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Ring Round the Moon   
A charade with music

 
Belasco Theatre , (4/28/1999 - 6/27/1999)
First Preview:Apr 01, 1999 Total Previews:31
Opening Date:Apr 28, 1999   
Closing Date:Jun 27, 1999 Total Performances:66

Category: Play, Comedy, Revival, Broadway
Setting: France. Spring 1912.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President)
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer); Produced in association with The Laura Pels Foundation
Written by Jean Anouilh; Book adapted by Christopher Fry; Music by Francis Poulenc
Directed by Gerald Gutierrez; Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall; Associate Choreographer: Rob Ashford
Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty; Costume Design by John David Ridge; Lighting Design by Natasha Katz; Sound Design by Aural Fixation; Hair and Wig Design by Paul Huntley
LCT General Manager: Steven C. Callahan; Company Manager: Susan Sampliner
Stage Manager: Frank Hartenstein; LCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Assistant Stage Mgr: Tripp Phillips
Musical Supervisor: Tom Fay
LCT Casting Director: Daniel Swee; LCT Director of Marketing: Thomas Cott; LCT Director of Development: Hattie K. Jutagir; LCT General Press Representative: Philip Rinaldi; Vocal Coach: Elizabeth Smith
Cast
Candy Buckley Lady India
Messerschmann's mistress, secretly in love with Bombelles
Richard Clarke Joshua
a crumbling butler
Frances Conroy Capulat
Madame Desmermortes' faded companion
Gretchen Egolf Isabelle
a ballet dancer
Philip Hoffman Footman
Simon Jones Romainville
a patron of the arts and of Isabelle
Haviland Morris Diana Messerschmann
engaged to Frederic, secretly in love with Hugo
John Newton Footman
The General
Marian Seldes Madame Desmermortes
aunt to Hugo, Frederic and Lady India
Derek Smith Patrice Bombelles
Messerschmann's secretive secretary
Toby Stephens Hugo
a young man about town
Frederic
Hugo's brother, in love with Diana Messerschmann
Joyce Van Patten Isabelle's Mother
a teacher of the pianoforte
Fritz Weaver Messerschmann
Diana's father, a melancholy millionaire
Understudies: Lee Coleman (Footman), David Fitzgerald (Footman), Melinda Page Hamilton (Diana Messerschmann, Isabelle), Philip Hoffman (Patrice Bombelles, Romainville), Josh Mosby (Frederic, Hugo), John Newton (Joshua, Messerschmann) and Nancy Opel (Capulat, Isabelle's Mother, Lady India)
1999 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
 Marian Seldes [nominee]
1999 Tony Award® Best Costume Design
 John David Ridge [nominee]
1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play
 Toby Stephens [nominee]
1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
 Marian Seldes [nominee]
1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design
 John David Ridge [nominee]
1999 Theatre World Award
winnerToby Stephens [winner]