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Roger Waters going off-Broadway in 'The Exonerated'; touring 'The Wall' in Europe in 2013

Roger Waters at Yankee Stadium, July 2012 (more by Greg Cristman)
Roger Waters

Given his penchant for large scale theatrics (both onstage and off) as a solo artist and as one of Pink Floyd‘s founding members, I guess it makes sense that Roger Waters will finally make the leap to the off-Broadway stage as a straight-up actor. Old Man Waters will be joining the cast of The Exonerated to act out the role of Gary Gauger at NYC’s Bleeker Street theater. He will be joining the cast for performances between November 27 — December 2 2012. That’s a wicked small, intimate theater so if you’ve ever wanted to see Rog “in the flesh” not holding a bass, now’s your chance. Roger’s presence as cast member is the only reason I’ve ever heard of the play, but after reading this New York Times review I’ve actually developed some interest in checking this thing out, with or without Roger Waters as cast member. From the CultureProject website:

2012 marks the 10th anniversary of Culture Project’s New York premiere of The Exonerated, a ground-breaking dramatization of the real-life stories of six individuals who were sentenced to death and later freed amidst overwhelming evidence of their innocence. It is a powerful play culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and court records of individuals on death row. As timely as ever, The Exonerated is once again poised to increase visibility and to create a sense of urgency as part of a rising movement to restore justice to a system that has shown itself time and again to be deeply flawed. Since 1989, when the first DNA exoneration took place, 300 post-conviction DNA exonerations have been won in 36 states.

Tickets are currently available and, like I said, this theater is SMALL. When buying tix you can even choose your own seat which is pretty sweet.

Meanwhile, Roger recently announced many non-US tour dates where he will be rolling out his epic Wall Live show. Dates for that below.

ROGER WATERS 2013 TOUR DATES
2013-07-20 – Werchter Festival Site – Werchter – Belgium
2013-07-23 – Stadion Poljud – Split – Croatia
2013-07-26 – Stadio Euganeo – Padua – Italy
2013-07-28 – Stadio Olimpico – Rome – Italy
2013-07-31 – TBC – Athens – Greece
2013-08-03 – ITU Stadium – Istanbul – Turkey
2013-08-07 – Synot Tip Arena – Prague – Czech Republic
2013-08-09 – Commerzbank Arena – Frankfurt – Germany
2013-08-11 – Parken (Copenhagen) – Copenhagen – Denmark
2013-08-14 – Telenor – Oslo – Norway
2013-08-15 – Telenor – Oslo – Norway
2013-08-17 – Ullevi Stadium – Gothenburg – Sweden
2013-08-20 – Stadion Narodowy – Warsaw – Poland
2013-08-23 – Ernst-Happel Stadium – Vienna – Austria
2013-08-25 – Puskás Ferenc Stadium – Budapest – Hungary
2013-08-28 – Piata Constitutiei – Bucharest – Romania
2013-08-30 – Vasil Levski Stadium – Sofia – Bulgaria
2013-09-01 – Usce Park – Belgrade – Serbia
2013-09-04 – Olympiastadion – Berlin – Germany
2013-09-06 – Esprit Arena – Dusseldorf – Germany
2013-09-08 – Amsterdam Arena – Amsterdam – Netherlands
2013-09-09 – Letzigrund Stadium – Zurich – Switzerland
2013-09-14 – Wembley Stadium – London – England (Tickets)
2013-09-18 – Aviva Stadium (Dublin) – Dublin – Ireland (Tickets)
2013-09-21 – Stade de France – Paris – France

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