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Corruption Cast & Creative

Bartlett Sher directs J.T. Rogers' new work.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Apr. 14, 2024.

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About Corruption

Based on the book Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and The Corruption of Britain by Tom Watson and Martin Hickman, Corruption tells the story behind the story of the phone hacking scandal that engulfed Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in 2011, stunning the world and upending British politics. When Parliament member Tom Watson is maliciously smeared by the newspapers of Murdoch’s News International, he decides to fight back - taking on its larger-than-life leader Rebekah Brooks. But what he uncovers is far more insidious than he ever imagined. As Watson and a small band of journalists, lawyers, and politicians struggle to expose the endemic criminality at the heart of this media monolith, they risk their careers and, at times, their very lives.

Epic in scope and often startlingly funny, this new play by J.T. Rogers (Oslo) tells a true-life David and Goliath story of ordinary men and women trying to find a way to save their democracy before it’s too late. 

Cast

Tom Crone, Glen Mulcaire, Male Voice on Phone
Charlie Brooks, Paul, Ali, Jeremy Hunt
Rebekah Brooks
Gordon Brown, Alan Rusbridger, Mr. Y, MP Farrelly
Martin Hickman, Colin Myler, Second Welsh MP, Tipsy MP, Skeptical MP
Chris Bryant, Middle Aged Man, NOW Journalist, Simon Kelner
Karie, Sue Akers, Jo Becker
Siobhan Watson, Young Woman, Surrogate, Mrs. Dowler
Charlotte Harris, Female Newscaster, Older Woman
James Murdoch, Lucian, Andy Coulson, Male Newscaster
Max Mosley, John Whittingdale, John Bercow, Male Newscaster,
T. Ryder Smith
Nick Davis, Sion, John Yates, Announcer's Voice

Creative

Written by
J.T. Rogers
Director
Bartlett Sher
Based on the book "Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and The Corruption of Britain"
Tom Watson and Martin Hickman
Set Designer
Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer
Jennifer Moeller
Lighting Designer
Donald Holder
Sound Designer
Justin Ellington
Projection Designer
59 Productions/Benjamin Pearcy and Brad Peterson
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