Dakin Matthews, Rod McLachlan & More Round Out the Cast of The Audience on Broadway, Starring Helen Mirren

Dakin Matthews (Rocky) and Rod McLachlan (Holiday) will play Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Gordon Brown, respectively, opposite Helen Mirren in The Audience. Directed by Stephen Daldry, Peter Morgan’s play will begin previews on February 17, 2015 and run through June 28. Opening night is set for March 8 at Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

Rounding out the cast will be Elizabeth Teeter as Young Elizabeth, Henny Russell as Queen's Secretary, Tracy Sallows as Bobo McDonald, Anthony Cochrane as Cecil Beaton / Detective / Bishop, Graydon Long as Footman / Beefeater and Jason Loughlin as Footman / Beefeater. Ensemble members include Michael Rudko and Tony Ward. They join the previously announced Dylan Baker, Judith Ivey, Geoffrey Beevers, Michael Elwyn, Richard McCabe and Rufus Wright.

For sixty years Elizabeth II (Mirren) has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said, not even to their spouses. The Audience imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister uses these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional—sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive. In turn, the Queen can’t help but reveal her own self as she advises, consoles and, on occasion, teases. These private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age, from the beginning of Elizabeth II’s reign to today.