BAM and Scott Rudin to present acclaimed Goodman Theatre production of Eugene O’Neill’s masterwork The Iceman Cometh, Feb 5–Mar 15, 2015

Directed by Robert Falls, featuring Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy

Dec 18, 2013/Brooklyn, NY—BAM and Scott Rudin will 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. Ticket on-sale dates will be announced in the fall of 2014.

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 his 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

The Iceman Cometh features set design by Kevin Depinet, lighting by Natasha Katz, and costumes by Merrily Murray-Walsh.

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) and 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).

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Goodman Theatre is world renowned for the quality and scope of its artistic programming and its commitment to improving life in the community. Artistic Director Robert Falls’ and Executive Director Roche Schulfer’s leadership has earned unparalleled artistic distinction and experienced unprecedented success, staging more than 80 world premieres, earning numerous awards for its productions—including the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre (1992) and the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined (2009)—and producing more than 25 new-work commissions. Founded in 1925 and housed in a state-of-the-art two-theater complex in the downtown Chicago Theatre District, the Goodman is Chicago’s oldest and largest not-for-profit producing theater, named “Best Regional Theatre” by Time magazine and “top dog of the Chicago theater scene” by Frommer’s. American Airlines is the Exclusive Airline of Goodman Theatre. Ruth Ann M. Gillis is Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sherry John is President of the Women’s Board and Lauren Blair is President of the Scenemakers Board, the Goodman’s young professionals auxiliary group. Visit the Goodman virtually: watch artist interviews, view production photos, catch the latest news and more at GoodmanTheatre.org and our blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, peek behind the scenes on YouTube.

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