Nichols' Passion Play to Complete Roundabout's Season

The Roundabout Theatre Company will complete its season with Peter Nichols' Passion Play. The production, directed by Mark Brokaw, is scheduled to begin previews at the American Airlines Theatre on April 15, occupying the slot left free from the company's postponement of Fool For Love.

Passion Play is a comic look as sex, marriage and the chattering classes. Eleanor and James, once confronted with adultery, discover the limits of their long marriage. Is this an opportunity to take a fresh look at their lives or will it lead to heartbreak and loneliness?

London's Royal Shakespeare Company originally produced Passion Play in 1981. The show opened at Broadway's Longacre Theatre on May 15, 1983 under the title Passion not to be confused with the musical of the same name and ran for 97 performances before closing. The most recent New York outing for the drama was in 2001 at off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre, where it ran for one month.

The Roundabout's Passion Play is scheduled to open on May 4, the cut-off day for 2005 Tony eligibility.