The New York premiere of Archduke by Obie winner and Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; Guards at the Taj), directed by Tony and Obie Award-winner Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder; The Killer), officially opened at Roundabout Theatre Company November 12, and the reviews are rolling in!
Starring Tony nominee and Drama Desk winner Patrick Page (Hadestown; All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain), Archduke began performances October 23. The production will run through December 21 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre Off-Broadway.
The piece rewinds history to reveal the fateful journey of Gavrilo Princip—best remembered as Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassin—and his fellow revolutionaries in a new light. In the play, we see the late teens not as hardened killers, but as a ragtag group of dreamers swept up in forces beyond their control, providing a perspective Roundabout describes as "strikingly relevant in an era of disillusioned young men searching for purpose."
1 Minute Critic (Matthew Wexler)
Lighting and Sound America (David Barbour)
New York Stage Review (Michael Sommers)
The New York Times (Juan A. Ramirez) *
New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)
New York Theatre Guide (Amelia Merrill)
TheaterMania (Zachary Stewart)
*This review may require creating a free account or a paid subscription.
Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
Page plays Dragutin "Apis" Dimitrijevic, with Jake Berne as Gavrilo, Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen as Sladjana, Adrien Rolet as Trifko, and Jason Sanchez as Nedeljko. The production understudies are Celeste Ciulla, Tom Holcomb, and Evan Paul Silverstein.
The creative team includes scenic designer Alexander Dodge (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder), costume designer Linda Cho (The Great Gatsby), lighting designer Matthew Richards (Ann), sound designer Jane Shaw (The Wanderers), hair, wig & make-up designer Tom Watson (Just In Time), and fight director Rocio Mendez (The Great Gatsby).
Visit RoundaboutTheatre.org.
Patrick Page, Jason Sanchez, Adrien Rolet, Jake Berne, and Kristine Nielsen in Archduke
Jason Sanchez, Jake Berne, and Adrien Rolet in Archduke
