Waiting for Godot Dates

Waiting for Godot is to open at the Haymarket Theatre on 21 January 2010 and will run for 9 weeks, until 3 April. Booking is open at the play's new website: Waiting for Godot

Return to the London Stage

During last night's Evening Standard Theatre Awards Sir Ian McKellen announced that Roger is to appear in his production of "Waiting for Godot" at the Haymarket Theatre early next year. Roger will play Vladimir ot McKellen's Estragon. The dates are to be announced.

More information on the What's On Stage website.

A Jubilant Song

Roger will host the Collegiate Chorale gala concert and benefit "A Jubilant Song" at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 7pm

On the programme are:
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
Bernstein Suite from A White House Cantata
Gabrieli: In Ecclesiis
Kopylov: Heavenly Light
Dello Joio: A Jubilant Song
Shaw/Parker: Set Down Servant
Meyerbeer: O Beau Pays, from Les Huguenots
Verdi: Excerpts from Forza, Ballo and La Traviata

For more information and tickets: Collegiat Chorale Website

Warehouse 13

This summer Roger will appear as a guest on sci fi series "Warehouse 13". The series starts with a two-hour pilot on Tuesday, July 7 at 9 p.m.. It follows the adventures of two Secret Service agents Pete (Eddie McClintock) and Myka (Joanne Kelly) as they control and retrieve objects with supernatural properties that are housed in the remote South Dakota Warehouse 13, headed by caretaker Artie (Saul Rubinek).

More information at: Prime Time Pulse

Small Gods

Roger will star with Christian Camargo, Veanne Cox and Gareth Saxe in a staged reading of Kevin Christopher Snipes' Small Gods. The reading will be held May 12th at 3:00 PM at the Paradise Factory in New York City. Based on the lives of England and America's leading Shakespearean actors in the nineteenth century, Small Gods examines the notorious and fatal feud between William Charles Macready and Edwin Forrest, whose off-stage rivalry resulted in one of the bloodiest tragedies in the American theater.

Roger Rees will play the dying British actor William Charles Macready. Christian Camargo will play Macready's younger counterpart Charlie. Gareth Saxe will take on the role of Edwin Forrest, his American rival. Veanne Cox, will play Death.

The reading is free and will be followed by a brief talk-back with the playwright. The Paradise Factory is located on the 4th Floor of 64 East 4th Street, New York City. To RSVP for the event, please contact the Public by email at intern-ap2@publictheater.org.

More at the playwright´s weblog.

Thanks to Lori!

Happy Birthday!

Roger turns 65 today, so "Happy Birthday!"

Collegiate Chorale Spring Benefit

Roger will host the Collegiate Chorale´s Spring Benefit on 29 April. The event will take place at the Millennium Hotel's Hudson Theatre in New York. The benefit is called "Sing Happy!". Roger will appear with musical guest Victoria Clark.

For a more detailed programme see: PlaybillArts

Class Reading

Roger will appear with Alexie Gilmore in a reading of Charles Evered's two-character play Class, at 2:30pm on Wednesday, September 24 at the Robeson Center for the Arts in Princeton, New Jersey. In the play, which will be directed by Bebe Neuwirth, Roger will play a jaded acting teacher who comes in contact with a mysterious new student.

For more information seeTheater Mania

Cenci

Roger is to appear again in the Revelation Readings at the Red Bull Theatre in New York. This time he will appear in Percy Bysshe Shelley's "The Cenci", with Lisa Harrow. The performance will take place on Monday October 27th. For more information and for tickets check out the Theatre's website at: Red Bull Theater

Collegiate Chorale Pictures

Jennifer has created a web album which has pictures of productions by the Collegiate Chorale. Two albums include pictures of Roger, one is called "The Hills Are Alive!", the other "White House Cantata".

Jennifer

What You Will Interview

Roger's one man show opens in San Francisco tomorrow night. The Bay Area Reporter has a nice interview, which is available on-line. I'm nto too sure about Shaw writing Nicholas Nickleby though.....

See: Bay Area Reporter

West Coast What You Will

Roger will appear at the American Conservatory Theater with his one-man show, "What You Will", for a July 18-Aug. 9 run in San Francisco.

The production will play at 415 Geary Street, San Francisco. Opening is July 21. More information and tickets from the theatre's website at ACT.

White House Cantata

Roger is directing the Collegiate Chorale's production of Leonard Bernstein's and Alan Jay Lerner's "A White House Cantata" at Lincoln Centre's Rose Theatre. Musical director for the production is Robert Bass.

Broadway World has all the details on the production.

Roxbury Latin School

Roger recently spent a couple of days teaching at the at The Roxbury Latin School. There is a report on the Wicked Local Website.

Seafarer

Last Thursday Roger attended the opening night of "The Seafarer" at the Booth Theatre in New York. Pictures are at: Wireimage

Farnsworth Invention

Last night Roger attended the opening night of "The Farnsworth Invention" on Broadway. Broadway World has some nice pictures on the website:
Broadway World

And there are some more pictures on WireImage

Roger Leaves Williamstown

The Williamstown Theatre Festival has confirmed that Roger is leaving the post of artistic director. Nicholas Martin has been named as his successor.

The official press release says:

"During his tenure at the WTF, Mr. Rees presented some of the most acclaimed productions in the WTF’s recent history, including 'Autumn Garden' and 'The Corn Is Green' (directed by Martin) from the 2007 season. In addition, he spearheaded continued innovation in the WTF’s education programs, most notably the leapFROG program, which offers young writers, directors and actors a chance to write and workshop a new play and a new musical each summer.

“Roger came in at a time of transition for the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and did a great job setting a foundation of innovation for the future,” said WTF Board President Harris. “He also helped to reaffirm our focus on training the next generation of artists while continuing our tradition of top notch productions.”


“The WTF position has been a terrific chapter for me,” said Mr. Rees. “Over the course of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to act, direct and write, and at the Williamstown Theatre Festival I had the chance to bring all of those strands together.” Mr. Rees will be moving on to focus on his many opportunities to act and direct in theater, film and television."

Full press release: Williamstown Theatre Festival

Williamstown??

Variety reports that Roger is about to leave the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Nothing to this effect is mentioned on the official website though.

The Cardinal

Roger will appear in the series of Revelation Readings for the Red Bull Theatre early next year. He will appear in The Cardinal, by James Shirley, directed by Carl Forsman. The performance will take place on Monday January 21st, at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons.

For more information, visit Red Bull Theatre

Major Barbara

Roger will appear on the L.A. Theatre Works' The Play's The Thing series of performances at the Skirball Cultural Center in December. He will co-star with Kate Burton in George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara from December 12-16.

For more information and for tickets:
LATW