By John Logan

January 24th - February 3rd, 2013

Winner of six 2010 Tony Awards including Best Play, Red is two character drama, based on the life and paintings of Mark Rothko, one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. The play follows Mark and his newly hired assistant, Ken, as they create murals for the prestigious Four Seasons Resort. Rothko's dilemma is a problem that faces every artist who wants to make a living, does one choose between poverty or the prospect of “selling out”? Red is the compelling story behind the meaning and compromise of art and examines Rothko’s struggles with his growing fame and fortune.

MARK ROTHKO
Sept 25, 1903 - Marc Rotkovich born in Dvinsk, Russia (now Latvia)

1913 - Immigrated to Portland, Oregon

1921 - Began Attending Yale University

1923 - Dropped out of Yale University

1924 - Enrolled at Art Students League

1924 - Joined an Acting Company in Portland

1935 - Became part of the artistic group known as "The Ten" in New York

1940 - Changed last name to Rothko

1958 - Commissioned by Seagram and Sons to create the Seagrams Murals for the Four Season restaurant in the Seagram Building in New York

1961 - Commissioned to create works for Harvard University

1964 - Commissioned to create a meditative space filled with his paintings in Houston, Texas

1968 - Diagnosed with a minor Aortic Aneurysm

February 25, 1970 - Committed Suicide

1971 - The Houston Meditative space, now called THE ROTHKO CHAPEL opens.

2009 - The World Premiere of RED opens at the Donmar Warehouse in London

2010 - RED opens on Broadway and wins the Tony Award for Best Play

2012 - Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow" sells at auction at Christie's for $86.9 Million.