first published in 1782. ... Christopher Hampton (born January 26, 1946 to British parents in Fayal, Azores) is a British playwright, screen writer and film director. ...


At Studio 54:
110 in the Shade, with Audra McDonald 110 in the Shade is a musical with lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt and book by N. Richard Nash, based on Nashs play The Rainmaker. ... Audra McDonald Audra McDonald is an American singer and actress. ...


At the Laura Pels Theatre:
Suddenly Last Summer by Tenessee Williams
Howard Katz by Patrick Marber, with Alfred Molina
The Home Place by Brian Friel Suddenly, Last Summer is a play by Tennessee Williams. ... Thomas Lanier Williams (March 26, 1911 - February 25, 1983), better known by the pen name Tennessee Williams, was a noted playwright. ... Patrick Marber (born September 19, 1964) is a British Jewish writer, actor, and sometimes director associated with the kind of playwriting referred to as in-yer-face theatre. ... Molina as Dr. Octopus in Spiderman 2 (2004) Alfred Molina (born 24 March 1953 in London) is an English actor. ... Brian Friel (born January 9, 1929) is a playwright and director from Northern Ireland. ...


One more show will be announced.


External Links

Roundabout Theatre Company's Homepage

     
Broadway theatre
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SHUBERT: Ambassador Theatre | Ethel Barrymore Theatre | Belasco Theatre | Booth Theatre | Broadhurst Theatre | The Broadway Theatre | Cort Theatre | John Golden Theatre | Imperial Theatre | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | Longacre Theatre | Lyceum Theatre | Majestic Theatre | Music Box Theatre (joint operation) | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | Shubert Theatre | Winter Garden Theatre
NEDERLANDER: Brooks Atkinson Theatre | George Gershwin Theatre | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | Marquis Theatre | Minskoff Theatre | Nederlander Theatre | Neil Simon Theatre | Palace Theatre | Richard Rodgers Theatre
JUJAMCYN: Al Hirschfeld Theatre | Walter Kerr Theatre | Eugene O'Neill Theatre | St. James Theatre | August Wilson Theatre
ROUNDABOUT: American Airlines Theatre | Studio 54
OTHER: Vivian Beaumont Theatre | Biltmore Theatre | Circle in the Square Theatre | Helen Hayes Theatre | Hilton Theatre | New Amsterdam Theatre

  Results from FactBites:
 
Roundabout Theatre Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.(2002) * New York (2593 words)
As a result, the theatre became inaccessible to the public and Roundabout was forced to cancel 35 performances of Cabaret.
Plaintiffs cross-moved for summary judgment on the issue of coverage, arguing that coverage existed because this was an "all-risk" policy, the loss at issue was "fortuitous," and because the policy's reference to "loss of, damage to, or destruction of property or facilities" should be read to include "loss of use" of the premises.
Similarly, the "Substitute Theatre" provision of the policy requires the insured to "exercise due diligence and dispatch to occupy a substitute theatre.
Laura Pels/Roundabout Theatre (459 words)
In 1974, Roundabout expanded to two theatres: Roundabout Stage One was a converted 299-seat movie theatre on 23rd street, and the original location was dubbed Roundabout Stage Two.
In 1983, Todd Haimes joined Roundabout as managing director and discovered that the company had a $2.5 million deficit on an annual budget of a $2.5 million and had been in Chapter XI since 1978.
Two weeks after being hired, Haimes was informed by the board of directors that the theatre had to be closed down, but in the eleventh hour, it was funded with a substantial contribution by then board chairman Chris Yegen, which kept the theatre in operation temporarily.
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