Olympus Theatricals :: Past Productions

Tom Stoppard’s “dazzling masterpiece” (The Daily Telegraph), will return to New York this spring for a limited engagement in an acclaimed new production directed by David Leveaux.

Tamzin Outhwaite (Boeing Boeing, Hotel Babylon, Eastenders) leads the cast in the West End transfer of the Tony Award-winning musical Sweet Charity.

A schoolgirl's whisper spreads and triggers a chain of events with extraordinary consequences. Ian Rickson directs an outstanding cast that includes Keira Knightley, Elisabeth Moss, & Ellen Burstyn.

Arcadia is set in April 1809 in a stately home in Derbyshire. Thomasina, a gifted pupil, proposes a startling theory, beyond her comprehension. All around her, the adults, including her tutor Septimus, are preoccupied with secret desires, illicit passions and professional rivalries. Two hundred years later, academic adversaries Hannah and Bernard (Lia Williams and Billy Crudup) are piecing together puzzling clues, curiously recalling those events of 1809, in their quest for an increasingly elusive truth.

Sweet Charity follows the misadventures of love encountered by the gullible and guileless Charity Hope Valentine, a woman who always gives her heart and her dreams to the wrong man. Cy Coleman’s score features favorite hits such as Hey, Big Spender; If My Friends Could See Me Now and The Rhythm of Life. Sweet Charity was written by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. This production is directed by Matthew White with choreography by Stephen Mear, set design by Tim Shortall, costume design by Matthew Wright, musical supervision and direction by Nigel Lilley, orchestrations by Chris Walker, hair & wigs by Richard Mawbey, lighting by David Howe and sound design by Gareth Owen.

When a schoolgirl's whisper spreads it triggers a chain of events with extraordinary consequences. Karen Wright (Keira Knightley) and Martha Dobie (Elisabeth Moss) run a girls' boarding school in 1930's New England, where they become entangled in a devastating story of deceit, shame and courage. Banned in London and several cities across America, The Children's Hour received its world premiere on Broadway in 1934. Generations on, its potent exploration of a culture of fear remains startlingly relevant.

Direct from its sold-out run at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, CHINGLISH now comes to Broadway!

American Idiot tells the exhilarating story of a new generation of young Americans as they struggle to find meaning in a post-9/11 world, borne along by Green Day's electrifying score!

La Cage Aux Folles is a funny and touching tale of one family's struggle to stay together... stay fabulous... and above all else, stay true to themselves.

An American businessman arrives in a bustling Chinese province looking to score a lucrative contact for his family’s sign-making firm. He soon finds that the complexities of such a venture far outstrip the expected differences in language, customs and manners—and calls into question even the most basic assumptions of human conduct.

American Idiot tells the exhilarating story of a new generation of young Americans as they struggle to find meaning in a post-9/11 world, borne along by Green Day's electrifying score. With an 8 member onstage band and a cast of 19 led by Tony Award-winner John Gallagher, Jr., this high-octane musical includes every song from the acclaimed album American Idiot, as well as several songs from the band's Grammy Award-winning new release, 21st Century Breakdown. Green Day won two Grammy Awards for the groundbreaking rock opera American Idiot, which sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. Now Billie Joe Armstrong and the band collaborate with one of the theatre's most acclaimed creative teams: Tony Award-winning director of Spring Awakening Michael Mayer, two-time Tony Award-winning composer and orchestrator Tom Kitt, and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hoggett, to bring this explosive, iconic album to the stage.

This definitive new production received glowing reviews in London, where it was honored with the 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. Now, Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein’s glittering musical comedy arrives in New York with a dapper new addition! Five-time Emmy Award® winner Kelsey Grammer ("Frasier") will make his Broadway musical debut as Georges, the owner of a glitzy nightclub in lovely Saint-Tropez. Douglas Hodge (winner of the 2009 Olivier Award for his performance in London) stars as his partner Albin, who moonlights as the glamorous showgirl Zaza. When Georges' son brings his fiancée's conservative parents home to meet the flashy pair, tensions mount and feather boas fly! La Cage Aux Folles is a funny and touching tale of one family's struggle to stay together... stay fabulous... and above all else, stay true to themselves.

Limited Broadway Engagement- 14 weeks starting January 24th! (Previews being December 28th.)

DON’T MISS THE BROADWAY EVENT OF THE SEASON - ABOUT THE THEATRICAL CALAMITY OF THE CENTURY!

12 Weeks only from January 9th 2010 - April 10th 2010!

A good family. A forbidden love. The ultimate betrayal.

It’s September 8th, 1934, and Cleveland’s premiere opera producer is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The tickets are sold, the stage is set, and the thirty-piece orchestra is ready. But, it’s about to become un disastro gigantesco, because it’s three minutes to curtain, and the leading man - the greatest tenor in the world - has gone missing! The starry revival of Ken Ludwig’s LEND ME A TENOR features a first-class line up: ANTHONY LaPAGLIA (Without A Trace), TONY SHALHOUB (Monk), JUSTIN BARTHA (The Hangover) and a top-notch supporting cast, all staged by actor/director STANLEY TUCCI (Julie & Julia). Don’t miss these hilarious hijinks of operatic proportions.

Rising film star, Mitchell Green, is every girl's fantasy and soon to become a household name, thanks to his devilish agent Diane, who excels at navigating the choppy waters of Hollywood. With Mitchell on the brink of superstardom, Diane encounters one teensy weensy obstacle - she can’t seem to stop her leading man from coming out of the closet. With Mitchell spending days and nights with his new 'friend' Alex, and Alex’s beautiful girlfriend Ellen (yes girlfriend!) causing a drama of her own, what lengths will Mitchell go to play the part? And will there be a Hollywood ending when the credits role?

Previously played on Broadway at: Helen Hayes Theatre 240 W 44th St New York, NY 10036 and Cort Theater 138 West 48th Street NYC

Played a limited engagement from June 4th - September 12th 2009 @ The Duke of York's Theatre London

Now Playing @: The Nederlander Theatre 208 West 41st Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have THE 39 STEPS, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-wining treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!

In THE 39 STEPS, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, THE 39 STEPS amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!

Tom Stoppard's 1993 play Arcadia was a Laurence Olivier Award-winning hit when it premiered at the National Theatre under the direction of Trevor Nunn, subsequently transferring to the West End and Broadway. Now, the playwright's son Ed Stoppard appears in a major new production of Arcadia at the Duke of York's theatre, in a stellar cast that also contains Neil Pearson, Samantha Bond and Dan Stevens.

Arcadia begins in April 1809 in a stately home in Derbyshire. Thomasina, a gifted pupil, proposes a startling theory, beyond her comprehension. All around her, the adults, including her tutor Septimus, are preoccupied with secret desires, illicit passions and professional rivalries. Two hundred years later, academic adversaries Hannah and Bernard are piecing together puzzling clues, curiously recalling those events of 1809, in their quest for an increasingly elusive truth.

Arcadia playwright Stoppard is one of the UK's foremost contemporary writers, whose numerous plays include Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, The Coast Of Utopia, The Invention Of Love, Jumpers, Hapgood, The Real Inspector Hound, Night And Day, Travesties, After Magritte and Rock 'N' Roll.

His son, Ed Stoppard, has previously been seen on a London stage playing Hamlet at the New Ambassadors theatre, plus On The Rocks and The Glass Menagerie.

With a roll of the dice, you'll be rolling in the aisles! GUYS AND DOLLS - Frank Loesser's hilarious musical tale of two New York couples betting on love despite the odds - is back home on Broadway in a swingin' new production directed by two-time Tony® winner DES McANUFF (Jersey Boys). Leading the dynamite cast are Emmy® and Tony nominee OLIVER PLATT (Shining City, "Huff") and Golden Globe nominee LAUREN GRAHAM ("Gilmore Girls," Evan Almighty) as good ol' Nathan Detroit and Miss Adelaide. Tony nominee CRAIG BIERKO (The Music Man) and KATE JENNINGS GRANT (Proof) are Sky Masterson and his unlikely love, Sarah Brown. With its score of unforgettable songs including "Luck Be a Lady" and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat," GUYS AND DOLLS is the quintessential Broadway experience. And this sexy new production promises to thrill fans and first-timers alike! So order your tickets today... and GET IN THE GAME!

No longer running... Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre 242 West 45th Street New York, NY

Limited Run- No longer running. Don't miss this strictly limited engagement playing September 16th - December 21st @ The Walter Kerr Theater 219 West 48th Street NYC

No longer running... Previously played at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce St, New York, NY

A grown-up story about growing up, featuring the only all-teenage cast ever to hit Broadway! When his parents get divorced and he's forced to move from New York to a small town in Indiana, Evan Goldman just wants to make friends and survive the school year. Easier said than done. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, "13" is a hilarious, high-energy musical for all ages about discovering that cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it.

Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient and Four Weddings and a Funeral) makes her long-awaited Broadway debut this fall, in a stunning production of Chekhov's masterpiece The Seagull. Joining her is award-winning stage and film actor Peter Sarsgaard. The Seagull opens direct from a critically acclaimed and sold-out run in London, where the production broke box office records and became the must-see event of the season.

A witty play written by Stephen Belber and Directed by David Schwimmer Starring Josh Lucas, Dominic Fumusa, Noah Emmerich, & Jennifer Mudge

No longer running... Previously played at the Theatre Royal Haymarket In London, England

While our Broadway production continues its record-breaking run, "The 39 Steps" has been touring the US since August 2009!

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have THE 39 STEPS, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre!

A love story set in Paris during the Second World War, Marguerite draws inspiration from one of the greatest of romantic novels, La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas. Marguerite is the beautiful and notorious mistress of a high-ranking German officer. Armand is a young musician half her age who falls obsessively in love with her. Their dangerous love story is played out against the background of Occupied Paris. Ruthie Henshall, the award-winning West End and Broadway actress, returns to the London stage to play the title role.

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have THE 39 STEPS, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance! In THE 39 STEPS, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, THE 39 STEPS amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!

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