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About the Play
A trilogy of plays: Voyage, Shipwreck, and Salvage, with focus on the philosophical debates in pre-revolution Russia between 1833 and 1866.
Story:
The Coast of Utopia comprises three sequential plays that chronicle the story of a group of friends who come of age under the Tsarist autocracy of Nicholas I, and for whom the term “intelligentsia” was coined. Among them are the anarchist Michael Bakunin, who was to challenge Marx for the soul of the masses; Ivan Turgenev, author of some of the most enduring works in Russian literature; the brilliant, erratic young critic Vissarion Belinsky; and Alexander Herzen, a nobleman's son and the first self-proclaimed socialist in Russia, who becomes the main focus of this drama of politics, love, loss, and betrayal.
Fun Fact
The title comes from a chapter in Avrahm Yarmolinsky's book Road to Revolution: A Century of Russian Radicalism.
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Opening Night
- Nov 27, 2006
- Total Performances
- 44
- Original Cast
- Billy Crudup , Richard Easton, Jennifer Ehle, Josh Hamilton, David Harbour, Jason Butler Harner, Ethan Hawke, Amy Irving, Brían F. O’Byrne, Martha Plimpton, Bianca Amato, Mia Barron, Larry Bull, Denis Butkus, Michael Carlsen, Amanda Leigh Cobb, Anthony Cochrane, Patricia Conolly, David Cromwell, Adam Dannheisser, Matt Dickson, Aaron Krohn, Felicity LaFortune, Jennifer Lyon, David Manis, Andrew McGinn, Kellie Overbey, Scott Parkinson, David Pittu, Annie Purcell, Erika Rolfsrud, Brian Sgambati, Robert Stanton, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Baylen Thomas, David Christopher Wells
- Director
- Jack O’Brien
- Scenic Design
- Bob Crowley and Scott Pask
- Costume Design
- Catherine Zuber
- Lighting Design
- Brian MacDevitt
- Music and Sound Design
- Mark Bennett
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2007 Tony Award Nominations
Best Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Billy Crudup
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Jennifer Ehle
Best Direction of a Play – Jack O’Brien
Best Scenic Design of a Play – Bob Crowley and Scott Pask
Best Costume Design of a Play – Catherine Zuber
Best Lighting Design of a Play – Brian MacDevitt
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Ethan Hawke
Best Actor in a Play – Brían F. O’Byrne
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Martha Plimpton
2007 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Play
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Martha Plimpton
Outstanding Director of a Play – Jack O’Brien
Outstanding Set Design of a Play – Bob Crowley and Scott Pask
Outstanding Costume Design – Catherine Zuber
Outstanding Music for a Play – Mark Bennett
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Brían F. O’Byrne
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Billy Crudup
Outstanding Lighting Design – Brian MacDevitt
Outstanding Sound Design – Mark Bennett
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