Curry, Izzard, Leeves, Ullman and More to Star in Idle's What About Dick?

By Andrew Gans
October 14, 2007

Two performances of Eric Idle's new play, What About Dick?, will be presented at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Hollywood in November.

Featuring music by Idle's Spamalot collaborator, John Du Prez, What About Dick? will play the Montalban Nov. 10 at 8 PM and Nov. 11 at 5 PM. The starry cast will include Idle and Du Prez as well as Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Eddie Izzard, Jane Leeves, Emily Mortimer, Tony Palermo, Jim Piddock and Tracy Ullman.

Press notes describe the new work as "a lowbrow comedy about highbrow people, [where] eight actors are gathered together to perform a classic radio drama 'What About Dick?' live on stage at the original Lux Radio Theater in 1948 (now the Ricardo Montalbán)."

The Ricardo Montalbán Theatre is located at 1615 Vine Street in Hollywood, CA. Tickets, priced $35, will go on sale Oct. 15 at 9 AM by visiting www.goldstarevents.com.