Rock 'n' Roll May 14, 2009

Alley Theatre presents 'Rock 'n' Roll' by Tom Stoppard, directed by Charles Newell. This extraordinary theatrical event from four-time Tony Award-winner Stoppard ('The Coast of Utopia'), comes to Chicago following a record-breaking run on Broadway and in London's West End. It's August 1968, and Russian tanks are rolling in to Prague. Jan, the Czech student, lives for rock music; Max, the English professor, lives for Communism; and Esme, the flower child, is high. By 1990, the tanks are rolling out, the Stones are rolling in and idealism has hit the wall. Stoppard's sweeping and passionate play spans two countries, three generations and 22 turbulent years, at the end of which love remains--and so does rock 'n' roll.