The eerily apt production of 1984, based on the novel by George Orwell, officially opened on Broadway June 22. The intense staging, starring Tony winner Reed Birney, Tony nominee Tom Sturridge, and Olivia Wilde in her Broadway debut, began performances at the Hudson Theatre May 18.
Flip through the photos of the opening below:
Olivia Wilde and Tom Sturridge
Tom Sturridge
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Tom Sturridge
Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde and Tom Sturridge
Reed Birney
Wayne Duvall, Michael Potts, and Carl Hendrick Louis
Wayne Duvall
Carl Hendrick Louis
Willow McCarthy and Nick Mills
Michael Potts
Cara Seymour
Sami Bray
Willow McCarthy
Meredith Forlenza
Anthony Newfield
Anthony Newfield and Tom Patterson
Tom Patterson
Robert Icke, Sonia Friedman, and Duncan Macmillan
Richard Blair, George Orwell's son
Sophia Anne Caruso
Dana Delany
Jamie de Roy and guest
The staging, produced on Broadway by Scott Rudin and Sonia Friedman, premiered at Nottingham Playhouse in 2013 before transferring the following year to London’s Almeida Theatre, where it went on to play four engagements.
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