Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents Tony® Award winner Matthew Broderick as "Philip" in a new Broadway production of The Philanthropist by Tony® and Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton, directed by David Grindley. The Philanthropist began previews on April 10th, 2009 and opens officially tonight, April 26th, 2009 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). This will be a limited engagement.
- 4/26/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Steven Weber, Jonathan Cake have joined Matthew Broderick in the Roundabout Theater Company revival of "The Philanthropist." Weber will play a friend of the leading character portrayed by Broderick in Christopher Hampton's 1970 take on "The Misanthrope," while Cake will play a writer. Anna Madeley is the female lead, reprising a role she played in the 2005 staging of the play at the Donmar Warehouse. Tate Ellington, Jennifer Mudge and Samantha Soule complete the rest of the casting. Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will present Tony? Award winner Matthew Broderick as "Philip" in a new Broadway production of The Philanthropist by Tony? and Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton, directed by David Grindley.
- 2/3/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Matthew Broderick is making a return to Broadway. He will join Christopher Hampton the revival of "The Philanthropist".
Matthew Broderick Returns to Broadway with "The Philanthropist"
Broadway has been a goldmine for Matthew Broderick. After turning heads in "The Producers" back in 2001 and 2004, he toplined a 2005 revival of "The Odd Couple". Though the latter had poor reviews, it still scored with the audiences.
In "The Philanthropist", the thesp will star as a university professor who lives his life entirely removed from real-world political upheavals, including the assassination of the prime minister and his cabinet.
Matthew Broderick Returns to Broadway with "The Philanthropist"
Broadway has been a goldmine for Matthew Broderick. After turning heads in "The Producers" back in 2001 and 2004, he toplined a 2005 revival of "The Odd Couple". Though the latter had poor reviews, it still scored with the audiences.
In "The Philanthropist", the thesp will star as a university professor who lives his life entirely removed from real-world political upheavals, including the assassination of the prime minister and his cabinet.
- 10/7/2008
- www.canmag.com
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