BackStage Pass: Reflections on Life in the Theatre
BackStage Pass has announced the release of the latest in a series of video interviews with people who have helped create the history and shape the future of the live entertainment industry. This interview highlights industrial hygienist, safety officer and professional performer, Monona Rossol (pictured).
Bill Sapsis, BackStage Pass executive producer, noted: “Monona has done so much for the live entertainment community through her work designing safe workspaces in theatres and shops around the country. She remains at the forefront of safety training in chemical and environmental hygiene and is the safety consultant at SAG-AFTRA. We are all the better for her continued work. Monona has also been known to perform in various bistros in and around New York City,” This interview was recorded in February, 2019 but remains every bit as relevant today.
Tom Stoppard s LEOPOLDSTADT Returns to the West End in August 2021
Tom Stoppard s Leopoldstadt, directed by Patrick Marber and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, will return to Wyndham s Theatre for a 12-week run from 7 August - 30 October 2021. Casting will be announced shortly.
Patrons whose bookings were affected by the Government s previous directives will be contacted from today Friday 23 April 2021 regarding their current bookings with public booking opening at 10am on Friday 30 April 2021.
Sonia Friedman said: I am deeply relieved that after a year of immense loss and struggle for so many, including the unthinkable shutdown of our theatre industry, to announce the new dates for the return of Tom s astonishing play to the West End. Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of enduring love and familial bonds that asks us to bear witness to our pasts, no matter how painful that may be. The audience response throughout our seven weeks of sold-out performances before the pande
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Cast of
Tom Stoppardâs Olivier-winning
Leopoldstadt, which made its world premiere in January 2020 and played its final performance March 14 last year due to the pandemic, will return to London s Wyndhamâs Theatre August 7.
Directed by Patrick Marber and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, the 12-week West End run will continue through October 30. Casting will be announced at a later date.
Leopoldstadt reunites Stoppard, director Patrick Marber (
Closer, Notes on a Scandal) and Friedman, who last collaborated on
Travesties in 2017. Set over several decades in Vienna, Austria, following the lives of a singular extended family, the play explores the human condition and its resilience in the face of traumatic history before and after World War II.