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Travesties

First Preview: Dec 13, 2017
Opening Date: Mar 29, 2018
Closing Date: Jun 17, 2018
Running Time: 02:30
Travesties

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Playing @
Todd Haimes Theatre
227 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036
The Tony Award-winning Best Play returns to Broadway in a “near-miraculous production” of “mind-bending splendor” (The New York Times).

Zurich, 1917 - Take one part Wilde, a touch of Lenin, a dash of Dada, a pinch of Joyce and you’ve got Tom Stoppard’s absurdly hilarious Travesties. The wildest revolutionary minds of the 20th century come alive in this romantic and achingly funny modern masterpiece.

Roundabout reunites with playwright Stoppard (The Real Thing) and director Patrick Marber (Closer) for a dazzling revival from London’s Menier Chocolate Factory (The Color Purple). 2017 Olivier nominee Tom Hollander leads the cast.
BroadwayPlay - ComedyPlay - Drama
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: Early Performance Series - 7 pm curtain - May 8 - 18th

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM


Written By
  • Tom Stoppard

Director
  • Patrick Marber

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Reviews

  • Stoppard offers much to ponder about the intersection of art, commerce, and politics. And in between the constant digressions, we get such pointed observations as "War is capitalism with gloves off."Director Patrick Marber must be commended for enlivening the high-brow farce with delightfully madcap interludes.
  • Yet in Patrick Marber’s well-judged and high-spirited revival, which the director first staged in London in 2016 (with Hollander and McDonald), the result is inviting rather than snobbishly exclusive, and the structural and verbal dazzle are offset with subtle suggestions of elegy. Even if you can’t solve it all as you watch, it’s a pleasure to engage with a production that does Travesties full justice. 
  • Broadway's spry revival of "Travesties" is guaranteed to work your gray matter. Its author is brainy British playwright Tom Stoppard; that's how he rolls. The happy bonus of the brightly acted Roundabout production at the American Airlines Theater is how often the 1974 comedy engages one's smile muscles. Hollander, reprising his role from London, is silly and sycophantic as he motors the show. The rest of the cast is as polished. Scarlett Strallen, Sara Topham, Opal Alladin and Patrick Kerr round out the ensemble.
  • Stoppard offers much to ponder about the intersection of art, commerce, and politics. And in between the constant digressions, we get such pointed observations as "War is capitalism with gloves off."Director Patrick Marber must be commended for enlivening the high-brow farce with delightfully madcap interludes.

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Info

    Designated, flexible wheelchair seating area behind the last row of the center orchestra and the last row of the mezzanine
  • Seating

    Seats 740. Orchestra, 1st floor; Mezzanine, 2nd and 3rd Floor; 5th floor Penthouse lobby open to the public. 4th floor private. Lower lobby main public facilities and lounge.
  • Entrance

    Primary entrance from street, through double doors into outer lobby with box office, through double doors into main lobby, through 2 sets of double doors (each 31") into Orchestra.
  • Box Office

    227 West 42nd St between 7th and 8th Avenues. Hours: 10am - 8pm: Tuesday through Saturday. 10am - 6pm Sunday and Monday. The box office closes at 6pm on any evening with no performance.
  • Restroom

    Accessible restrooms on Orchestra level only
  • Telephone

    There is a secure cell phone charging station on the 5th floor, reachable by elevator. The station is complimentary to use but requires a credit card to “unlock” devices. The station is 69” high.
  • Assisted Listening System

    Assisted listening devices available: Infrared headsets free at coatcheck. A photo ID is required to check out a headset.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    Elevators are available to all levels of the theatre.
  • Folding Armrests

    Six (6) seats are available with folding armrests.
  • Parking

    An Icon parking garage is located at 250 west 43rd between Broadway and 8th Avenue.
  • Water Fountain

    Several accessible water fountains are located throughout the theatre, all reachable by elevator.

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