Complete casting announced for The Real Thing

By: Sep. 09, 2014
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We are pleased to announce the complete cast for The Real Thing, starring Ewan McGregor as "Henry," Maggie Gyllenhaalas "Annie," Cynthia Nixon as "Charlotte" and Josh Hamilton as "Max."

Ronan Raftery joins the cast as "Billy." The cast also includesAlex Breaux as "Brodie" and Madeline Weinstein as "Debbie."

Tom Stoppard's Tony® Award-winning play The Real Thing, directed by Sam Gold begins preview performances on Thursday, October 2, 2014. The creative team includes David Zinn (Set Design), Kaye Voyce (Costume Design), Mark Barton (Lighting Design) and Bray Poor (Sound Design).

The Real Thing returns to Broadway in a stirring and sensual new production. This Tony Award®-winning play by Tom Stoppard (The Coast of Utopia, Arcadia) first seduced audiences in London and New York nearly 30 years ago. Henry is a playwright not so happily married to Charlotte, the lead actress in his play about a marriage on the verge of collapse. When Henry's affair with their friend Annie threatens to destroy his own marriage, he discovers that life has started imitating art. After Annie leaves her husband so she and Henry can begin a new life together, he can't help but wonder whether their love is fiction or the real thing. Delectably witty and deeply affecting, The Real Thingtakes a daring glimpse at relationships, fidelity, and the passions that often blur our perception of love.

Tom Stoppard's relationship with Roundabout Theatre Company includes Broadway productions ofThe Real Inspector Hound and The Fifteen Minute Hamlet. This fall Roundabout will also present the New York debut of Mr. Stoppard's romantic drama Indian Ink at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre.

Previews begin October 2 at the American Airlines Theatre. For more information and tickets, please visit our website.



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