The Iceman Cometh
by Eugene O’Neill
The Iceman Cometh is a play written by American playwright Eugene O’Neill in 1939. First published in 1946, the play premiered on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on October 9, 1946, directed by Eddie Dowling, where it ran for 136 performances before closing on March 15, 1947. When O’Neill was alive, he delayed its performance on Broadway for seven years, fearing American audiences would reject it. O’Neill was at the height of his fame when he relented in 1946, and the production was a commercial success, though it received mixed reviews.
James Barton, in his performance as Hickey, was reportedly not up to the massive emotional and physical demands of such a titanic part, and sometimes forgot his lines or wore out his voice. The young Marlon Brando was offered the part of Don Parritt in the original Broadway production, but famously turned it down.[5] Brando was able to read only a few pages of the script the producers gave him before falling asleep, and he later wrote a lengthy critique describing the work as “ineptly written and poorly constructed”.
The Iceman Cometh– Bernard B Jacobs Theatre
First Preview 22, Mar 2018
Opening Night 26, Apr 2018
Last Performance 01 July 2018
Cast
Denzel Washington – Theodore Hickman Hickey
Tammy Blanchard – Cora
Carolyn Braver – Pearl
Austin Butler – Broadway Debut – Don Parritt
Joe Forbrich – Lieb
Nina Grollman – Broadway Debut – Margie
Thomas Michael Hammond – Moran
Neal Huff – Willie Oban
Bill Irwin – Ed Mosher
Danny Mastrogiorgio – Chuck Morello
Dakin Matthews – Piet Wetjoen/ The General
Jack McGee – Broadway Debut – Pat McGloin
Colm Meaney – Harry Hope
Clark Middleton – Broadway Debut – Hugo Kalmar
David Morse – Larry Slade
Michael Potts – Joe Mott
Reg Rogers – James Cameron/ Jimmy Tomorrow
Frank Wood – Cecil Lewis/ The Captain
Creative
Produced by Scott Rudin
Written by Eugene O’Neill
Directed by George C. Wolfe
Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto
Costume Design by Ann Roth
Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer
