Rock 'n' Roll plays final performance on Broadway

The Broadway premiere of American Premiere of Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, will play its final performance this afternoon (9 Mar 2008.) When the show closes it will have played 16 previews and 123 regular performances. The play opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on 4 Nov 2007, following previews from 19 Oct 2007.

Rock 'n' Roll opened to mostly good reviews: "If you wish to join the bandwagon of Stoppard fanatics, and be part of the elitism that swears they understand him, by all means go see this play." (New York Theatre Guide); "Triumphantly sentimental new play." (New York Times); "Has a good beat, but you can't always dance to it." (New York Daily News); "Funny, enthralling. (New York Post); "Feels strangely distant." (NewsDay); "Is not boring, but it is wearying." (The Record); "splendid, illuminating entertainment" (Associated Press).

Rock 'n' Roll spans the years from 1968 to 1990 from the double perspective of Prague, where a rock'n'roll band comes to symbolise resistance to the Communist regime, and of Cambridge where the verities of love and death are shaping the lives of three generations in the family of a Marxist philosopher.

The cast features Brian Cox (Max), Sinead Cusack (Eleanor/older Esme), Rufus Sewell (Jan), Nicole Ansari (Lenka), Alice Eve (younger Esme /Alice) are Brian Avers (Stephen), Mary Bacon (Gillian/Magda/Deirdre), Seth Fisher (The Piper/Policeman), Stephen Kunken (Ferdinand), Quentin Mare� (Nigel/Interrogator), Ken Marks (Milan/Waiter) and Alexandra Neil (Candida).

Rock 'n' Roll received its world premiere at the Royal Court as part of their 50th Anniversary celebration, and subsequently transferred to London's West End's Duke of York�s Theatre for a sold-out run.

The Broadway production features three members of the original London company; Brian Cox, Sinead Cusack and Rufus Sewell (winner of the Olivier, London Evening Standard and London Critics� Circle Awards for his performance), and is directed by Trevor Nunn, who also helmed the London prduction.

Set design is by Robert Jones, costume design is by Emma Ryott, lighting design is by Howard Harrison and sound design by Ian Dickinson.

The drama is produced on Broadway by Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Boyett, Ostar Enterprises, Roger Berlind and Tulbart Productions, in association with Lincoln Center Theater.