MMan and Boy: full cast announced

The full cast has been announced for the Rounabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Terence Rattigan's drama Man and Boy, directed by Maria Aitken.

Joining the previously announced three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella (Gregor Antonescu), will be Adam Driver (Basil Anthony), Francesca Faridany (Countess Antonescu), Zach Grenier (Mark Herries), Brian Hutchison (David Beeston), Virginia Kull (Carol Penn) and Michael Siberry (Sven Johnson).

The creative team includes Derek McLane (Sets), Martin Pakledinaz (Costumes), Kevin Adams (Lights) & John Gromada (Original Music and Sound Design).

The revival, produced to mark the centennial celebration of English playwright Terence Rattigan, will open at the American Airlines Theatre on 9 Oct 2011, following previews from 9 Sep, and will play a limited engagemnt through to 27 Nov 2011.

Man and Boy: At the height of the Great Depression, ruthless financier Gregor Antonescu's (Langella) business is dangerously close to crumbling. In order to escape the wolves at his door, Gregor tracks down his estranged son Basil in the hopes of using his Greenwich Village apartment as a base to make a company-saving deal. Can this reunion help them reconcile? Or will this corrupt father use his only son as a pawn in one last power play?

Bios:

Frank Langella (Gregor Antonescu) was recently nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as 'Richard Nixon' in Ron Howard's film adaptation of Peter Morgan's 'Frost/Nixon.' Langella originated the role of 'Richard Nixon' in the London premiere of the play, for which he earned an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor, and went on to re-create the role on Broadway, for which he won his third Tony Award. Other Broadway credits include: 'Seascape' (Tony Award), 'Dracula,' 'Fortune's Fool' (Tony Award) and 'Match,'

Adam Driver's (Basil Anthony) Broadway credits 'Mrs. Warren's Profession' (Roundabout). Off-Broadway: 'Angels in America' (Signature Theatre), 'The Retributionists' (Playwrights Horizons), 'The Forest' (CSC). Television: "Law & Order: Brilliant Disguise", "The Unusuals: The E.I.D.", "You Don't Know Jack" (HBO), "The Wonderful Maladays" (HBO) Film: "I'm Coming Over," "Goldstar Ohio," "Not Waving But Drowning," "Archangel."

Francesca Faridany (Countess Antonescu). Broadway credits 'The 39 Steps' and 'The Homecoming.' Off-Broadway: 'Orlando' (CSC), 'The New York Idea' (Atlantic), 'The Stronger.' Film: "Conceiving Ada" opposite Tilda Swinton. TV: "E.R", "Deadline", "Law & Order", "Law & Order; SVU", "Law & Order: CSI".

Zach Grenier (Mark Herries). Zach Grenier returns to the Roundabout, having last worked with Frank Langella on 'A Man for All Seasons' in Roundabout's 2008/9 season. More recently on Broadway, he was seen as 'Beethoven' in Moisés Kaufman's '33 Variations' (Tony nomination). Films include David Fincher's "Zodiac" and "Fight Club," and Ang Lee's "Ride with the Devil." TV: "The Good Wife," "24," "Deadwood," and "C16:FBI" and "Touching Evil."

Brian Hutchison (David Beeston). Broadway: 'Looped,' 'Exit the King,' 'Proof,' 'The Invention of Love.' Off-Broadway: 'Go back to Where You Are' (playwrights horizons), 'Spirit control,' 'From Up Here' (MTC), 'Oh, The Humanity...' (Flea Theater), 'Mr. Marmalade' (Roundabout), 'People Be Heard' (Playwrights Horizons), 'Indoor/Outdoor' (SPF, DR2 Theatre), 'The Hiding Place' (Atlantic), 'Theophilus North,' 'Can't Let Go' (Keen Company), 'She Stoops to Conquer' (Irish Rep). Film and TV: "Love & Other Drugs," "Vino Veritas," "The Good Wife," "Hope & Faith," "Law & Order: SVU," and "CI".

Virginia Kull (Carol Penn) Broadway: 'Dividing the Estate' (Lincoln Center) and 'Old Acquaintance' (Roundabout). Off-Broadway: 'Sex Lives of our Parents' (Second Stage Uptown), 'The Orphans', 'Home Cycle,' (Signature Theatre), 'Dividing the Estate' (Primary Stages), 'Theophilus North,' 'The Breadwinner' (Keen Company). TV/Film: "Boardwalk Empire," "Nurse Jackie," "Law & Order: SVU" and "A NY Thing."

Michael Siberry (Sven Johnson) can currently be seen on stage starring Off-Broadway in 'Death Takes a Holiday.' Broadway: 'Mrs. Warren's Profession,' 'Spamalot,' 'The Frogs,' 'The Sound Of Music,' 'The Merchant of Venice' and 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.' TV: "Rosemary and Thyme"; "The Grand"; "Silent Witness" (BBC) and"Jeeves and Wooster."

Maria Aitken (Director) won an Olivier Award and was nominated for a Tony for her helming of the West End & Broadway productions of 'The 39 Steps.' Other credits include: 'The Gift' (Melbourne Theatre Company); 'Educating Rita' (Huntington Theatre, Boston); 'As You Like It' (Shakespeare Theatre DC); 'Quartermaine's Terms' (Williamstown Festival); 'Japes' (Bay Street Theatre) and 'Coward Easy Virtue' (Chichester). As an actress, roles include 'Blithe Spirit,' 'Bedroom Farce' (Royal National Theatre), 'Travesties,' 'Waste,' and 'The Happiest Days of Your Life' (RSC), and West End productions of 'Humble Boy,' 'Sylvia,' 'Hay Fever,' 'Other People's Money,' 'The Vortex,' 'The Women,' 'Sister Mary Ignatius...,' 'Design for Living,' 'Private Lives' and 'A Little Night Music.'