“OEDIPUS” STARRING MARK STRONG AND LESLEY MANVILLE BEGINS PERFORMANCES OCTOBER 30
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FOR RELEASE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025
THE OLIVIER AWARD®-WINNING
“OEDIPUS”
A NEW ADAPTATION CREATED AND DIRECTED BY
ROBERT ICKE
AFTER SOPHOCLES
STARRING
MARK STRONG & LESLEY MANVILLE
TO BEGIN PERFORMANCES ON OCTOBER 30
WITH AN OPENING NIGHT SET FOR NOVEMBER 13
ON BROADWAY AT STUDIO 54
TODAYTIX PRESALE BEGINS TODAY
GENERAL ONSALE BEGINS TOMORROW
**14 WEEKS ONLY**
“Icke’s brilliant reimagining achieves a monumental feat. The truth is literally blinding here—and deafening, too—but Icke makes it impossible to look away, even for a moment.”
– The Independent
New York, NY (Tuesday, June 24) – Producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Patrick Catullo, in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company, announced today that that the sold-out, Olivier Award®-winning, West End sensation, Oedipus – a bold and electrifying adaptation created by Robert Icke – will begin performances on Broadway on Thursday, October 30, 2025, with an opening night set for Thursday, November 13 at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street) for a strictly limited 14-week engagement.
Robert Icke – the youngest Olivier Award-winning Director in history – transforms Sophocles’ epic tragedy into an essential, explosive, sensual human thriller catapulting the secrets of the past into a high-stakes present. Led by Olivier Award winner Mark Strong as ‘Oedipus’ – reprising his celebrated role from the West End – and Academy Award® nominee Lesley Manville – who is making her Broadway debut after garnering the Olivier Award for her performance as ‘Jocasta’ – this production “set the stage on fire” (The Guardian).
Oedipus recently received two Olivier Awards, including Best Revival of a Play and Best Actress (Lesley Manville), as well as three U.K. Critics’ Circle Theater Awards including Best Director (Icke), Best Actor (Mark Strong), and Best Actress (Lesley Manville), cementing it as one of the most celebrated theatrical events of the year.
TodayTix will have an exclusive presale beginning today, Tuesday, June 24 at 10am ET with a general onsale beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, June 25 at 10am ET. For more information, please visit Oedipustheplay.com
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Manville’s ‘Jocasta’ is “magnetic and magnificent” (iNews), while Strong delivers a “fearless, sometimes fearsome” (Independent) performance, brimming with raw intensity and tragic inevitability. Their chemistry is “dazzling” (Sunday Times), their presence “transfixing” (Financial Times), and together, they drive the drama toward its shattering conclusion. This fall, Broadway audiences will experience what London critics and theatergoers already know: Oedipus isn’t just a revival. It’s a revelation.
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Hailed as a “tightly sprung, gasp-inducing, modern-day political tale of truth and lies” (The Guardian), Icke’s visionary revival was nothing short of a sensation. Oedipus became an instant phenomenon and the highest-grossing limited-run production in Wyndham’s history. “Electric” (Observer) and urgent, it didn’t just bring Greek tragedy back to the West End—it redefined it. Named the Observer’s No. 1 Best of Culture 2024, this Oedipus played like a political thriller, gripping audiences in breathless suspense until its final, devastating moment.
The creative team includes Hildegard Bechtler (Scenic Designer), Wojciech Dziedzic (Costume Designer), Natasha Chivers (Lighting Designer), Tom Gibbons (Sound Designer), and Tal Yarden (Video Designer). Casting is by Julia Horan, CDG and Jim Carnahan, CSA.
Robert Icke’s Oedipus was originally produced in Dutch by Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and was presented at the Edinburgh International Festival.
PRAISE FOR ‘OEDIPUS’
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The Guardian
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The Observer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Financial Times
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Mail on Sunday
★ ★ ★ ★
Sunday Times
★ ★ ★ ★
Time Out
★ ★ ★ ★
Independent
★ ★ ★ ★
Evening Standard
★ ★ ★ ★
Broadway World
★ ★ ★ ★
Sunday Express
★ ★ ★ ★
The Stage
★ ★ ★ ★
WhatsOnStage
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Mark Strong and Lesley Manville electrify ancient saga turned political thriller…
Robert Icke’s modern retelling is riveting from beginning to end.”
The Guardian
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“Robert Icke brilliantly remakes Sophocles tragedy for our times.”
The Financial Times
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“There will surely not be a more powerful production in the UK this year.”
The Observer
★ ★ ★ ★
“Mark Strong and Lesley Manville enthrall. Together they are dynamite.”
Sunday Express
“It blew my mind: an elegant, devastating, and brilliantly modernised take on the thousands-of-years-old Greek tragedy, home to tremendous performances from Lesley Manville and Mark Strong.”
Time Out
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