Patriots by Peter Morgan (The Crown), which will play a limited 12-week engagement on Broadway later this spring, has announced its complete cast. Previews will begin April 1 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre ahead of an April 22 opening night.
Starring Michael Stuhlbarg (The Pillowman) as Boris Berezovsky and original London cast member Will Keen in his Olivier-winning performance as Vladimir Putin, the Broadway production will also feature Luke Thallon as Roman Abramovich, Stella Baker as Marina Litvinenko, Ronald Guttman (Coastal Disturbances) as Professor Perelman, and Alex Hurt (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) as Alexander Litvinenko.
They will be joined by Rosie Benton (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Stick Fly) as Berezovsky’s Mother, Jeff Biehl (Machinal) as Teacher and FSB Boss, Peter Bradbury (The Shark is Broken, Hangmen) as Voloshin and Nurse, Camila Canó-Flaviá (Network) as Tatiana and Nina Berezovsky, Marianna Gailus as Katya, Paul Kynman as Korzhakov and Yeltsin, Adam Poss as Lawyer and Home Office, and Nick Rehberger (Fiddler on the Roof, The Glass Menagerie) as Assistant and Kahneman.
Understudies for the production will include Benjamin Bonenfant, Danielle Chaves, Joe Forbrich, and Tony Ward (The Audience, Twelfth Night/Richard III).
The work premiered in 2022 with a sold-out run at London's Almeida Theatre, before transferring to the Noël Coward Theatre for a West End engagement. Tony nominee and Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold (Ink) is at the helm.
Patriots recounts the story of Vladimir Putin's rise to power after the fall of the Soviet Union. Billionaire Boris Berezovsky supports Putin's political ascent until it threatens his own reign, sparking near-Shakespearean conflict between the two men.
“For 20 years, Peter Morgan has pioneered a new mode of storytelling to illuminate our world," said producer Sonia Friedman in a previous statement. "No other writer wrings so much human drama out of historical events, but Patriots is his most urgent and essential play to date—an incisive deep-dive into 30 years of Russia’s past in search of its horrifying and harrowing present, something that should concern us all. Its London premiere at the Almeida and in the West End repeatedly seemed to reflect that day’s headlines and, with the world at a crossroads in 2024, it feels more immediate than ever."
The creative team includes set designer Miriam Buether, co-costume designers Deborah Andrews and Miriam Buether, lighting designer Jack Knowles, sound designer and composer Adam Cork, movement director Polly Bennett, and projection designer Ash J Woodward. Casting is by Jim Carnahan. TT Partners is the production's general manager.
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See photos from the West End run below.
Will Keen
Will Keen
Luke Thallon
Luke Thallon
