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Simon Beaufoy's award winning play based on the Fox Searchlight Pictures motion picture

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THE FULL MONTY Stops Off in York

Everyman Theatre Cheltenham & Buxton Opera House in association with Mark Goucher and David Pugh are delighted to announce that the UK Tour of  Simon Beaufoy’s THE FULL MONTY  will star  Danny Hatchard  as Gaz,  Jake Quickenden  as Guy,  Bill Ward  as Gerald,  Neil Hurst  as Dave,  Ben Onwukwe  as Horse and  Nicholas Prasad  as Lomper.  THE FULL MONTY  opens at the  Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham  on  14 September 2023 , before arriving at the  Grand Opera House York on 17 – 21 October 2023 .  Full tour schedule below, with further casting to be announced.

This fast and funny play is still very much of our time, as again we are hit by a cost of living crisis. Gaz and his mates are down on their luck and feel they have been thrown on the scrap heap, but they are determined to fight back and bare a little more than they ever thought they would have to.

As in the 1997 smash hit film, this brand new production is a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs, laughs and heartbreak.

THE FULL MONTY  marks the first co-production and partnership between the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and Buxton Opera House, which recently became an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation.

THE FULL MONTY   is directed by Michael Gyngell , choreography and intimacy co-ordination is by Ian West, Set and Costume design is by Jasmine Swann with Lighting design by Andrew Exeter and Sound design by Chris Whybrow. The Casting Director is Marc Frankum.

Tickets from £16 at  ATGtickets.com

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Review: The Full Monty

Wed 18 Oct 2023  @ 12:55pm Sally Langton Things to do

Ready to bear all? Well the Grand Opera House is – as the cast of The Full Monty take to the York stage for one week only!

Simon Beaufoy offers a faithful adaptation of the 1997 BAFTA award-winning film celebrating its 25th anniversary – and it’s a party you don’t want to miss.

The Full Monty is at Grand Opera House York from Tuesday 17 to Saturday 21 October .

The story follows an unlikely group of men on their journey to be Sheffield’s answer to The Chippendales, however other than the fact they are both planning to strip, the comparisons end there.

The lovable Gaz (Danny Hatchard), the group’s ringleader and instigator takes them on the rollercoaster journey as he uses this one night only event as the solution to financially supporting his son Nathan (Theo Hills) and remaining in his life. Those that join him on this adventure have their own plethora of problems that arise from broken relationships, mental health and lack of self-confidence to their shared hatred for life on the unemployment line.

Yet despite all of this, and the underlying social and political undertones, this really is a laugh out loud comedy to be enjoyed by an extremely wide demographic.

Credit must go to Marc Frankum CDG for his brilliant casting. Each of the men are so uniquely different yet so strong when united together, making their brotherhood something for the audience to delight in. Danny Hatchard’s Gaz was as cheeky as ever and I particularly enjoyed his relationship with Dave (Neil Hurst); I truly believed in their lifelong friendship.

One of the most heartfelt scenes and stand-out acting performances must go to Hurst and his onstage wife Jean (Katy Dean) as they brought sincerity and honesty to the stage – after all there is nothing better than someone accepting you for who you really are, imperfections and all!

After a long wait from an eager crowd Jake Quickenden and his abs were not to be missed when they made their memorable appearance at the end of act one. He was welcomed onto the stage with the loudest of cheers and he remained a fan favourite throughout.

Whilst the entire cast were fantastic, it was Nathan (Theo Hills) and Gerald (Bill Ward) who I feel offered the most outstanding performances. Hills played the adorable yet mature Nathan perfectly as despite being a young child, he showed true grit and determination when the others lost focus.

Ward’s portrayal of gnome-loving Bill was phenomenal as he took on the most turbulent storyline of all, from his devastating losses to his growing charisma, you couldn’t help but root for him!

As the safety curtain rose, we were transported back to Sheffield and its post-industrial era with a set consisting of scaffolding, which acted as jigsaw pieces in the story. Whilst I enjoyed its many uses as it transported us from location to location, accompanied by an abundance of well chosen tracks, I did feel that these changes lacked fluidity at times. However this could simply be the challenge of performing it for the first time at a new venue, and it didn’t take away from an otherwise quality production.

In the words of director Michael Gyngell, ‘the production is about more than stripping’ – and whilst that is true and the show carried a gritty social commentary and heavy topics, it also did lead to the most anticipated final 10 minutes of the show and did not disappoint!

Whether you love a dad-bod or you grabbed a ticket for Quickenden’s six-eight-I-lost-count pack, there’s something for everyone at this show and it really is a firm favourite – a show that makes you proud to be British, and more specifically Northern!

Will the men really only leave their hats on? Well there’s only one way to find out! Don’t miss out on The Full Monty at the Grand Opera House York until Saturday 21 October.

Tickets start from £16 and are available here .

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Full Cast Announced for THE FULL MONTY UK Tour

Everyman Theatre Cheltenham & Buxton Opera House in association with Mark Goucher and David Pugh are delighted to announce full casting for the UK Tour of Simon Beaufoy’s THE FULL MONTY, opening at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham from 14 September 2023.

Danny Hatchard is probably best known for his role as Lee Carter in BBC One’s EastEnders, and Gary in BBC One’s Not Going Out. His other television roles include Lee in BBC One’s Ridley Road and Private Rhett Charlton in BBC One’s Our Girl. His theatre credits include Aaron in Eyes Closed Ears Covered at The Bunker Theatre, for which he was nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award, as well as Tom Jenkins in Scrooge at Curve, Leicester, Jack Dawkins and Noah Claypole in Oliver Twist at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Ste in Beautiful Thing at The Arts Theatre and UK Tour and Valentin in Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Jake Quickenden’s theatre credits include the UK Tours of Hair, Footloose and Friendsical, as well as Peter Pan a Musical Adventure at Blackpool Opera House. On television Jake has previously appeared on ITV’s The X Factor, The Chart Show, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!, Dancing On Ice, The Real Full Monty: On Ice and Channel 4’s Hollyoaks and Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins. Most recently, Jake has been presenting regularly for ITV shows such as Lorraine and Loose Women.

Bill Ward is probably best known for his roles as Charlie Stubbs in ITV’s Coronation Street and James Barton in ITV’s Emmerdale. His other television credits include ITV’s The Hunt for Raoul Moat, Vera, Midsomer Murders, Heartbeat and Footballers’ Wives, BBC’s Silent Witness, Jonathan Creek, Casualty and Holby City. His West End theatre credits include Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre, Viva Forever at the Piccadilly Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet at the Noel Coward Theatre, Spamalot at the Palace Theatre and Japes at Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Neil Hurst’s television credits include Channel 5’s All Creatures Great and Small, ITV’s Coronation Street and BBC’s Home from Home, Casualty, Doctors, The Syndicate and Moving On. His theatre credits include the UK Tour of Fat Friends the Musical, Early Doors Live UK Arena Tour, Evita at the Leeds Grand Theatre, and Jungle Book The Musical at the Oldham Coliseum.

Ben Onwukwe’s theatre credits include the UK tours of The Shawshank Redemption and Black Men Walking, The 47th at the Old Vic, New Nigerians at the Arcola Theatre, The Treatment at the Almeida Theatre and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh. Ben’s television credits include ITV’s Professor T, Coronation Street and Law & Order UK, Netflix’s Marcella and the BBC’s EastEnders, Doctors and Holby City.

Nicholas Prasad’s theatre credits include Around the World in 80 Days at Theatre by The Lake/Hull Truck, The Comedy of Errors with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Approaching Empty at the Kiln Theatre, Treasure Island at Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Baghdad Wedding at the Soho Theatre. On television he has been seen in the BBC’s Doctors and EastEnders, and SyFy’s Krypton.

This fast and funny play is still very much of our time, as again we are hit by a cost-of-living crisis. Gaz and his mates are down on their luck and feel they have been thrown on the scrap heap, but they are determined to fight back and bare a little more than they ever thought they would have to.

As in the 1997 smash hit film, this brand-new production is a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs, laughs and heartbreak.

THE FULL MONTY marks the first co-production and partnership between the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and Buxton Opera House, which recently became an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation.

THE FULL MONTY is directed by Michael Gyngell, choreography and intimacy direction is by Ian West, Set and Costume design is by Jasmine Swan with Lighting design by Andrew Exeter and Sound design by Chris Whybrow. The Casting Director is Marc Frankum.

THE FULL MONTY UK TOUR LISTINGS THURSDAY 14 – SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2023 Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham https://www.everymantheatre.org.uk/

TUESDAY 26 – SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Opera House, Buxton https://buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/

MONDAY 2 – SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER 2023 Belgrade Theatre, Coventry https://www.belgrade.co.uk/

TUESDAY 10 – SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER 2023 Storyhouse Theatre, Chester https://www.storyhouse.com/

TUESDAY 17 – SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER 2023 Grand Opera House, York

TUESDAY 24 – SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER 2023 Theatre Royal, Norwich https://norwichtheatre.org/

MONDAY 30 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2023 Theatre Royal, Nottingham https://trch.co.uk/

TUESDAY 7 – SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2023 Mayflower Theatre, Southampton https://www.mayflower.org.uk/

TUESDAY 14 – SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2023 Alhambra Theatre, Bradford https://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

TUESDAY 21 – SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2023 Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

MONDAY 27 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER 2023 Cardiff New Theatre https://newtheatrecardiff.co.uk/

TUESDAY 5 – SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER 2023 Winter Gardens, Blackpool https://www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk/

TUESDAY 16 – SATURDAY 20 JANUARY 2024 Liverpool Empire

TUESDAY 23 – SATURDAY 27 JANUARY 2024 Grand Opera House, Belfast https://www.goh.co.uk/

TUESDAY 30 JANUARY – SATURDAY 3 FEBRAURY 2024 The Alexandra, Birmingham

TUESDAY 6 – SATURDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2024 Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea https://southendtheatres.org.uk

TUESDAY 13 – SATURDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2024 Opera House, Manchester

TUESDAY 20 – SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2024 Theatre Royal, Glasgow

TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 2 MARCH 2024 Newcastle Theatre Royal https://www.theatreroyal.co.uk/

TUESDAY 5 – SATURDAY 9 MARCH 2024 The Sands Centre, Carlisle https://betterboxoffice.co.uk/the-sands-centre/

MONDAY 11 – SATURDAY 16 MARCH 2024 The Orchard Theatre, Dartford https://orchardtheatre.co.uk/

TUESDAY 19 – SATURDAY 23 MARCH 2024 His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/

TUESDAY 26 – SATURDAY 30 MARCH 2024 Leicester Curve https://www.curveonline.co.uk/

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The Full Monty

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THE FULL MONTY THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

March 26 - may 19, 2024, comedy, musical, pop-rock, a boisterous, pop-rock-musical send-up of gender expectations and stereotypes... that takes it all off..

While spying on their wives at a "Girls' Night Out," a group of unemployed steelworkers sees how much they enjoy watching male strippers. Jealous, out of work and feeling emasculated, the men come up with a bold and unclothed way to make some quick cash. In preparing, they find themselves extremely exposed; not merely physically but emotionally. As they conquer their fears, self-consciousness and prejudices, the men come to discover that they're stronger as a group, and the strength that they find in each other gives them the individual courage to "let it go".

With a mix of razor-sharp humor and pizazz, this heartwarming, upbeat comedy is filled with honest affection, engaging melodies and the most highly anticipated closing number of any show.  

Will these lovable misfits really pull it off?

Ten-time Tony Award nominee

Terry Choyce

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"I went to see The Full Monty with 3 of my friends and we totally enjoyed it. It was funny, heart-warming, thought-provoking, and creatively done."

"Loved it! Laughed so hard I nearly peed. Great performance!"

"Outstanding singing and dancing. It was such a fun outing. I highly recommend the show. Neptune please continue to provide first rate entertainment!!"

Debbie Campbell

"Went with 5 friends and we all LOVED this show. We laughed all evening! The energy of the cast, their wonderful singing voices and personalities that shone through made this a totally enjoyable evening. There was a powerful message about body image that didn't go unnoticed. We are all going to try and go again before the show closes! Please continue to bring more upbeat, funny &powerful shows to Neptune!"

"Absolutely the best show! Continuous laughter with a few moments of tears. All actors performances were outstanding"

"Very believable characters, perfect performances from everyone. Loved it; been twice already. Had face-ache from laughing so much!"

"Absolutely hilarious! Amazing talent, perfectly cast. I always love coming to Neptune, and the Full Monty did not disappoint."

"We laughed until we cried then cried until we laughed! Fabulous cast who each brought something special. An afternoon absolutely well spent!"

Please note: the show contains fog and strobe. The musical  The Full Monty is set in the 1990's and follows a group of blue-collar steel workers. Contains strong language, adult themes, attempted suicide and dark humour regarding suicide, and brief nudity. 

Book by Terrance McNally  |  Music by David Yazbeck

Based on the motion picture, released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, written by Simon Beaufoy, produced by Uberto Pasolini and directed by Peter Cattaneoe.

Originally produced for broadway by fox searchlight pictures, lindsay law and thomas hall world premeire at the globe theatres, san diego, ca, orchestrations by harold wheeler vocal and incidental music arrangements by ted sperling dance music by zane mark presented through special arrangement with  music theatre international (mti). all authorized performance materials are also supplied by mti.  www.mtishows.com.

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Complete cast announced for The Full Monty tour

See who is heading out on tour in the show!

Complete casting has been revealed for the forthcoming tour of  The Full Monty. 

As previously announced, set to lead the production are Danny Hatchard as Gaz, Jake Quickenden as Guy, Bill Ward as Gerald, Neil Hurst as Dave, Ben Onwukwe as Horse and Nicholas Prasad as Lomper.

Joining them will be Oliver Joseph Brooke, Katy Dean, Laura Matthews, Danny Mellor, Adam Porter Smith, Suzanne Procter, Alice Schofield, and Leyon Stolz-Hunter.

The young actors playing the role of Nathan on tour will be Cass Dempsey, Theo Hills, Rowan Poulton and Jack Wisniewski.

The play, written by Simon Beaufoy, will open at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham on September 14, 2023, before visiting Buxton, Coventry, Chester, York, Norwich, Nottingham, Southampton, Bradford, Aylesbury, Cardiff, Blackpool, Liverpool, Belfast, Birmingham, Southend-on-Sea, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Carlisle, Dartford and Leicester.

The piece follows Gaz and friends as they decide to fight back against the cost of living and unemployment by baring it all in a strip show.

It is directed by Michael Gyngell, with choreography and intimacy co-ordination by Ian West. The set and costume design is by Jasmine Swan, with lighting design by Andrew Exeter and sound design by Chris Whybrow.

This production marks the first co-production and partnership between the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and Buxton Opera House, which recently became an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation. Tickets for the show are on sale below.

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Based on the cult hit film of the same name, The Full Monty, a ten-time Tony Award nominee, is filled with honest affection, engaging melodies and the most highly anticipated closing number of any show. The powerhouse team of Terrence McNally (Ragtime) and David Yazbek (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) cooks up.

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While spying on their wives at a “Girls’ Night Out,” a group of unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo sees how much they enjoy watching male strippers. Jealous, out of work and feeling emasculated, the men come up with a bold and unclothed way to make some quick cash. In preparing, they find themselves extremely exposed; not merely physically but emotionally. As they conquer their fears, self-consciousness and prejudices, the men come to discover that they’re stronger as a group, and the strength that they find in each other gives them the individual courage to “let it go.”

The Full Monty is a story full of heart. Right to the end, audiences will be wondering if these lovable misfits will really pull it off. With a raucous mix of razor-sharp humor and toe-tapping pizzazz, this heartwarming, upbeat comedy is an absolute don’t-miss-it event!

Photos courtesy of Photographer, Richard Termine

Meet the cast of the full monty, the argyle theatre in suffolk county is proud to produce theatre and live entertainment in babylon year-round, captivating audiences by employing professional actors for our theatrical productions who are members of the actors’ equity association, a union specifically for actors who perform in live theatrical performances..

David Borum

David Borum is overjoyed to be making his debut at the Argyle Theater! Some of David’s recent credits include Legally Blonde (Ensemble/Carlos), A Chorus Line (Don Kerr), Holiday Inn (Jim Hardy) and sailing the high seas as a featured singer/dancer in Carnival Cruise Line’s Playlist Production shows. David would like to thank his family and friends for their love and support and would also like to thank this amazing cast and crew for creating such a beautiful show! @davidborum

Hunter Brown

Hunter Brown is thrilled to making his Argyle Theatre debut. National Tours: The Sound of Music (Rolf), Fame: The Musical (Nick Piazza). Regional: Forestburgh Playhouse, Roxy Regional, The Lost Colony. Hunter has also headlined on Norwegian Cruise Lines with The Company Men: America’s First Mash-Up Group. Special thank you to ATB, Michael Cassara, Evan Pappas, and his family and friends. Let it go, baby! Follow Hunter @BrunterHown

Luke Dombroski

Luke hails from Lancaster, MA, which many have driven through but rarely visited. He recently finished dancing through ABBA’s hits in Spotlight Rep’s Mamma Mia (Staten Island), commanding planes as Lt. Buzz Adams in Venice Theatre’s South Pacific (Venice, FL), and crooning as Bert Healy in Annie at La Comedia (Springboro, OH). Other credits include: Claude Bukowski (HAIR), Judas (Godspell), Cliff Bradshaw and the Emcee in separate productions of Cabaret. Graduate of AMDA NY.

Eddie couldn’t be more excited to be making his Argyle debut! New York: The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Regional: Memphis (Actors’ Playhouse), Ghost: The Musical (Beef and Boards), West Side Story (La Mirada Theatre), Miss Saigon (Flat Rock Playhouse), Next to Normal (La Mirada Theatre). The Last 5 Years (Shadowland Theatre). BA from Rider University. Special thanks to my family and friends for all their support, and to the amazing team at Avalon Artists Group! 

Malcom Franklin

Malcolm is an AMDA (American Musical and Dramatic Academy) alumni and has just returned to New York from a production of Mamma Mia at the New Bedford Festival Theatre in Massachusetts where he played Pepper. He is extremely excited to be back at the Argyle Theatre where he debuted in his first professional role as Seaweed J. Stubbs in Hairspray. Not long after, Malcolm made his return to the Argyle to play St. Aphrodisius in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He hopes you all enjoy your time here and this colorful show at the Argyle Theatre in Babylon.

Kaisha S. Huguley

Kaisha S. Huguley is excited to be a part of the ensemble of The Full Monty at the Argyle Theatre! Most recently, she made her Off-Broadway Debut in Revelation: The Musical at the Players Theatre. When Kaisha is not performing, she’s creating content for her online fanbase via her, YouTube Channel, Podcast, and Blog. She enjoys creating authentic and inspirational content documenting her journey to making her Broadway dreams a reality. Follow her journey on Instagram @KaishaCreates.

Kyra is thrilled to be back at the Argyle!  She was in the Argyle’s inaugural show, GUYS AND DOLLS, as a Hot Box Girl (u/s Sarah).  Other credits: Jennyanydots in CATS on Royal Caribbean, Christmas Past in A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Hangar Theatre, and Ensemble/Dance Captain of PARADE at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, FLMTF.  Kyra holds a BFA from Ithaca College. Love and thanks to Evan, Michael, her Usdan family, and her family at home. KyraLeeds.com

Milton Craig Nealy

Broadway credits, Pop Gordy (Motown The Musical); Bus/ Dryer standby (Caroline or Change); John (Miss Saigon) also the London and Australian productions; Four-Eyed Moe (Five Guys Named Moe); Andre stand-by (Ain’t Misbehavin’ Revival); Agwe (Once on this Island); (Dreamgirls); Original and Revival. National Tours. Horse (The Full Monty); also the Australian production; Marty and Judas (Jesus Christ Superstar) the 20th Anniversary tour. Film and TV credits. (The Blues Brothers) and Person of Interest.

Off-Broadway: Gigantic (The Vineyard) New York: Fat Camp (Scott Schwartz), Calico Buffalo (NYMF, Audience Award) Regional: Strays (Kirk Douglas Theatre,LA) 1776 (Cape Playhouse), Television: “Glee” (Fox) Film: “Extracurricular Activities” (Jay Lowi) “Hungry”(Robert McCaskill) Education: Circle in the Square Theatre School. As always, love and eternal gratitude to Sasha Passero, Alan Langdon, Darryl B. Hovis, and my wonderful mother. @MaxWilcox

Nicole Zelka

Argyle debut! Albany, NY native. National Tour: ​R&H’s Cinderella​ (Gabrielle, u/s Marie). Other fav credits: Mamma Mia! (Lisa) The Full Monty (Estelle) Beauty and the Beast (Belle). Major shoutout to Evan, Eugenio, and Michael. This is a dream. Love to my new Argyle family and to my 4 perfect parents: you rule my WORLD. nicolezelka.com / @nicolezelka

Brayden Bratti

 Brayden is thrilled to be making his main stage debut at the Argyle! He is in the 5th grade, and past favorite credits include: Nine (little Guido), Christmas Story (Randy), Fun Home (John). Thanks to Bercy Talent, Amelia, Gulia, and Cristina for fostering his growth as a young performer, and believing in him. He also thanks Evan Pappas and the whole production team at Argyle for allowing him to enjoy this incredible experience! 

Sean Cullen Carroll

Sean is excited to be making his debut at The Argyle Theatre. Sean is a NYC based actor and Philadelphia area native whose recent credits include Jim in Pump Boys and Dinettes (Pines Dinner Theater), George Howard in It Shoulda Been You, (Studio Theater Tierra Del Sol), Moonface Martin in Anything Goes and Caldwell B. Cladwell in Urinetown (Village Light Opera, NYC). SeanCullenCarroll.com and on Instagram: @TheSeanCarroll

Emily Durand

Emily is thrilled to be back at The Argyle in The Full Monty! She was last seen here for a majority of Argyle’s TYA season in Pinkalicious, Harry Connick Jr.’s The Happy Elf, & The Wizard of Oz. Off-Broadway: Molasses in January; National Tour: The Rainbow Fish. BFA from Millikin University & proud member of SAG-AFTRA since 1997. “Much gratitude to family, friends, & Andrew for all of your continuous love & support!” www.emilydurand.com

Katherine Fletcher

Katherine is thrilled to be making her regional theatre debut at The Argyle! Originally from Setauket, NY. Her recent credits include: The Polar Express, Sunday in The Park with George, Pirates of Penzance, and Anyone Can Whistle. Proud alumna from Muhlenberg College BA in Theatre 2018. Many thanks to Michael Cassara Casting and The Argyle team for this incredible opportunity. Endless love & thanks to her family and friends, especially her parents for their constant support! 

John Hickock

On Broadway, John was in the original cast of PARADE with Evan. He created the role of Governor Slaton, as well as the roles of Professor Bhaer in LITTLE WOMEN, and Zoser in Elton John’s AIDA. He can be heard on all three cast albums. Also on Broadway, he played opposite Frank Langella in Roundabout’s MAN AND BOY, and was in OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD. 

He just finished playing WIzard in the world premiere of John Doyle’s AUGUST RUSH at the Paramount in Chicago. Other regional favorites include John Adams in Frank Galati’s 1776 (ACT), Polonius in HAMLET (NJSF), Beauregard with Michelle Lee in MAME and Kathy Rigby’s PETER PAN (PCLO), and FOXFIRE with James Whitmore (George Street). His numerous directing credits include the acclaimed premiere of BURNING BLUE on London’s West End (2 Olivier niminations). He’s taught Shakespeare at Bard and Queens Colleges, and is currently on faculty at WestConn. johnhickok.net

Hannah M. James

Originally from San Diego, Hannah is thrilled to be going the full monty with Argyle Theatre. Favorite stage credits include: Bronies! The Musical, South Pacific (Nellie Forbush/Scenie Award winner), Hairspray (Amber Vontussle), Xanadu (Kira), RESPECT, How To Succeed In Business… Special thanks to the Argyle, Michael, MaxTheatrix family, and my love SO’C. IG: @hannahmjames  www.hannahmjames.com

Pat is thrilled to be back at the Argyle after playing Hanschen Rilow in Spring Awakening. New York: Tommy Ross in Carrie: The Musical (Theatre Now) Regional: Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard, Emcee in Cabaret, Billy Flynn in Chicago (Mac-Haydn), She Loves Me, Arsenic and Old Lace (Creede Repertory), Macbeth, Cymbeline, My Fair Lady (Texas Shakespeare Festival).The Madwoman of Chaillot (Lunar Stratagem). Big thanks to Evan, Eugenio, Michael, and Krista! Love to Mom. @patman1392

James Shultz

James is thrilled to make his Argyle debut! Some favorite select credits: Hal in Proof, Thenardier in Les Miserables, Aaron inFirst Date, Julian Marsh in 42nd Street, Aaron Fox in Curtains, and Man 2 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.Later this year, he’ll be returning to the national tour of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Love and thanks to my family, friends, FSE Talent, and Amanda. This is for Dad, always. www.jamesschultz.net

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Broadway :  A Catered Affair 

National Tour :  Wicked, Madame Morrible; 9 to 5 – Roz; Mamma Mia – Rosie Las Vegas; Into the Woods – Jack’s Mother, Shakespeare In the Park/Delecourt Theater/NYC; Public Theater – Road Show

Off-Broadway and Regional: Many Renditions of Forbidden Broadway; Schlemiel The First – Yenta Pesha; Old Jews Telling Jokes; Goodspeed Opera House: Bye, Bye Birdie – Mae Peterson,Damn Yankee’s – Sister, Man of La Mancha – Housekeeper; OKLAHOMA! – Aunt Eller, Bershire Theater Festival.

Teacher and coach and RYT teacher of Yoga.

Created many cabaret/one-woman shows in all major and minor venues throughout the universe.

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Meet the Creative Team of The Full Monty

Evan pappas.

(Director/Artistic Director)

Guys and Dolls, Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Producers (The Argyle Theatre). Off-Broadway: A Letter To Harvey Milk (Acorn Theatre); Liberty, Wonderful Town, DuBarry Was A Lady. Off-Off-Broadway: Next To Normal. Regional: The Color Purple and Sister Act (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina); Kiss Me Kate, Evita, West Side Story, The Daughter Of The Regiment, The Barber of Seville (Opera North); Funny Girl, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (SF Critics Best Production Award); Lucky Stiff (Arizona Broadway Theater); Murder For Two, My Way (Depot Theatre); Carousel, A Man Of No Importance (Montclair State). As an actor, Evan starred on and Off-Broadway in: My Favorite Year, Parade, Putting It Together, A Chorus Line, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Cafe Society Swing, Pera Palas, as well as in London’s West End in Follies and Merrily We Roll Along. He has toured all over the U.S. and Canada, and regionally he has worked extensively and won a Helen Hayes Award for Best Actor in Lucky Stiff at the Olney Theatre. @TheEvanPappas. www.Evanpappas.net

Ethan Andersen

Music Director

Ethan is a New York based music director, pianist, and composer-lyricist. He was the music director and conductor of the Saturday Night Fever national tour, Flat Rock Playhouse (state theater of North Carolina), and Elon University’s Music Theatre program. He works for Mean Girls (August Wilson Theatre) and has conducted for BCEFA’s Easter Bonnet Competition (Minskoff Theatre). As a writer, Ethan is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, and his musicals have been produced by the New York Musical Festival, Elon University, and annually at the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. Ethan is a proud alumnus of Elon University and member of Local 802 AFM. For more, visit:ethan-andersen.com

David Yazbek

(Music & Lyrics)

A varied career as a recording artist, Emmy-winning TV and film writer, music producer and pianist has somehow led Yazbek to a career on Broadway. His four shows, The Fully Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Women on The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and The Band’s Visit were all Tony nominated for Best Score. Yazbek took home the Tony for Best Score for The Band’s Visit. The Fully Monty won him the Drama Desk Award for Best Music. As a recording artist, BABYLON 41 creative Yazbek is responsible for five albums: The Laughing Man (winner NAIRD award, Best Pop Album of the Year),Tock, Damascus, Tape Recorder and Evil Monkey Man. He also produced the original cast albums of The Band’s Visit, The Fully Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Women on The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the first three of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. Yazbek scored the final season of HBO’s BOARDWALK EMPIRE, scored and performed the music for Larry David’s giant Broadway hit Fish in the Dark, and built an Ikea storage shelf. Yazbek teamed up with 13 librettist Robert Horn to collaborate on the new musical Tootsie, currently running on Broadway and nominated for 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Peter Fogel

(Costume & Wig design)

Recent design credits include the Off-Broadway production of The Net Will Appear (59E59 Theaters); Pride and Sensibility (InViolet Theater Company); Cyrano de Bergerac (Resonance Ensemble); Albert Herring, and La Cenerentola (The Bronx Opera Company). International: Cyrano (Shanghai Theatre Academy, China). Associate: Glass Guignol: The Brother and Sister Play, and Medea (Mabou Mines). Peter is the resident costume designer of Hoboken’s Mile Square Theater. Selected MST credits: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, It’s a Wonderful Life, The 39 Steps, Betrayal, and I and You.

Michael Cassara, CSA

(Casting Director)

Recent credits include The Mad Ones (Prospect Theater Company, dir. Stephen Brackett), Spamilton (dir. Gerard Alessandrini – NYC and Chicago companies), Gigantic (Vineyard Theatre, dir. Scott Schwarz), Forbidden Broadway (last two editions/cast albums), Goldstein (current off-Broadway production), PAW Patrol Live! (Nick Jr./current national tours), 9 Circles (off-Broadway premiere/Sheen Center), The 12 (Denver Center/world premiere), Caroline, or Change (Tantrum Theatre), My Fair Lady (Gulfshore Playhouse), Do You Feel Anger? (Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival). Film: The Hyperglot (dir. Michael Urie, Artios nomination for excellence in casting), Grantham & Rose (dir. Kristin Hanggi). Resident Casting Director for the New York Musical Festival (NYMF) since 2007 and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) since 2013. Michael is native Clevelander and a member  of the Casting Society of America. BFA, Otterbein University. MichaelCassara.net/ @michaelcassara

Julianna Cricchio

(Assistant Stage Manager)

Julianna, a Queens College alumni, is thrilled to be back for her fourth mainstage production at The Argyle Theatre. Previously she had been a Production Assistant (Peter and the Starcatcher), Props Runner (Spring Awakening) and (The Producers) and Deckhand for Argyle’s Children’s theatre. Recently she was a Production Assistant for Holland American Cruise Lines at RWS Entertainment Group. She would like to thank everyone who supported her to achieve her dream.

Alison Savino

(Prop Master/Production Coordinator)

Select Off-Broadway credits include: SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (Production Assistant), THE ZOMBIES! A MUSICAL (Assistant Stage Manager) and THE FALLEN (Assistant Stage Manager). Favorite Long Island credits include: LEGALLY BLONDE (Prop Master/PA), MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET (Assistant Stage Manager/Prop Coordinator), THE PRODUCERS (Stagehand/Deck Scenic Artist), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Assistant Stage Manager), MY LIFE IS A MUSICAL (Production Assistant), THE TEMPEST (Assistant Stage Manager) and TRAVESTIES (Prop Assistant). Alison is currently attending Columbia University pursuing her MFA in Stage Management.

Eugenio Contenti

(Choreographer/Associate Director)

Eugenio is an Italian Director/Choreographer based in New York City. He is thrilled to work once again with Mr. Pappas, after collaborating with him on several projects, including Lucky Stiff and The Argyle‘s production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Directing and/or choreographing credits include many regional productions and developmental musicals in NYC (Joseph and the…, Carrie, Rent, Alice in Wonderland, among others). Eugenio has been active as an Assistant/Associate Director working on, among others, Lulu (M. Arden), Sister Act, DuBarry Was a Lady (Off-Broadway), Rent, Pinocchio (NYC, Seoul, Italy), and the Italian National Tours of Cats, Alice in Wonderland, Titanic, Robin Hood and others. Eugenio has also directed and choreographed numerous Graduation Musicals at AMDA, where he is also a member of the Musical Theatre Faculty. @eugeniocontenti

Terrence 

Was awarded the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. He is the winner of Tony Awards for his plays Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class and his books for the musicals Ragtime and Kiss of the Spider Woman. In 2010 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presented Terrence McNally’s Nights at the Opera, a three-play festival of his work. His other plays include Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, A Perfect Ganesh, Corpus Christi, The Ritz, It’s Only A Play, The Lisbon Traviata, Some Men, The Stendhal Syndrome, Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?, Bad Habits, Deuce, Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, Unusual Acts of Devotion, Next, Sweet Eros, Witness and his first play, And Things That Go Bump in the Night, which was produced on Broadway in 1964. He has written the librettos for the musicals The Full Monty, A Man of No Importance, The Rink and The Visit and the opera Dead Man Walking. He won an Emmy Award for Best Drama with his teleplay Andre’s Mother. He wrote the screenplays for Frankie and Johnny, Love! Valour! Compassion! and The Ritz. Among his many awards are a Citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New Play, four Drama Desk Awards, three Hull- Warriner Best Play Awards from the Dramatists Guild, two Obies, two Lortel Awards and two Guggenheim Fellowships.

Graham Kindred

(Lighting Design)

Argyle: The Producers and Hunchback Off-Broadway: They Promised her the Moon, Catch The Butcher (Miranda Theater); Disenchanted! (West Side Theater, St. Clements) You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown and Love, Linda, (York); The Road to Damascus, Almost Home (The Directors Company);The Best of Everything (HERE); Miss Abigail’s Guide…(Sofia’s); Deep Throat (45 Bleecker); Danny and Sylvia (St. Luke’s); Uncle Jacques Symphony (SoHo Playhouse). Regional: Straz Center, Freedom Theatre, Denver Center, Florida Rep and Stamford Center. Currently he is the director of the Production and Design program at Pace University

Carlos Dias, Jr.

(Sound Designer)

Has worked professionally as an audio engineer and sound designer for 20 years. As a live sound engineer, he has toured with artists like Grammy-nominated Average White Band and has had the privilege to work with distinguished artists such as Diana Ross, The Chainsmokers, Sypro Gyra, Duncan Sheik, Sierra Boggess, and recently Joyce DiDonato. He has sound designed events or theater productions for Centenary University, St. John’s University, Fairfield University, Sacred Heart University, and Yale University. He has worked with organizations such as the Red Cross, and the American Cancer Society and has also had mixes featured on MTV and VH1. Recently, he has toured with number one Smooth Jazz Billboard Artists Vincent Ingala and Jonathan Fritzen as tour manager/front of house engineer and was a full-time audio professor/sound designer at Five Towns College. Carlos is currently sound designing at various Long Island theaters and is working at Princeton University.

Krista Swan*

(Production Stage Manager)

Most recently Production Stage Managed The Madwoman of Chaillot at the Churchtown Dairy Theatre and Million Dollar Quartet here at The Argyle. Select Off- Broadway Credits include: Vilna (Production Stage Manager), The Office! A Musical Parody (Production Stage Manager), Babette’s Feast (Production Stage Manager), Friends the Musical Parody (Production Manager), Lili Marlene (Production Manager), Baghdaddy (Assistant Stage Manager) The Babies (Production Stage Manager) & (Sophie), Two by Tennesee Williams (Production Stage Manager). Krista’s passion for stage managing and is equal to her love of performing. She has been featured in TV Shows such as Nickelodeon’s Danny Phantom (Danielle Phantom), Disney’s Hannah Montana; and Feature Films including Transformers, Blades of Glory, Santa Claus 3, Meet the Robinsons. Krista is thrilled to return to The Argyle Theatre to stage manage The Fully Monty with this wonderful company!

Claire Leon

(Assistant Choreographer)

is a recent graduate from the Integrated program at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. This is the fi rst project she’s working on since graduating and is ecstatic to be a part of the creative team! Dancing since she was 7, she’s excited to be on the other side of the creative process as Eugenio Contenti’s assistant!

The Full Monty

From the unemployment line to the self-made man, The Full Monty bares it all!

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From the unemployment line to the self-made man, 
 The Full Monty bares it all! The Full Monty is a side-splitting musical that follows Jerry, Dave and pals, part of a group of unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York. With their backs to the wall, they decide to create a male strip show to help pay their mortgages and provide for their families after layoffs.

Facing economic — and in some cases personal — disaster, and their insecurities, these taboo-busting boys bare their souls and their bodies. Thanks to a hearty blue-collar work ethic, they happily abandon the daily unemployment grind for a different kind of grind, stripping off the layers of toxic masculinity to reflect the true ingenuity of the American spirit — gettin’ it done!

Throw any old thing on top of your birthday suit, and join us for this empowering tale that proves the naked truth that anything can be accomplished with the right mix of friends and courage. The songs in this 10-time Tony Award nominee capture the spirit of the ’90s, delivering the goods with songs like “You Rule My World” and inspiring lyrics in “Breeze Off the River”.

The Full Monty delivers a feel-good experience that challenges stereotypes and celebrates the triumph of the human spirit.

A working-class musical that works for tips!

Book by TERRENCE MCNALLY Music and lyrics by DAVID YAZBEK Based on the motion picture released by FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES and written by SIMON BEAUFOY Produced by UBERTO PASOLINI and directed by PETER CATTANEO

Contains adult language and brief nudity. Contact the Box Office for additional content advisories, 
if any. THE FULL MONTY Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

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Professor monty noam penkower honored for “after the holocaust", touro professor awarded 2023 bernard lewis book prize by the association for the study of the middle east and asia.

Professor Monty Noam Penkower, a professor emeritus of Jewish history at the Machon Lander Graduate School of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, was one of four recipients of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Asia (ASMEA) 2023 Bernard Lewis book prize for “After the Holocaust,” published by Touro University Press. He was presented with the award on November 5 at the ASMEA’s annual conference in Washington, D.C.

“After the Holocaust” examines how the survivors contended with life following the Shoah, when a third of world Jewry had been obliterated by Nazi Germany and the need for Jewish sovereignty in their ancestral homeland was undeniable. In accepting the award from his home in Jerusalem, Prof. Penkower said that it meant even more to him in light of recent events.

“Aware of the pioneering, scholarly contribution made by the late Prof. Lewis in alerting our world to the dangers of radical Islamism,” Prof. Penkower said, “I am particularly moved to accept this award at a time when Israel continues its war with Hamas, a terrorist adversary guilty of unprecedented atrocities against civilians and committed to the State of Israel’s annihilation.”

ASMEA is “an academic society dedicated to promoting the highest standards of research and teaching in Middle Eastern and African studies, and related fields,” according to its website, and the Bernard Lewis Prize, named after ASMEA’s founding chairman, is awarded to scholars engaged in the study of antisemitism, which was of great importance to Prof. Lewis.

“Professor Penkower’s volume features his characteristically meticulous research in archival sources, insightful analysis of historical figures and events, masterfully clear  prose and passionate engagement with the history of the Jewish people,” said Dr. Michael Shmidman, dean of Touro’s Graduate School of Jewish Studies.

The former Victor J. Selmanowitz Professor of Modern Jewish History at Touro University in New York, Prof. Penkower was one of Touro’s earliest full-time faculty members, having taught at the school’s Manhattan and Brooklyn divisions for both men and women since 1974. Upon moving to Israel in July 2002, he taught modern Jewish history at Touro's Graduate School of Jewish Studies’ Israel branch campus for five years before retiring from academic teaching.

Prof. Penkower has lectured widely on American history and on modern Jewish history, and his numerous publications include “The Jews Were Expendable: Free World Diplomacy and the Holocaust,” (1983), a National Jewish Book Award finalist and recipient of the B’nai B’rith A.D.L. Merit for Educational Distinction. “The Jews Were Expendable” also earned Prof. Penkower the Samuel Belkin Memorial Literary Award from Yeshiva University, together with his 1986 work, “The Emergence of Zionist Thought.” Especially noteworthy is Prof. Penkower’s five-volume study, four of which were published by the Touro University Press, of the rise of the State of Israel in the years 1933-1948.

His newest book, “The Holocaust and Israel Restored: From Rupture to Revival,” will be published by the Touro University Press in 2024.

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Anthony anderson, james van der beek, taye diggs to strip for charity in ‘real full monty’ special at fox.

The show is based on a series of British TV specials, which in turn were inspired by the 1997 movie.

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Fox will show a new side — or rather, all sides — of a group of male celebrities in an upcoming special.

The network has signed up Anthony Anderson , Taye Diggs , NFL All-Pro Chris Jones, Tyler Posey, Dancing With the Stars judge Bruno Tonioli and James Van Der Beek to take part in The Real Full Monty . The two-hour special, set to air in the fall, will raise awareness for prostate, testicular and colorectal cancer testing and research — and end with the troupe performing a striptease act.

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“Don’t die of embarrassment. Get checked! That’s the message behind  The Real Full Monty  special,” said Anderson, who’s also an executive producer. “I am honored to lead the charge of rallying these fearless men to bare it all, in order to provoke, inspire and, in this case, beg you to get screened for cancer. That’s  our  goal…so what are  you  waiting for?”

Fox describes the special thus: “Anderson will lead Diggs, Jones, Posey, Tonioli and Van Der Beek as they train and rehearse for the most revealing performance of their careers, culminating with a big striptease dance, choreographed by Emmy Award winner Mandy Moore, where they will bare all in front of a live audience. Leading up to the final disrobing, the men will push their limits of comfortability, modesty and brotherhood with a series of rehearsals and experiences, both private and public, designed to build confidence and remove them far from their comfort zone and strengthen their bond as a group. Along the way, each of the celebrities will share their personal stories of how cancer has impacted their lives.”

U.K. production company Spun Gold TV, which is behind the British specials, is producing The Real Full Monty with Fox Alternative Entertainment. Anderson executive produces with Dan Norris, showrunner Ashley Edens and Spun Gold’s Nick Bullen and Daniela Neumann. Spun Gold is part of the 53 Degrees Global Group.

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The Love Earth Tour hit Forest Hills Stadium in Queens for the first of two dates.  

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Young said the band had rehearsed for 23 days leading up to the tour, and it clearly paid off. Musically, Young and Horse were as simpatico and incendiary as ever, stretching out on auditory odysseys like “Cortez the Killer” and “Powderfinger,” chugging through the blunt thump of “Cinnamon Girl” and feeding off each other during the oil industry takedown “Vampire Blues.” (Speaking of “Cortez,” Young and Crazy Horse’s new release, Dume , is a reworked version of 1975’s Zuma using shelved material from those sessions; Young paid tribute to that album’s producer, the late David Briggs, during the show, saying, “We like to think about him — it centers us a little bit.”)

The rain didn’t put a damper on the evening, but unfortunately, a few sound issues did. During Young’s solo acoustic portion toward the end of the set, the sound cut out entirely during “Human Highway”; when it came back, Young gamely restarted the song, only to have it drop out again. He made the right choice to solider on, bring out the full band and tackle “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)” — but unfortunately, the audio issues persisted. As the sound faded in and out on that cataclysmic rocker, it was almost like listening to a vinyl record using a sound system on the fritz; one moment the noise level is pummeling you, the next moment all you can hear is the small sound made from the needle raking over the record’s groove.

Undeterred, Young and Crazy Horse returned for a problem-free encore that gave audiences a crackling “Sedan Delivery” and a cathartic “Rockin’ in the Free World.” It’s been a long time since Neil was young, but with Crazy Horse at his side, you can almost believe him on “Powderfinger” when he sings, “And I just turned 22.”

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Much of the recent international discussion of Mr. Fico’s leadership has focused on his ties to President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary.

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Robert Fico, 59, has played a pivotal role in Slovakian politics in the years since it gained independence in 1993 and has served as prime minister longer than any other leader.

Slovakia — a landlocked country of around 5 million people — gained independence after the so-called Velvet Revolution, a series of popular and nonviolent protests in 1989 against the Communist Party in what was at that time still Czechoslovakia. That year, the Berlin Wall fell, Communist power in much of Eastern Europe collapsed and the Cold War in effect ended.

Mr. Fico, who had been a Communist Party member while it was in power, founded the Smer party in the late 1990s. He began the first of his three terms as prime minister in 2006, serving for four years before going into opposition after his coalition lost an election. Mr. Fico returned to power in 2012 but resigned as prime minister in July 2018 following mass demonstrations over the murder of a journalist, Jan Kuciak, and his fiancée, Martina Kusnirova, who had been uncovering government corruption. The protests, which rocked the country, were the largest seen since the Velvet Revolution; demonstrators demanded the resignation of the government and new elections.

Slovakia ranks high in independent assessments of press freedom, but the protesters had also sought deeper changes in the country Mr. Fico had overseen.

The Smer party started out on the political left but has increasingly embraced right-wing views on immigration and cultural issues. Much of the international discussion of Mr. Fico’s leadership in recent years has focused on his ties to President Vladimir Putin of Russia and to Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, Slovakia’s southern neighbor. Like Mr. Orban, Mr. Fico has been a staunch critic of the European Union.

After a parliamentary election last fall, Mr. Fico began his third term as prime minister, then had heart surgery the next month. He emerged to form a coalition government after securing around 23 percent of the vote, having campaigned against sanctions that were imposed on Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. Not one round of the country’s ammunition should be sent to Ukraine, he had told voters.

That stance, in a country where pro-Russian sentiment had historically been significant, worried E.U. leaders in Brussels, who said they feared that Slovakia could form a pro-Russian alliance with Mr. Orban and, potentially, Italy’s leader, Giorgia Meloni, that would impede support for Ukraine in the European Union. At the time, it was also seen as a sign of the apparent erosion of the pro-Ukrainian bloc that Europe had formed after the invasion.

Slovakia’s military contributions to Ukraine were negligible compared with countries such as the United States and Britain. But last year it became one of several European Union countries on Ukraine’s borders to block imports of its grain, fearing that it could undermine Slovakia’s farmers.

In April, an ally of Mr. Fico, Peter Pellegrini, won a vote to become Slovakia’s president. The position is largely ceremonial, but analysts said the victory strengthened the grip of political forces friendly to Russia in Central Europe, given that Mr. Pellegrini opposed providing military and financial aid to Ukraine.

Mr. Fico was born on Sept. 15, 1964, into a working-class family in the city of Topolcany in the Nitra Region of what is now Slovakia. He graduated in 1986 from Comenius University Bratislava, where he received a law degree, according to the Slovak government’s website . He earned a doctorate at the Institute of State and Law at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and served in the military from 1986 to 1987.

Mr. Fico studied in the United States, Britain, Finland, Belgium and France, specializing in human rights and criminal law, according to the government website. He married Svetlana Ficova, a lawyer and professor, and they have a son. News reports in Slovakia say the couple is separated.

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