Dallas Roberts to Play Tom in B'way's Upcoming The Glass Menagerie

Roberts is currently appearing at New York Theatre Workshop in Caryl Churchill's A Number, and he will remain with that production through January 16. Roberts' other off-Broadway credits include Enter the Night, True Love, Nocturne for which he earned a Drama Desk nomination and Burn This. He also notably originated the roles of Kynaston in Jeffrey Hatcher's Compleat Female Stage Beauty at Contemporary American Theater Festival and Astrakhan in Arthur Kopit's Y2K at Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival.

The Glass Menagerie tells the story of a St. Louis family struggling to cope with the harsh realities of the Great Depression and the bitter memories that haunt them. Revealed in flashback, the play follows the lives of shoe factory worker Tom Roberts, torn between his role as the family breadwinner and the desire to lead a life of his own, his abrasive mother Amanda Lange, once a Southern socialite, now trying to maintain her dignity amidst the gloom of the tenement, and Tom's frail sister Laura Paulson, who has retreated to an imaginary world caring for her collection of glass animals. As tensions mount and tempers flare, the prospect of a husband for Laura becomes their final chance for stability and escape. But the arrival of this gentleman caller could also deal a powerful blow that shatters their tenuous dreams.

The Glass Menagerie, directed by David Leveaux, is scheduled to open at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 15.