He has also said Leopoldstadt is likely the last play he will ever write.Ī Leopoldstadt review on London Theatre reads: "It is played and staged with a glowing warmth throughout, with lovely and loving ensemble character work on display across the board. This is a powerful, important new play from one of our greatest living playwrights that, should it prove to be his swansong, means he has gone out on a significant high, even as he dramatises a low point on world history." This experience inspired Stoppard to write a play centered around Judaism, and critics have called Leopoldstadt his most "personal" and "intimate" work. The 85-year-old Stoppard only discovered he was fully Jewish in the 1990s, when a Czech relative of his contacted him and taught him about his mother's extended family, many of whom were killed in the Holocaust. The family in Leopoldstadt is not directly based on Stoppard's own, but the play is loosely based on history he learned at a late stage of his life. The play is at once a deep dive into Jewish history, a recognition of Jewish people's endurance, and one playwright's deeply personal declaration of his own heritage. But historical circumstances - including one of the darkest eras of human history - force them all to reckon with their identity. The many family members (there's a 38-person cast, including some original London members and Broadway veterans) in the different generations all have different backgrounds, lived experiences, and depths of faith as Jews. The drama begins at the end of 1899 and ends in 1955, following multiple generations of one Jewish extended family that live through that period. The Leopoldstadt play is named for the Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. Tickets to Leopoldstadt on Broadway are on sale now. Get Leopoldstadt tickets on New York Theatre Guide. Tom Stoppard's Olivier-winning play, Leopoldstadt, is playing a limited Broadway engagement at the Longacre Theatre, earning six Tony Award nominations including Best Play.
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