Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh make Broadway debuts in all-Australian production of The Present
CATE Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh hit Broadway for the first time in a production that is already making history.
CATE Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh will make their Broadway debuts in the much- anticipated first performance of the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of The Present.
Blanchett and Roxburgh will be joined on stage at New York’s historic Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Saturday by 11 other members of the Australian theatre company.
It is the first time an all-Australian cast has performed a play on Broadway.
The Present is playwright Andrew Upton’s adaptation of Chekhov’s Platonov. The performances will officially begin on January 8 and last for 13 weeks.
Husband-and-wife Upton and Blanchett, along with Roxburgh, have dabbled in New York theatre before, including 2012’s run of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya at the Lincoln Centre, but not on Broadway.
Broadway critics have high hopes, with The New York Times’ Ben Brantley telling readers “I am licking my chops” in anticipation of the production.
Blanchett and Roxburgh, of course, have appeared together numerous times on stage, while
Blanchett’s first big Australian cinematic break came opposite Roxburgh in the 1997 film, Thank God He Met Lizzie. The Oscar winner also made a guest appearance as a judge on Roxburgh’s hit TV show, Rake.
Nicole and Keith dazzle on Sydney red carpet
Nicole Kidman has attended the Sydney premiere of her buzzy new movie Being the Ricardos, where she wore a glitzy $25,000 dress.
Ben Affleck’s cruelty knows no limits
Jennifer Garner helped clean up Ben Affleck’s image from a drunk womaniser to a repeat Oscar winner, and this is the thanks she gets?
Caitlyn Jenner rejected over dress code
The reality TV star and Olympian has slammed the Beverly Hill Hotel for refusing to serve her for not complying with its dress code.