PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 18, 2007
Closing Date
May 13, 2007
1st Preview
Jan 31, 2007
1st Preview
Jan 31, 2007
Previews
13
Performances
34
PlayOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Vivian Beaumont Theater
(Feb 18, 2007 - May 13, 2007)

Setting
London and Geneva, 1853-1866

Comments
"The Coast of Utopia" was considered as one play for the purposes of Tony and Drama Desk nominations. All nominations and awards specific to the series as a whole are listed under "Part 1 - Voyage."

Written by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Jack O'Brien; Associate Director: Benjamin Klein; Assistant Director: Caitlin Moon; Choreographed by Michele Lynch
Scenic Design by Bob Crowley and Scott Pask; Costume Design by Catherine Zuber; Lighting Design by Natasha Katz; Original Music & Sound by Mark Bennett; Associate Scenic Design: Frank McCullough; Assistant Scenic Design: Jeffrey Hinchee and Lauren Alvarez; Associate Costume Design: Michael Zecker; Assistant Costume Design: Michele K. Short; Associate Lighting Design: Aaron Spivey; Assistant Lighting Design: Kathleen Dobbins; Associate Sound Design: Leon Rothenberg and Anthony Smolenski; Projection Design by William Cusick; Associate Projection Design: Ryan Hosopple; Hair and Wig Design by Tom Watson
LCT General Manager: Adam Siegel; Company Manager: Matthew Markoff; Assistant Co. Mgr: Jessica Perlmeter Cochrane; Associate General Manager: Jessica Niebanck
Production Stage Manager: Robert Bennett; LCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Assistant Stage Mgr: Diane DiVita, Jennifer Rae Moore and Jason Hindelang
Pianist: Dan Lipton; Guitarist: Aaron Krohn; Vocal Music/Instrumental Coach: Dan Lipton
LCT Casting Director: Daniel Swee; LCT Dramaturg: Anne Cattaneo; LCT General Press Agent: Philip Rinaldi; LCT Director of Development: Hattie K. Jutagir; LCT Director of Marketing: Linda Mason Ross; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Photographer: Paul Kolnik; Voice, Speech Consultant: Elizabeth Smith; Video Services: Fresh Produce Productions; Videographer: Frank Basile; Principal Poster Artist: James McMullan
English Servant
 
Henry
Mary Sutherland's son
Joanna Kinkel
Gottfried Kinkel's wife
Rose
A parlormaid
 
Teresina
Herzen's Italian daughter-in-law, Sasha's wife
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin
French republican politican
Captain Peks
Lajos's aide
 
Lt. Korf
 
Polish émigré
at the celebration of the new Tsar
Tchorzewski
A Polish bookshop owner
English Servant
 
Olga
Alexander Herzen's daughter
Lajos Kossuth
First President of independent Hungary, in exile
Mrs. Blainey
An English nanny
Arnold Ruge
Radical German editor and activist of 1848
 
Zenkowicz
Chief of Staff to Count Worcell
Karl Marx
Author of the Communist Manifesto
Sasha, as a child
Sasha
Alexander Herzen's son
 
English Servant
Count Stanislaw Worcell
Leading figure of the Polish opposition in exile
Malwida von Meysenbug
A German governess and tutor
Nicholas Ogarev
Doctor at the Seashore
Ivan Turgenev
Michael Bakunin
Olga, as a young child
Czerniecki
A Polish printer
Maria Fomm
A German nanny
Emily Jones
Ernest's wife
Gottfried Kinkel
Radical German poet and activist of 1848
Nicholas Chernyshevsky
A radical, author of "What Is to Be Done?"
Ensemble
Alexander Herzen
Mary Sutherland
Ogarev's mistress
Sleptsov
Tata, as a child
 
Olga, as a child
 
Liza
Daughter of Herzen and Natasha Ogarev
Louis Blanc
French socialist politician
 
Vetoshnikov
Natasha Tuchkov Ogarev
Nicholas' second wife
Tata
Alexander Herzen's daughter
Teresa Kossuth
Lajos' wife
Ensemble
English Servant
 
Giuseppe Mazzini
Italian nationalist leader in exile
 
Semlov
Ernest Jones
Radical English Chartist politician
Alphonse de Ville
Ledru-Rollin's aide
Understudies: Tolan Aman (Sasha, as a child), Bianca Amato (Teresina), Mia Barron (Tata, Natasha Tuchkov Ogarev), Larry Bull (Karl Marx), Denis Butkus (Sasha, Lajos Kossuth), Michael Carlsen (Giuseppe Mazzini, Lt. Korf, Sleptsov), Amanda Leigh Cobb (Emily Jones), Anthony Cochrane (Count Stanislaw Worcell, Zenkowicz), Adam Dannheisser (Michael Bakunin), Matt Dickson (Captain Peks, Polish émigré), Aaron Krohn (Nicholas Chernyshevsky, Doctor at the Seashore), Felicity LaFortune (Mrs. Blainey), Jennifer Lyon (Maria Fomm, Rose), Andrew McGinn (Gottfried Kinkel, Nicholas Ogarev), Beckett Melville (Henry), Scott Parkinson (Arnold Ruge), Annie Purcell (Joanna Kinkel), Erika Rolfsrud (Olga, Malwida von Meysenbug, Mary Sutherland), Sophie Rudin (Tata, as a child, Olga, as a child, Liza, Olga, as a young child), Brian Sgambati (Waiter), Eric Sheffer Stevens (Alexander Herzen, Perotkin, Semlov), Baylen Thomas (Ernest Jones, Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, Ivan Turgenev) and David Christopher Wells (Louis Blanc, Czerniecki, Vetoshnikov, Alphonse de Ville)

Vivian Beaumont Theater (Feb 18, 2007 - May 13, 2007)

Cast

Tata, as a child
Mar 06, 2007 - Mar 18, 2007
 
Liza
Daughter of Herzen and Natasha Ogarev
Mar 06, 2007 - Apr 01, 2007
 
Olga, as a child
Mar 06, 2007 - Mar 18, 2007

Tony Award®

Best Play

 

Best Actor in a Play

2007 Nominee
Brían F. O'Byrne
 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

2007 Nominee
Ethan Hawke

Best Featured Actress in a Play

2007 Winner
Jennifer Ehle
 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

2007 Nominee
Martha Plimpton

Best Direction of a Play

2007 Winner
Directed by Jack O'Brien

Best Scenic Design of a Play

2007 Winner
Scenic Design by Bob Crowley and Scott Pask

Best Costume Design of a Play

2007 Winner
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber

Best Lighting Design of a Play

2007 Winner
Lighting Design by Natasha Katz

Drama Desk Award

Outstanding Play

 

Outstanding Actor in a Play

2007 Nominee
Brían F. O'Byrne

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

2007 Winner
Martha Plimpton

Outstanding Director of a Play

2007 Winner
Directed by Jack O'Brien

Outstanding Set Design of a Play

2007 Winner
Scenic Design by Bob Crowley and Scott Pask

Outstanding Costume Design

2007 Winner
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber

Outstanding Lighting Design

2007 Winner
Lighting Design by Natasha Katz
 

Outstanding Sound Design

2007 Nominee
Sound Design by Mark Bennett

Outstanding Music for a Play

2007 Winner
Sound Design by Mark Bennett
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