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Three Days of Rain
Genre: Broadway
Background: Julia Roberts, movie star, is heading to Broadway next spring. The 37-year-old actress will make her Broadway debut in a revival of Richard Greenberg's "Three Days of Rain."
The production will begin a limited 12-week engagement next March at a theater to be named, producer David Stone confirmed Friday in a telephone interview from Los Angeles. He said the play, which Stone will co-produce with Marc Platt, will be directed by Joe Mantello.
Mantello also directed the megahit "Wicked" — another Platt-Stone production — as well as "Take Me Out," Greenberg's Tony-winning drama about a gay baseball player. This fall, he will oversee the Nathan Lane- Matthew Broderick revival of "The Odd Couple," opening on Broadway in October.
Oscar winner Julia Roberts may have a Tony in mind. She's going to star on Broadway next year in the revival of Three Days of Rain. The play will debut for a 12 week engagement starting in March 2006. Also headed for Broadway are Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in a revival of The Odd Couple, this fall.
After taking a break to care for her eight month old twins, Julia Roberts is going to star on Broadway next year in the revival of Three Days of Rain, which will debut for a 12 week engagement starting in March 2006.
Hollywood mega-star Julia Roberts will make her Broadway debut this coming spring in a revival of Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain. The production, directed by Joe Mantello, is expected to run 12 weeks starting in March at a Shubert theater to be announced, according to The New York Times.
Roberts is one of the biggest movie stars in the world. She took home a 2001 Academy Award for her performance in the title role of Erin Brockovich. She had previously been nominated for Oscar gold for Steel Magnolias and Pretty Woman. Her other film credits include Satisfaction, Mystic Pizza, Dying Young, Hook, The Pelican Brief, Something to Talk About, Mary Reilly, Stepmom, My Best Friend's Wedding, Notting Hill, Runaway Bride, The Mexican, America's Sweethearts, Ocean's Eleven, Full Frontal, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Mona Lisa Smile, Closer and Ocean's Twelve.
