Roundabout sets Broadway dates for Noises Off

The Roundabout Theatre Company has now announced dates for the limited engagement of its Broadway revival of Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off, directed by Jeremy Herrin. The farcical play will begin previews on 17 December 2015, before officially opening at a yet to be named theatre on 14 January 2016.

The production will star previously announced Tony and Emmy Award winner Andrea Martin as Dotty, with additional casting and creative team to be revealed at a later date.

Noises Off is the classic show-within-a-show. The Opening Night performance of the farce 'Nothing On' is just hours away, and as the cast stumbles through their final dress rehearsal, things couldn't be going any worse. With lines being forgotten, love triangles unraveling and sardines flying everywhere, it's complete pandemonium... and we haven't even reached intermission! Can the cast pull their act together on the stage even if they can't behind the scenes?

The revival had previously been postponed to make way for On the Twentieth Century, starring Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth, along with Golden Globe winner and Tony nominee Peter Gallagher.

Andrea Martin was last seen on Broadway in her Tony Award-winning performance as Berthe in the revival of 'Pippin'. Her other Broadway credits include 'Act One,' 'Exit the King,' 'Young Frankenstein' (Tony nomination), 'Oklahoma!' (Tony nomination), 'Candide' (Tony nomination) and 'My Favorite Year' (Tony Award).

English theatre director Jeremy Herrin is making his Broadway debut with Noises Off. In 2012 he was nominated for a 2012 Oliver Award for Best Director for his helming of James Graham's 'This House.' He has twice been nominated for Evening Standard Awards for his work on Anya Reiss 'Spur of the Moment' and Polly Stenham's 'Tusk, Tusk,' which both played at the Royal Court Theatre.

Noises Off premiered on Broadway in 1983. Directed by Michael Blakemore, the production ran for a total of 553 performances and was nominated for a Tony for Best Play. It was revived in 1993, in a production directed by Jeremy Sams which was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Revival.

- by Tom Millward