Roundabout Theatre Company


The Roundabout Theatre Company is a leading non-profit theatre company based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres.

History

The company was founded in 1965 by Gene Feist, Michael Fried and Elizabeth Owens and now operates five theatres, all in Manhattan: the American Airlines Theatre ; Studio 54 ; the Stephen Sondheim Theatre ; the Off-Broadway Laura Pels Theatre ; and the Roundabout Underground Black Box Theatre. The latter two theatres are located in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. The Center was developed, with financial support from the Steinbergs, "to support its artistic mission of fostering emerging talent in playwriting, performance, and stagecraft."
Previously, Roundabout also occupied 44 Union Square.

Production history

Criterion Center Stage Right at the Olympia Theatre, 1991–1999
American Airlines Theatre
  • 2000: The Man Who Came to Dinner, Betrayal, Design for Living
  • 2001: Major Barbara, The Women, The Man Who Had All the Luck
  • 2002: The Boys from Syracuse, Tartuffe, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, As Long as We Both Shall Laugh, An Almost Holy Picture
  • 2003: Big River, The Caretaker, Twentieth Century
  • 2004: After The Fall, Twelve Angry Men
  • 2005: The Constant Wife, A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, The Pajama Game
  • 2006: Heartbreak House, Prelude to a Kiss
  • 2007: Old Acquaintance, Pygmalion, The 39 Steps, Les Liaisons dangereuses
  • 2008: A Man for All Seasons, Hedda Gabler
  • 2009: The Philanthropist, After Miss Julie
  • 2010: Present Laughter, Everyday Rapture, Mrs. Warren's Profession
  • 2011: The Importance of Being Earnest, Man and Boy
  • 2012: The Road to Mecca, Cyrano de Bergerac, Don't Dress for Dinner
  • 2013: Picnic, The Big Knife, The Winslow Boy
  • 2014: Machinal, Violet, The Real Thing
  • 2015: On the Twentieth Century, Old Times with Clive Owen, Noises Off
  • 2016: Long Day's Journey into Night with Jessica Lange, The Cherry Orchard with Diane Lane
  • 2017: Arthur Miller's The Price, Marvin's Room, Time and the Conways
  • 2018: John Lithgow: Stories by Heart, Travesties, Bernhardt/Hamlet
  • 2019: True West, All My Sons, The Rose Tattoo
Studio 54
  • 1998: Cabaret
  • 2004: Assassins
  • 2005: Pacific Overtures, A Streetcar Named Desire
  • 2006: A Touch of the Poet, The Threepenny Opera
  • 2007: The Apple Tree, 110 in the Shade
  • 2008: The Ritz, Sunday in the Park with George
  • 2009: Pal Joey, Waiting for Godot, Wishful Drinking
  • 2010: Sondheim on Sondheim, Brief Encounter
  • 2011: The People in the Picture
  • 2012: Harvey, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • 2014: Cabaret; An Act of God
  • 2015: Thérèse Raquin with Keira Knightley
  • 2016: She Loves Me, Holiday Inn
  • 2017: Sweat, Latin History for Morons
  • 2018: Children of a Lesser God, The Lifespan of a Fact
  • 2019: Kiss Me, Kate
Laura Pels Theatre
  • 2004: The Foreigner
  • 2005: Mr. Marmalade, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Pig Farm, The Paris Letter
  • 2006: Suddenly Last Summer, Howard Katz, The Home Place
  • 2007: The Overwhelming, Crimes of the Heart
  • 2008: Streamers, Distracted, Tin Pan Ally Rag
  • 2009: The Understudy
  • 2010: The Language Archive
  • 2011: The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, Death Takes a Holiday
  • 2012: If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, Look Back in Anger
  • 2013: Bad Jews
  • 2014: Dinner with Friends, Just Jim Dale, Indian Ink
  • 2015: Into the Woods, Significant Other, The Humans
  • 2016: The Robber Bridegroom; Love, Love, Love
  • 2017: Napoli, Brooklyn; If I Forget; The Last Match
  • 2018: Amy and the Orphans; Skintight, Apologia
  • 2019: Merrily We Roll Along, Toni Stone, Scotland, PA
Gramercy Theatre
  • 1999: Ashes to Ashes, Hurrah at Last
  • 2000: Hotel Suite
Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Drama Desk Awards

Roundabout productions have received 9 Lucille Lortel Awards. Derek McLane and Catherine Zuber won Outstanding Set and Costume Design Awards for 2004's Intimate Apparel. Reg Rogers won an Outstanding Actor award for 2002's The Dazzle. Kenneth Posner won an Outstanding Lighting Design Award for 2000's Give Me Your Answer, Do!. Robert Brill with Scott Pask, Jess Goldstein, and Kevin Adams won Awards for Outstanding Set, Costume, and Lighting Design for 1999's The Mineola Twins. 1998's All My Sons won an award for Outstanding Revival. 1996's Molly Sweeney won an award for Outstanding Play of the Season.

Theatre World Awards

29 performers in Roundabout productions have won Theatre World Awards, which honors achievement in "breakout" performances. Winners are Christopher Goutman in 1979's The Promise, Boyd Gaines in 1981's A Month in the Country, Lisa Banes in 1981's Look Back in Anger, Anthony Heald in 1982's Misalliance, Kate Burton in 1983's Winners, Mark Capri in 1985's On Approval, Lindsay Crouse in 1992's The Homecoming, Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson in 1993's Anna Christie, Calista Flockhart and Kevin Kilner in 1995's The Glass Menagerie, Helen Mirren in 1995's A Month in the Country, Alfred Molina in 1996's Molly Sweeney, Helen Carey in 1997's London Assurance, Alan Cumming in 1998's Cabaret, Henry Czerny in 2000's Arms and the Man, Juliette Binoche in 2001's Betrayal, David Warner in 2002's Major Barbara, Victoria Hamilton in 2003's A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Antonio Banderas and Mary Stuart Masterson for 2003's Nine, Alexander Gemignani in 2004's Assassins, Carla Gugino in 2005's After the Fall, Mamie Gummer in 2006's Mr. Marmalade, Nellie McKay in 2006's The Threepenny Opera, Harry Connick Jr. in 2006's The Pajama Game, Ben Daniels in 2008's Les Liaisons dangereuses, and Jenna Russell in 2008's Sunday in the Park with George.

Tony Awards

They have won 8 Obie Awards. 2004's Intimate Apparel, 2003's All Over, 2002's The Dazzle, 1999's The Mineola Twins, and 1981's The Chalk Garden won Performance Awards for Viola Davis, Rosemary Harris, Peter Frechette and Reg Rogers, Swoosie Kurtz, and Irene Worth respectively. Emily Mann also won a Direction Obie Award for 2003's All Over. Most recently, Amy Ryan won in 2017 for her performance in Love, Love, Love.

Other awards

Roundabout has received 41 Outer Critics Circle Awards.