Broadway Opening: THE MINUTES (Steppenwolf at Studio 54)

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by Gregory Bernard on December 6, 2021

in Theater-Regional

Previews begin March 19, 2022
Opens officially Thursday, April 7, 2022

The cast of Steppenwolf’s production of The Minutes, the new American play  by  Tracy Letts, directed by  Anna D. Shapiro, is now complete.  Noah Reid  (Emmy Award-winning Schitt’s Creek) will join original Broadway company members Tony Award nominee  Ian Barford  (Linda Vista,  August: Osage County),  Tony Award winner  Blair Brown  (The Parisian Woman, Copenhagen),  Cliff Chamberlain  (Superior Donuts, Homeland), Tony Award nominee  K. Todd Freeman  (Airline Highway, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Tony Award winner  Tracy Letts  (Lady Bird, Ford v Ferrari),  Danny McCarthy  (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Iceman Cometh),  Tony Award winner  Jessie Mueller  (Waitress, Beautiful),  Sally Murphy  (Linda Vista, August: Osage County),  Tony Award nominee  Austin Pendleton  (Choir Boy,  The Diary of Anne Frank),  Jeff Still  (To Kill a Mockingbird, Oslo).

The Minutes  will resume  performances at  Studio 54 on  March 19, 2022, and will officially open on  Thursday, April 7, 2022. Tickets are on sale now at Telecharge.com.

Joining a company of American stage legends, actor Noah Reid  comes to  The Minutes  fresh off the heels of playing Patrick Brewer in the beloved television show Schitt’s Creek. He most recently starred in the independent feature film  Buffaloed  opposite Zoey Deutch and Judy Greer, and has numerous stage credits, including the title role in  Hamlet,  Annie Baker’s  The Aliens  and Strindberg’s  Creditors. He will next star opposite Josh Brolin and Imogen Poots in Brian Watkins’ new series “Outer Range.”    The Minutes  will mark his Broadway debut.

The Minutes,  the record-breaking hit production from  Steppenwolf Theatre Company, takes a hard look at the inner workings of a city council meeting and the hypocrisy, greed and ambition that bubble to the surface when a newcomer to the small town of Big Cherry starts to ask the wrong questions. Why is someone on the council mysteriously missing? What happened to all those bicycles? Is there skullduggery afoot with the city’s finances? What’s the deal with the available parking space? What the F is going on with the Lincoln Smackdown?  And why are  the minutes  from the last meeting being kept secret?  “Nothing in this explosive 90-minute play is as it seems…A real-life heart-in-the-mouth experience,” declares the  Chicago Tribune. Part “Parks & Recreation,” part “Twilight Zone,” this powerful, resonant, and funny portrayal of democracy in action proves that everything you know can change’”it’s just a matter of minutes. After all, the smallest towns keep the biggest secrets.

The production features scenic design by  David Zinn, costume design by  Ana Kuzmanic, lighting design by  Brian MacDevitt, sound design and original music by  André Pluess, hair and wig design by  Tom Watson, dramaturgy by  Edward Sobel  and casting by  Caparelliotis Casting.

Though it is being performed at Studio 54,  The Minutes  is not a Roundabout Theatre Company production.

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