Tony-Nominated Take Me Out Revival Ends Broadway Run June 11 | Playbill

Broadway News Tony-Nominated Take Me Out Revival Ends Broadway Run June 11

The production is the first Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg’s 2003 Tony-winning play, about a major league baseball star who comes out of the closet.

Julian Cihi, Tyler Lansing Weaks, Carl Lundstedt, Jesse Williams, Hiram Delgado, Patrick J. Adams, and Eduardo Ramos in Take Me Out Joan Marcus

Second Stage's Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out ends its extended run at the Hayes Theater June 11. Directed by Scott Ellis, the production began previews March 10 and officially opened April 4. Read reviews here.

Ellis and star Jesse Williams will reportedly continue their work with the piece as it is adapted as a TV mini-series expected to premiere later this year.

The production is nominated for four 2022 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play and Featured Actor in a Play for Williams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Michael Oberholtzer. Winners will be named June 12 at Radio City Music Hall. Check Playbill for the latest throughout the ceremony.

Williams stars as baseball star Darren Lemming, center fielder for the Empires, who comes out of the closet, revealing a tradition of long-held unspoken prejudices off the field. As the Empires struggle to rally toward a championship season, the players and their fans begin to question the old ways, their loyalties, and the price of victory.

Co-starring with Williams, Ferguson, and Oberholtzer are Patrick J. Adams, Julian Cihi, Hiram Delgado, Brandon J. Dirden, Carl Lundstedt, Ken MarksEduardo Ramos, and Tyler Lansing Weaks. The company is rounded out by understudies Ryan Broussard, Michael Castillejos, Lance Takeshi, Stephen Wattrus, and Tim Wright.

The production, which features full-frontal male nudity, requires use of Yondr pouches, into which audience members' phones are placed and locked for the duration of the performance, all while still in guests' own possession. The pouches are then unlocked and collected by staff at the end of the show. Yondr pouches have been seen on Broadway previously during the original run of Freestyle Love Supreme. For more information, visit OverYondr.com.

Take Me Out premiered on Broadway in 2003, winning the Best Play Tony Award. Second Stage's production is the play's first Broadway revival.

Second Stage's revival features scenic design by David Rockwell, costume design by Linda Cho, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by Bray Poor, and casting by Jim Carnahan. Fight direction is by Sordelet Inc., with Barclay Stiff serving as production stage manager and Kelly Levy as stage manager.

The production is supported by grants from the Berlanti Family Foundation, the Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Check Out New Photos of Jesse Williams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, More in Take Me Out

 
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