Rock 'n' Roll to open on Broadway in the fall

Variety have reported that Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll will open on Broadway in the fall of 2007, directed by Trevor Nunn. IT will be produced on Broadway by Sonia Friedman and Boyett Ostar productions. No official announcement has been made.

Variety reported that "Stoppard, scribe of this season's hit trilogy "The Coast of Utopia," let the cat out of the bag at a talkback event for "Coast" at Lincoln Center Wednesday." (14 Feb 2007)

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.

Directed by Trevor Nunn, Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll premiered at the Royal Court Theatre on the 3 June 2006, where it ran through to the 15 July 2006, before it transferred to the West End's Duke of York's Theatre on 22 July 2006. The show is due to close in London on the 25 Feb 2007.

The drama received good notices from the popular press: Nicholas De Jongh for The Evening Standard said, "This is not quite first-rate Stoppard but still ought to generate a big and serious stir." Paul Taylor for The Independent wrote, "Complex and moving new play about the link between rock music, East European dissidence and the fall of Communism...an impressive play" Michael Billington for The Guardian extolled, "Astonishing new play...excellent production." and Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph commented, "There is an energy, rawness and passion here one doesn't associate with the elegant and witty Stoppard."