NT production of "Jumpers" by Tom Stoppard from 6 April 2004 at Brooks Atkinson

Tue 27 Jan 2004 NT production of "Jumpers" by Tom Stoppard from 6 April 2004 at Brooks Atkinson The National Theatre of Great Britain production of Jumpers , by Tom Stoppard, will open on Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre on 25 April 2004, following previews from 6 April. The production will play for 15 weeks only. Tickets will go on sale on March 7, 2004. The cast of Jumpers is led by Simon Russell Beale and Essie Davis , both making their Broadway debuts, along with other cast members from the National Theatre, including Nicky Henson (Archie) and John Rogan (Crouch). Additional casting will be announced shortly. It is directed by David Leveaux, designed by Vicki Mortimer, costumes by Nicky Gillibrand, lighting by Paule Constable, aerial choreography by Aidan Treays. Tom Stoppard's Jumpers is a comedy, dazzling philosophic debate and crackling murder mystery, all at once. The elements include an ill-fated moon landing, a naked lady on a swing, a dead body in the closet, a pyramid of acrobats, an onstage band and a trained tortoise on the loose. George Moore (Simon Russell Beale), a professor of philosophy, is struggling to write a speech about moral absolutes and the existence of God, while coping with the distraction of his mentally unbalanced wife, Dorothy (Essie Davis), a musical comedy star, and the murder investigation being conducted in their bedroom. JUMPERS originally premiered in 1972 for the National at the Old Vic, in a production that starred Diana Rigg and Michael Hordern. A Broadway production of JUMPERS opened in 1974 at the Billy Rose Theatre (now the Nederlander Theatre). David Leveaux's production opened this summer at the National and recently transferred to the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End, where it will play through March 6, 2004.