Netflix to co-produce Patriots on Broadway ahead of TV adaptation, full casting announced for New York run

Peter Morgan’s award-winning play Patriots, which enjoyed sold-out runs at the Almeida Theatre and at the West End’s Noel Coward Theatre last year, is heading to Broadway with a new producer attached.

Netflix is making its Broadway debut as a producer, co-producing Patriots alongside London and Broadway impresario Sonia Friedman, plus Nederlander Presentations, Richard Winkler, Stephanie P. McClelland, Ted Snowdon, Jamie deRoy/Ken Greiner, and Richard Batchelder.

The streamer is no stranger to theatre producing now that it has West End show Stranger Things: The First Shadow under its belt, which is playing at London’s Phoenix Theatre and also co-produced with Sonia Friedman.

The reason for Netflix’s involvement in the play is linked to a New York Times report that Netflix is in early development on a Patriots TV series, based on Morgan’s play.

On Broadway, Patriots will run from 1 April for 12 weeks at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York, once again directed by three-time Olivier Award winner and Artistic Director of the Almeida, Rupert Goold (Dear England).

A number of the London cast are travelling with the show, primarily Will Keen will be reprising his Olivier Award-winning performance as Vladimir Putin, and Luke Thallon will play Russian oligarch and politician Roman Abramovich – both of whom are making their Broadway debuts.

Also from the London production, Ronald Guttman (The Hunt for Red October) will reprise his role as Professor Perelman, and Paul Kynman (Clash of the Titans) will play Korzhakov/Yeltsin & Others.

The play will also star Tony and Emmy Award nominee Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me by Your Name, The Pillowman) as Boris Berezovsky.

The 18-member cast will also feature Stella Baker (The Republic of Sarah) as Marina Litvinenko; Alex Hurt (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) as Alexander Litvinenko; Rosie Benton (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) as Berezovsky’s Mother & Others; Jeff Biehl (Machinal) as Teacher/FSB Boss & Others; Peter Bradbury (The Shark is Broken) as Voloshin/Nurse & Others; Camila Canó-Flaviá (Network) as Tatiana/Nina Berezovsky & Others; Marianna Gailus as Katya & Others; Adam Poss (Chicago Med) as Lawyer/Home Office & Others; and Nick Rehberger (Fiddler on the Roof) as Assistant/Kahneman & Others.

Understudies are Benjamin Bonenfant, Danielle Chaves, Joe Forbrich and Tony Ward.

The creative team for Patriots also includes three-time Tony Award nominated set designer Miriam Buether, co-costume designers Deborah Andrews and Miriam Buether, lighting designer Jack Knowles, Tony Award-winning sound designer and composer Adam Cork, projection designer Ash J Woodward and movement director Polly Bennett. Production Stage Manager is Scott Rollison. Casting is by Jim Carnahan, CSA. US general management is by TT Partners.

It’s not only Netflix that is getting into the theatre-to-TV game. Last week it was announced that Patriots director Rupert Goold’s production of Dear England, written by James Graham, is also set to be adapted for TV, with the BBC attached to produce and broadcast.

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Main photo: Patriots on Broadway co-produced by Netflix