These artists complete a cast that also features the previously reported Caroline Aaron, Bill Army, Lisa Emery, Ari Graynor, Steve Guttenberg, Danny Hoch, Julie Kavner, Fred Melamed, Grant Shaud and Marlo Thomas.
Directed by John Turturro, previews will begin Sept. 20 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre with an official opening Oct. 20. The Broadway production comprises three one-act comedies, each springing from different branches of the family tree.
The cast of Talking Cure, in which Ethan Coen "uncovers the sort of insanity that can come only from family," includes Danny Hoch, Katherine Borowitz, Jason Kravits and Fred Melamed.
The cast of George is Dead, in which Elaine May "explores the hilarity of death," comprises Lisa Emery, Fred Melamed, Patricia O’Connell, Grant Shaud and Marlo Thomas.
The cast of Honeymoon Motel, in which Woody Allen "invites you to the sort of wedding day you won’t forget," features Caroline Aaron, Bill Army, Mark Linn-Baker, Ari Graynor, Steve Guttenberg, Julie Kavner, Jason Kravits, Richard Libertini and Grant Shaud. The production will also feature scenic design by Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee Santo Loquasto, costume design by Donna Zakowska, lighting design by Tony Award winner Kenneth Posner and sound design by Carl Casella.
Katherine Borowitz, who makes her Broadway debut in Relatively Speaking, has previously appeared on the New York stage in Yasmina Reza’s A Spanish Play and the Classic Stage Company’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
Jason Kravits, who was previously seen on Broadway in The Drowsy Chaperone and Sly Fox, recently appeared in the films "The Adjustment Bureau" and "Morning Glory."
Well-known for his numerous film roles including "Fletch" and "Nell," Richard Libertini reteams with Woody Allen having made his Broadway debut in Allen’s Don’t Drink the Water.
After recently appearing in the James L. Brooks film "How Do You Know," Mark Linn-Baker returns to Broadway, where he’s appeared in Losing Louis, A Year with Frog and Toad and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Recently seen on the New York stage in Atlantic Theater Company’s The New York Idea and The Cripple of Inishmaan, Patricia O’Connell has appeared on Broadway in Waiting in the Wings, The Man Who Came to Dinner and Break a Leg.
Relatively Speaking is produced by Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson and co-produced by Edward Walson, Leroy Schecter and Roy Furman.
Among Woody Allen's films are "Annie Hall," "Manhattan," "Crimes and Misdemeanors," "Husbands and Wives," "Love and Death," "Stardust Memories," "Crimes and Misdemeanors," "The Purple Rose of Cairo" and many more (about one a year since the 1970s). His plays include Don't Drink the Water (1966), Death Knocks (1968), Play It Again, Sam (1969), Death (1975), God (1975), The Query (1976), My Apology (1980), The Floating Light Bulb (1981), Death Defying Acts (1995), Writer's Block (2003) and A Second Hand Memory (2004).
Ethan Coen's plays include Offices and Almost an Evening. He has made numerous films with his brother Joel, including the Academy Award-winning "No Country for Old Men" and "Fargo," plus "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," "Raising Arizona," "Barton Fink," "The Hudsucker Proxy," "The Big Lebowski" and "Burn After Reading."
Elaine May started her career in The Second City, where she began a successful partnership with Mike Nichols. The two appeared in clubs, on TV and Broadway. May earned a Drama Desk Award for her play Adaptation, a one-act which she directed along with Terrence McNally's Next. Other plays that she has penned include Death Defying Acts, Taller than a Dwarf, Adult Entertainment, Power Plays and After the Night and the Music. She wrote, directed and starred in her first film, "A New Leaf," with Walter Matthau. She wrote and directed "Mikey & Nicky," starring Peter Falk and John Cassavetes. She directed "The Heartbreak Kid" and received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay of "Heaven Can Wait." Her acting credits in film include "California Suite," "Enter Laughing," "In the Spirit" and "Small Time Crooks" (National Film Critics Award). She wrote the screenplays for "The Birdcage" and "Primary Colors" (British Academy of Film and Television Award), which reunited her with Mike Nichols, who directed both films.
Performance schedule and ticket information will be announced shortly.
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