PATRIOTS
Barrymore Theatre
Opened on Broadway: April 22, 2024 Closing: June 23, 2024 Director: Rupert Goold Writer: Peter Morgan Runtime: 2hr. 50min. (1 Intermission) Opening Night /Current Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg.........Boris Berezovsky Will Keen.........................Vladimir Putin Luke Thallon....................Roman Abramovich Understudies: For Berezovsky: Peter Bradbury & Tony Ward For Putin: Jeff Biehl & Joe Forbich For Abramovich: Benjamin Bonefant & Nick Rehberger |
Synopsis:
In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the new Russia belongs to its oligarchs—and no one is more powerful than billionaire Boris Berezovsky. When an eventual successor to President Boris Yeltsin is needed, Berezovsky turns to the little-known deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin. But soon Putin's ruthless rise threatens Berezovsky's reign, setting off a riveting, near-Shakespearean confrontation between the two powerful, fatally flawed men.
In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the new Russia belongs to its oligarchs—and no one is more powerful than billionaire Boris Berezovsky. When an eventual successor to President Boris Yeltsin is needed, Berezovsky turns to the little-known deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin. But soon Putin's ruthless rise threatens Berezovsky's reign, setting off a riveting, near-Shakespearean confrontation between the two powerful, fatally flawed men.