Revivals for Broadway

2008-10-29 16:01

New York - Gilmore Girls actress Lauren Graham will portray the long-suffering fiancée to Oliver Platt's Nathan Detroit in the upcoming Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls.

The show opens on March 1 at the Nederlander Theatre. Previews begin on February 3.

Graham is best-known for her portrayal of Lorelai Gilmore, the youthful mother on the long-running TV series Gilmore Girls.

Guys and Dolls will be directed by Des McAnuff and feature choreography by Sergio Trujillo.

McAnuff, artistic director of Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival, worked with Trujillo on the current Broadway success, Jersey Boys.

Revival of Hedda Gabler

The score for Guys and Dolls, was written by Frank Loesser and the book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, originally opened on Broadway in 1950.

In other Broadway casting news, Michael Cerveris and Paul Sparks have joined Mary-Louise Parker in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.

The production, featuring a new adaptation by Christopher Shinn, opens on January 25 at the Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre. Previews begin on January 6.

Cerveris, currently in the Stephen Sondheim musical Road Show, will play Jorgen Tesman in the revival, which will be directed by Ian Rickson. Sparks will be Ejlert Lovborg.

- AP