Now nominated for FOUR TONY AWARDS including Best Revival of a Play, Best Actor in a Play (Tom Hollander), Best Director of a Play (Patrick Marber) and Best Sound Design of a Play (Adam Cork).
Roundabout's dazzling new production of Travesties, Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning Best Play, has arrived - and The New York Times says it's "ridiculously entertaining." An artist, a writer and a revolutionary collide in this "giddy, head-spinning triumph" (Entertainment Weekly), a kaleidoscopic thrill-ride through the worlds of art and revolution in 1917 Switzerland...and in the maze of one man's memory.
This "knock-the-wind-out-of-you magnificent revival" (New York Magazine) is "an uproarious work of art, impeccably directed by Patrick Marber" (Newsday). 2017 Olivier nominee Tom Hollander leads the cast, and he is "marvelous" (Time Out New York).
Travesties. New York Stage Review says it's "possibly the only perfect production now occupying a Broadway theater. Get there fast."
Don't expect anything resembling a linear plot inTravesties, which also features Carr's erudite butler (Patrick Kerr), Lenin's harried wife (Opal Alladin) and a giddy pair of ladies named for Wilde's characters Gwendolenand Cecily (Scarlett Strallen and Sara Topham), but a merrily disjointed mix of political, social and artistic commentary flavored with verbal dexterity and tuneful music hall exuberance. If brevity is the soul of wit, then 75 minutes without an intermission might be the soul of absurdist theatre, so at two and a half hours the madness of Travesties can get a little maddening. But stay alert and the charming company will guide you through an evening that can tickle your intellect as well as your funny bone.
Travesties lays all their intellectual roustabouts on thick, studded with delightful moments of confrontation and simple confusion. Limericks pop out of mouths, sections of the play come in Joycean rhyme, the acting comes with gleeful sides of ham.
1975 | Broadway |
Broadway |
2017 | West End |
West End Revival West End |
2018 | Broadway |
Roundabout Theatre Company Revival Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2018 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Tom Hollander |
2018 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Travesties |
2018 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Tom Hollander |
2018 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Seth Numrich |
2018 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Travesties |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Tom Hollander |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Patrick Marber |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Travesties |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Patrick Marber |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Hollander |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Travesties |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Adam Cork |
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