Oslo is a multiple award-winning play by J. T. Rogers, which recounts (in dramatized, partially fictional form) the true-life, previously secret, back-channel negotiations in the development of the pivotal 1990s Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization. The play premiered Off-Broadway in June 2016 and then transferred to Broadway in April 2017.
In May 2017, Oslo won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play, the 2017 Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play, and two 2017 Obie Awards, one for Best New American Theater Work and the other an Ensemble Award (shared by the director and the entire Off-Broadway cast).
At the 71st Tony Awards, Oslo won the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Featured Actor in a Play award for Michael Aronov. It also won the 2017 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and the 2016-2017 New York Drama Critics' Circle award for Best Play - for a sweep of the 2016-2017 awards season.
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Overview
Oslo concerns the true story of the efforts of Mona Juul and her husband, Terje Rød-Larsen, who are diplomats from Norway, and who organized breakthrough negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat in 1993. The play runs for three hours.
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Origins
The play originated from a chance connection between playwright J. T. Rogers and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen, through a mutual acquaintance (Rogers' director Bartlett Sher). Through that mutual relationship, Rogers learned of the diplomat's unheralded work developing "back-channel" communications in the 1990s negotiations, and took an interest in developing the story into a play -- noting that the story fit his playwriting interests: "stories ... framed against great political rupture ... [about people] who struggle with, and against ... [unfolding] world events -- and who are [permanently changed] through that struggle."
Productions
Off-Broadway
The world premiere production opened on July 11, 2016 at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, following previews from June 16. It was directed by Bartlett Sher.
The production starred Jennifer Ehle and Jefferson Mays. The cast also included Michael Aronov, Adam Dannheisser, Daniel Jenkins, Dariush Kashani, Daniel Oreskes, Henry Russell, Joseph Siravo and T. Ryder Smith.
Broadway
Oslo transferred to Broadway and opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on April 13, 2017. Director Bartlett Sher as well as the entire original Off-Broadway cast reprised their roles in the Broadway production.
Of the new, larger production, Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote that "J. T. Rogers's 'Oslo,' an against-the-odds story of international peacemaking, is undeniably a big play, as expansive and ambitious as any in recent Broadway history. So it is particularly gratifying to announce that it has been allowed to stretch to its full height in the thrilling production that opened on Thursday night, directed with a master's hand by Bartlett Sher." Chris Jones of The Chicago Tribune called Oslo "the best drama I have seen this year anywhere."
London
The play opened at the Royal National Theatre on 15 September 2017, again directed by Sher, with Toby Stephens, Lydia Leonard, Peter Polycarpou and Philip Arditti as the lead performers, before transferring to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre from 2 October until 30 December.
Film
A film version of Oslo has been announced, to be written for the screen by J. T. Rogers and produced by Marc Platt, whose credits include Bridge of Spies, La La Land, and Wicked. Rogers indicated, in a television interview, that the motion picture may include some details of the story omitted from the play.
Characters and original cast
Awards and nominations
The play won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play as well as the Best Featured Actor in a Play award for Michael Aronov.
The play won four 2017 Lucille Lortel Awards: Outstanding Play, Outstanding Director for Bartlett Sher, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play for Jennifer Ehle and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Michael Aronov.
The play won the 2017 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Broadway Play; and was nominated for Outstanding Projection Design (Benjamin Pearcy) and Outstanding Featured Actor In A Play (Michael Aronov).
Oslo won the 2017 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Michael Aronov).
Oslo won the 2017 New York Drama Critics' Circle award as Best Play.
Oslo won the 2017 Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play.
J. T. Rogers won the 2017 Obie Award, Best New American Theatre Work, and Bartlett Sher and the cast of Oslo won the Ensemble Award.
References
External links
- Internet Broadway Database
- Internet Off-Broadway Database
Source of article : Wikipedia
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