BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artshound.com//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artshound.com X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120211T085935CET-0832Jm6S69@artshound.com DTSTAMP:20120211T075935Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Rock 'n' Roll\nEvent Url: http://www.artshound.com/ event/detail/22221/Rock_n_Roll\nEvent Date Begin: 2009-04-24\nEvent Date E nd: 2009-05-24\n\nLove\, Revolution\, Music. Four-time Tony Award winner Tom Stoppard returns to the Alley Theatre with Rock ‛n' Roll\, winn er of London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play.\nIt's August 1968\, and Russian tanks are rolling into Prague. Jan\, the Czech student \, lives for rock music\, Max\, the English professor\, lives for Communis m\, and Esme\, the flower child\, is high. By 1990\, the tanks are rolling out\, the Stones are rolling in and idealism has hit the wall. Stoppard's sweeping and passionate play spans two countries\, three generations and 22 turbulent years\, at the end of which\, love remains - and so does rock 'n' roll.\n'Tom Stoppard's astounding new work is funny\, wise and triump hant\,' says New York Magazine.\nRock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard and directe d by Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd begins Friday\, April 24 and runs through Sunday\, May 24 on the Hubbard Stage. Rock 'n' Roll is s ponsored by Neuhaus Stage Season Sponsor Randall H. Jamail. The Alley Thea tre is supported by the 2008-2009 season sponsor Continental Airlines\, th e official airline of the Alley Theatre.\nTom Stoppard exploded into the s potlight in 1966 with the sensational Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dea d. From the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to London's West End to Broadway\, R osencrantz and Guildenstern earned Stoppard the first of what would soon b ecome many prestigious awards\, including a Tony Award for Best Play. His plays are now household names and are immediately recognized as a part of the Western canon: Jumpers\, Travesties\, The Real Thing\, Arcadia\, Hapgo od and The Invention of Love\, as well as short favorites like The Real In spector Hound and After Magritte.\nIn addition to his original plays\, Sto ppard has adapted and translated classic European works such as Johann Nes troy's Einen Jux Will er Sich Machen (Stoppard's On the Razzle)\, Arthur S chnitzler's Dalliance (Undiscovered Country)\, and Ferenc Molnar's Play at the Castle (Rough Crossing).\nPast productions of Tom Stoppard's plays at the Alley Theatre include the smartly funny Travesties in 1999\, the roma ntic comedy The Real Thing in 2000\, and The Invention of Love in 2002. Th e Alley's most recent production of Stoppard's work was the thrilling spy comedy Hapgood in 2005.\nTom Stoppard has freely crossed between mediums\, finding success in film as well as on the stage. In addition to his Acade my Award-winning screenplay for Shakespeare in Love\, and his Oscar-nomina ted script for Brazil\, he has written such films as The Human Factor\, Th e Russia House\, Billy Bathgate\, and Empire of the Sun. Chief among his m any honors is the Knighthood bestowed upon him in 1997\, making him the fi rst playwright in a quarter century to receive the title.\nThe cast of Roc k 'n' Roll features Alley Theatre Resident Company Actors James Belcher\, James Black\, Justin Doran\, Elizabeth Heflin\, Philip Lehl\, Emily Neves\ , Melissa Pritchett\, and Todd Waite. Also included in the cast are Josie de Guzman\, Sara Gaston and Spencer Plachy.\nThe design team of Rock 'n' R oll includes Scenic Design by Hugh Landwehr (Alley's Mrs. Warren's Profess ion\, Cyrano de Bergerac\, Arsenic and Old Lace\, Doubt)\, Costume Design by Alejo Vietti (Alley's Maurituis\, Cyrano de Bergerac\, The Scene\, Trys t)\, Lighting Design by Pat Collins (Alley's The Man Who Came to Dinner\, Arsenic and Old Lace\, Journey's End)\, Sound Design by Rob Milburn and Mi chael Bodeen (Alley's Cyrano de Bergerac\, Twelfth Night\, Topdog/Underdog )\, Hair and Wig Design by David H. Lawrence (Alley Debut\, Broadway's Roc k 'n' Roll\, Coram Boy\, Company)\, Projection Design by Clint Allen (Alle y's Underneath the Lintel\, The Clean House\, Hapgood)\, Dialect Coach Ste phen Gabis (Alley's Journey's End. Broadway's The 39 Steps\, The Farnswort h Invention\, 110 in the Shade).\nRecommended for mature audiences.\nRead more about Stephen Gabis\, Alley Dialect Coach for Rock 'n' Roll\, who mad e his Alley debut in Journey's End. Broadway credits include The 39 Steps\ , The Farnsworth Invention and 110 in the Shade.\nRock ‛n' Roll\nBy Tom Stoppard\nDirected by Gregory Boyd\nPreviews start April 24\, 2009\nO pens April 29\, 2009\nEnds May 24\, 2009\nNeuhaus Stage\nTUE - THU\, SUN e venings 7:30 PM\nFRI and SAT evenings 8:00 PM\nSAT and SUN matinees 2:30 P M\n\nSPECIAL PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS:\nSpecial Reception\nTuesday\, April 7 5:30-7:30PM \nJoin us at the Czech Center Museum Houston\, 4920 San Jaci nto\, Houston\, 77004\nCAPTIONED AND AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE\nSaturday \, April 25\, 2:30 PM\nThe Alley Theatre is pleased to offer open captioni ng and audio description for many of our productions throughout the season . To ensure that your seats will accommodate your needs\, please call the box office 713.220.5700 when ordering tickets to this performance. Discoun ted tickets are available for groups of ten or more. Call 713.315.3346 for more information.\nTALKBACK\nTuesday\, May 5\, 7:30 PM\nMembers of the ca st return to the stage following the performance to take questions from th e audience. TalkBacks are led by a member of the Alley Artistic Staff.\n\n Start time: Previews start April 24\, 2009\nOpens April 29\, 2009\nEnds Ma y 24\, 2009\nTUE - THU\, SUN 7:30 PM\nFRI and SAT 8:00 PM\nSAT and SUN 2: 30 PM DTSTART:20090424T000000 DTEND:20090524T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Rock 'n' Roll TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR