The talkbacks will be held every Monday of the show's limited run, which ends on June 7. Performances began on April 11.

Academy Award winner Al Pacino heads the cast as King Herod, playing opposite the Salome of another Oscar winner, Marisa Tomei. The company also includes Dianne Wiest and David Strathairn with Timothy Altmeyer, Jill Alexander, Daryl Dismond, Timothy Doyle, Robert Heller, Owen Hollander, Bob Lavelle, Chris McGarry, Ed Setrakian and Kevin Stapleton. The production is being termed a reading, since actors will use scripts “at certain points during the show.”

Produced by Robert Fox, Daryl Roth and Amy Nederlander, Salome's official opening is scheduled for April 30, and the engagement will end its limited run June 7. The production features direction by Estelle Parsons and original music by Yukio Tsuji. The remainder of the creative team comprises Peter Larkin (set design), Jane Greenwood (set design), Howard Thies (lighting design) and Erich Brechtel and David Schnirman (sound design).

Pacino, who spent the fall in the National Actors Theatre's production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, took part in a reading of Salome this past November and December at Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehouse.

Salome, a tale of desire and revenge, follows the legend of King Herod and his lust for Salome, his young stepdaughter, and her sexual baiting of John the Baptist. Pacino also starred in the 1992 production of the Wilde play at Circle in the Square Theatre. Salome plays Monday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM with Saturday matinees at 2 PM. Tickets are priced between $25 and $85. Beginning March 28, call (212) 239-6200 or log on to www.telecharge.com. The Ethel Barrymore Theatre is located at 243 West 47th Street.