James Spader To Make Broadway Debut
Three time emmy award winner James Spader is scheduled to make his Broadway debut later this year when he will star in David Mamet’s Race. Spader, who won his Emmys for performances in television’s Boston Legal and The Practice, has also starred in several movies including Sex, Lies and Videotape, Secretary and Pretty in Pink. Race is set to begin previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 17th, with opening night planned for December 6th.
Phylicia Rashad Headed Back to Broadway
Cosby Show mom, Phylicia Rashad, is scheduled for a return to Broadway this week when she joins the cast of August: Osage County on May 26th. Rashad replaces Estelle Parsons in the role of Violet Weston, the play’s acerbic, pill-popping matriarch. Rashad has previously performed on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun, Gem of the Ocean and, most recently, in the 2008 revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This limited engagement for Rashad at the Music Box Theatre is set to end on August 23rd.
Show Closings
Two notable productions are scheduled to play their final performances in May. Barely a month after its opening at the St. James Theatre, Desire Under The Elms, starring Brian Dennehy, is set to close on May 24th. Also closing later this month is the West End run of the Tony Award winning musical, Spring Awakening, which had been booking through October of this year. The show will see it’s final curtain on May 30th at the Novello Theatre.
That’s today’s ShowBus Buzz. Join us again later this week for more news from The Great White Way.
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