Original Brit Stars Including Cox, Cusack and Sewell Heading to Broadway for Rock 'n' Roll

Five members of the acclaimed original London company of Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, Brian Cox, Sinead Cusack Rufus Sewell winner of the Olivier, London Evening Standard and London Critics' Circle Awards for his performance, Nicole Ansari and Alice Eve, will appear in the upcoming production. The play, directed by Trevor Nunn, will begin previews on October 19 and open on November 4 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

Rock 'n' Roll spans the years from 1968 -1990 from the double perspective of Prague, Czechoslovakia, where a rock 'n' roll band comes to symbolize resistance to the Communist regime, and of Cambridge, England, where the verities of love and death are shaping the lives of three generations in the family of a Marxist philosopher. The play received its world premiere at London's Royal Court Theatre and subsequently transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre for a sold-out run.

Rock 'n' Roll will be produced on Broadway by Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Boyett, Ostar Enterprises, Roger Berlind and Tulbart Productions, in association with Lincoln Center Theater. Set design is by Robert Jones, costume design is by Emma Ryott, lighting design is by Howard Harrison and sound design by Ian Dickinson. Further casting will be announced in coming weeks.

Stoppard was most recently represented on Broadway with the Lincoln Center Theater production of The Coast of Utopia, which has received 10 Tony Award nominations, including Best Play. The premiere of Rock 'n' Roll will mark the 40th anniversary since Stoppard was introduced to Broadway audiences with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

Cox's Broadway credits include Strange Interlude and Art. Off-Broadway, he appeared in St. Nicholas and Rat in the Skull. Other theater credits include In Celebration, Hedda Gabler, Rat In The Skull and Dublin Carol. A veteran of more than 50 feature films, he recently co-starred in Match Point, Red Eye and The Bourne Supremacy and was featured on the HBO series Deadwood.

Cusack was nominated for a Tony for her performance in Much Ado About Nothing, which she performed in repertory with Cyrano. London theater credits include The Mercy Seat, A Lie of the Mind, Our Lady of Sligo, Faith Healer, Three Sisters, Antony and Cleopatra, The Merchant of Venice and Macbeth. Her films include V for Vendetta, Mathilde and Stealing Beauty.

Sewell was last seen on Broadway in the 1995 revival of Translations. His London theater work includes Arcadia, Luther, Macbeth and Rat in the Skull. For the BBC, he starred in The Taming of the Shrew and Charles II. His films include A Knight's Tale, Martha Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence and Tristan and Isolde.

Ansari's international theater credits include The Shelter, Shakespeare Love Songs, A Suli Feast, Oxygen, Irma la Douce, Much Ado About Nothing, Cyrano de Bergerac, Alma, Berenice, The Lower Depths, Claras, Tango and many more.

Eve made her professional theatre debut in Animal Crackers for the Edinburgh Festival. Her film work includes Big Nothing, Starter for Ten and Stage Beauty.