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BAM and Scott Rudin Present Acclaimed Goodman Theatre Production of Eugene O’Neill’S Masterwork the Iceman Cometh, Feb 5–Mar 15 BAM and Scott Rudin present acclaimed Goodman Theatre production of Eugene O’Neill’s masterwork The Iceman Cometh, Feb 5–Mar 15 Directed by Robert Falls, featuring Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy Bloomberg Philanthropies is the 2014–2015 Season Sponsor Bank of America is the proud sponsor of BAM 2015 Theater BAM and Scott Rudin present The Iceman Cometh By Eugene O’Neill Goodman Theatre Directed by Robert Falls Set design by Kevin Depinet Inspired by a set design by John Conklin Lighting design by Natasha Katz Costume design by Merrily Murray-Walsh BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Feb 5–Mar 15 (opens Feb 12); performances Tues–Sat at 7pm; Sun at 2pm Tickets start at $35 Running time: 4hrs45min, with three intervals (meal boxes available for purchase via BAM Ticket Services, 718.636.4100, or at BAM.org) Talk: The Iceman Cometh With Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy Mar 2 at 7:30pm BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Tickets: $25 ($12.50 for Friends of BAM) January 8, 2015/Brooklyn, NY—BAM and Scott Rudin present the Goodman Theatre’s renowned revival of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh from February 5 through March 15, 2015. Directed by Goodman Artistic Director Robert Falls and featuring Tony Award-winning stage and screen actors Nathan Lane (as Theodore “Hickey” Hickman) and Brian Dennehy (as Larry Slade), the production, including its original Chicago cast, is slated for a six-week run in the BAM Harvey Theater. In its spring 2012 premiere at the Goodman—Chicago’s largest and most established not-for- profit theater company—this five-hour, 18-character epic portrait of hope and disillusionment garnered critical acclaim and broke box-office records in an extended run. Its capacity audiences marked the most successful production in Goodman Theatre history. According to the Chicago Tribune, “The Iceman Cometh…will stand tall as one of the most significant productions in Chicago history,” and The New York Times cited “…as many great performances as I’ve seen in a single show for years.” BAM Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo said, “We are thrilled to present Robert Falls’ powerful production of O’Neill’s masterpiece and welcome Brian Dennehy and Nathan Lane to our stage. This epic drama will continue our tradition of bringing singular productions of great theater to BAM audiences and will be a highlight of our 2015 Winter/Spring season.” Director Robert Falls, whose productions of O’Neill’s works with his longtime artistic collaborator Brian Dennehy have been the hallmark of his 27-year artistic directorship of Goodman Theatre, said, “It’s a wonderful opportunity to revisit Eugene O’Neill’s masterwork with Nathan, Brian, and our brilliant company. Our production in Chicago was one of the highlights of my tenure at the Goodman, and we’re thrilled to share it with New York audiences.” “The Iceman Cometh is an artistic triumph for the Goodman and Robert Falls, who is arguably the American theater’s leading interpreter of Eugene O’Neill’s work. We are proud to partner with the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Scott Rudin to give Falls’ profound and revelatory revival another life,” said Goodman Theatre Executive Director Roche Schulfer. The BAM engagement features the complete cast of the Goodman Theatre production: Stephen Ouimette…………… Harry Hope, proprietor of a saloon and rooming house Larry Neumann, Jr…………… Ed Mosher, Hope’s brother-in-law and one-time circus man Salvatore Inzerillo…………….Rocky Pioggi, night bartender Marc Grapey…………………… Chuck Morello, day bartender John Judd……………………….. Piet Wetjoen (“The General”), one-time leader of a Boer Commando John Reeger…………………… Cecil Lewis (“The Captain”), one-time captain of a British Infantry James Harms…………………..James Cameron (“Jimmy Tomorrow”), one-time Boer War correspondent John Douglas Thompson…. Joe Mott, one-time proprietor of a gambling house Brian Dennehy……………….. Larry Slade, one-time Syndicalist-anarchist Lee Wilkof………………………. Hugo Kalmar, one-time editor of anarchist periodicals John Hoogenakker………….. Willie Oban, Harvard Law School alumnus Patrick Andrews……………… Don Parritt Tara Sissom……………………. Pearl Lee Stark………………………...Margie Kate Arrington…….……………Cora Nathan Lane…………………… Theodore Hickman (“Hickey”), a salesman Andrew Long……………………Moran Brian Sgambati………………..Lieb This production received its world premiere at Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois on May 3, 2012. Eugene O’Neill (1888–1953) is considered one of the 20th century’s greatest American playwrights, winner of four Pulitzer Prizes in Drama and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Works produced by the Goodman include Hughie (2010 and 2004); A 2009 International Exploration of O’Neill in the 21st Century, including: Desire Under the Elms, The Emperor Jones (The Wooster Group, New York), The Hairy Ape (The Hypocrites, Chicago), Rouw Siert Electra (Mourning Becomes Electra, performed in Dutch by Toneelgroep Amsterdam), and Strange Interlude (The Neo-Futurists, Chicago); Long Day’s Journey into Night (2002); A Moon for the Misbegotten (2000); A Touch of the Poet (1996); and The Iceman Cometh (1990). Robert Falls (Director) is the Artistic Director of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. He most recently directed Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, following its premiere at the Goodman; Beth Henley’s The Jacksonian at The New Group in New York; and Don Giovanni, which opened the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new season. Goodman credits include new plays by Steve Tesich, Eric Bogosian, John Logan, and Richard Nelson; the American premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s House and Garden; and Arthur Miller’s final play, Finishing the Picture. Broadway productions include Shining City; Talk Radio; The Rose Tattoo; The Speed of Darkness; Horton Foote’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Young Man from Atlanta; and Death of a Salesman and Long Day’s Journey into Night, which together earned seven Tony Awards, including best director and best revival. Widely regarded as a leading interpreter of Eugene O’Neill’s plays, he has also directed Ah, Wilderness!, A Touch of the Poet, Hughie, and Desire Under the Elms. Other classic works include Hamlet, King Lear, Three Sisters, The Seagull, The Misanthrope, and Galileo. His long-running production of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida continues to play around the world, and his work in opera and theater has also been seen at the Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Abbey Theatre, the Stratford Festival, the Guthrie Theater, Lincoln Center, London’s Lyric Hammersmith, and in the West End. Brian Dennehy (Larry Slade) previously appeared as Larry Slade in The Iceman Cometh at Goodman Theatre in 2012. Previous Goodman Theatre credits include Hughie (2004 and 2010), Krapp’s Last Tape, Desire Under the Elms, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Death of a Salesman, A Touch of the Poet, The Iceman Cometh (also at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre) and Galileo. His Broadway credits include Love Letters, Desire Under the Elms, Inherit the Wind (with Christopher Plummer), Long Day’s Journey into Night (Tony Award for Best Actor), Death of a Salesman (Tony Award for Best Actor), and Translations. Off-Broadway, he has appeared in Richard Nelson’s Conversations in Tesculum at the Public Theater; The Cherry Orchard at BAM, and Says I, Says He at Phoenix Theatre. Regionally, he has appeared in Twelfth Night, The Homecoming, All’s Well that Ends Well, Hughie, and Krapp’s Last Tape at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, and Rat in the Skull at Wisdom Bridge Theatre. He appeared in London’s West End in Death of a Salesman (Olivier Award for Best Actor). Dennehy’s select film credits include The Big Year, The Next Three Days, Ratatouille, Assault on Precinct 13, Tommy Boy, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, Presumed Innocent, Cocoon, and Silverado, among others. He has appeared on television in 30 Rock, Law & Order, The West Wing, Just Shoot Me!, Birdland, Miami Vice, and in numerous television movies and miniseries. Dennehy was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2010. Nathan Lane (Theodore “Hickey” Hickman) previously appeared as Theodore “Hickey” Hickman in The Iceman Cometh at Goodman Theatre in 2012. He made his Broadway debut in 1982 with George C. Scott in Present Laughter (Drama Desk Award nomination), followed by Merlin, The Wind in the Willows, Some Americans Abroad, On Borrowed Time, Guys and Dolls (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards), Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards), The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Producers (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Olivier Awards), The Frogs, The Odd Couple, Butley, November, Waiting for Godot (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Addams Family (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Nance (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama League Distinguished Performance Award) and It’s Only a Play. Lane received the 1992 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance. Off-Broadway credits include The Common Pursuit, The Film Society, The Lisbon Traviata (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards, Outer Critics Circle nomination), Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Obie Award), Bad Habits, Dedication (Drama Desk nomination), Mizlansky/Zilinksy, Trumbo, Measure for Measure (St. Clair Bayfield Award), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, She Stoops to Conquer, In a Pig’s Valise, Love, and Do Re Mi. Recent television credits include recurring roles on The Good Wife and Modern Family. Lane has received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, two Daytime Emmy Awards and a People’s Choice Award. He has appeared in over 35 films including The Birdcage (Golden Globe nomination, Screen Actors Guild and American Comedy Awards), Ironweed, Frankie and Johnny, Mousehunt, Jeffrey, The Lion King, Stuart Little, Nicholas Nickleby (National Board of Review Ensemble Acting Award), The Producers (Golden Globe nomination), Swing Vote, and The English Teacher.
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