The Heart of Robin Hood at Broadway's Marquis Theatre

Tom Millward
Tom Millward

Great green tights on the Great White Way! David Mirvish and National Artists Management Company present David Farr's The Heart of Robin Hood, featuring original music performed live on-stage by Parsonsfield, which is set to open at Broadway's Marquis Theatre on 29 March 2015, following previews from 10 March, and will play a strictly limited engagement through to 23 August 2015.

Synopsis: "Every legendary hero has to start somewhere. In The Heart of Robin Hood, playwright David Farr presents a new spin on the familiar fable. Forget everything you ever knew about Robin Hood. In this reimagining, Robin and his unmerry gang of cutthroats steal from the rich, but it's never occurred to them to give anything back to anyone. But when wicked Prince John threatens all, bold Marion steps in to protect the poor and transform a thuggish Robin from hood to good."

The musical comedy is directed by Gísli Örn Gardarsson, and features scenic design by Börkur Jónsson, costumes by Emma Ryott and lighting design by Jonathan Deans.

There is currently no official confirmation on casting for the Broadway show, however, the production is currently performing in Canada at Winnipeg's John Hirsch Theatre, before a limited run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. The cast of the Canadian engagements includes Tony winner Gabriel Ebert, Tony nominee Euan Morton, Izzie Steele and Christian Lloyd, with Anna Bartlam, Richard Clarkin, Jeremy Crawford, Zachary Eisenstat, Paul Essiembre, Amariah Faulkner, Troy Feldman, Jason Gosbee, Martin Julien, Tristan Mackid, Katelyn McCulloch, Meguire McRae-King, Carson Reaume, Sarah Schenkkan, Stephen Michael Spencer, Darcy Stewart and Tate Yap.

The musician members of Parsonsfield include Chris Freeman, Antonio Alcorn, Max Shakun, Harrison Goodale and Erik Hischmann.

The Heart of Robin Hood first premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2011 and went on to stage its US premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Massachusetts in 2013.

- by Tom Millward

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