Judith Light to return to Broadway in ‘Therese Raquin’
Tony Danza to star in national tour of ‘Honeymoon in Vegas’
Tony Danza’s love affair with “Honeymoon in Vegas” will go on — on tour.
The Broadway Booking Office said Wednesday that the “Taxi” and “Who’s the Boss?” star will lead a North American tour of the show in 2016. Additional casting and tour venues will be announced later.
The show was adapted from a 1992 movie starring James Caan, Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker. It has music by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown and tells the story of a reluctant groom whose brideto-be is courted by a Vegas wise guy, played by Danza. One of the highlights is a troupe of glittery flying Elvises.
The show opened on Broadway in January to good reviews but dismal box office receipts and closed in early April. honeymoonbroadway.com
Keira Knightley will have some onstage help making her Broadway debut next year from Tony Award winner Judith Light, “Constantine” star Matt Ryan and Tony winner Gabriel Ebert from “Matilda the Musical.”
The Roundabout Theatre Company said Wednesday that the trio will co-star with Knightley in “Therese Raquin,” a stage adaptation of the Emile Zola novel. It will be directed by Evan Cabnet and begin previews on Oct 1.
“Therese Raquin,” written in 1867, is about a woman trapped in a loveless marriage who embarks on an illicit affair with a friend of her husband’s. The story has been adapted into a 1953 film starring Simone Signoret and another last year starring Elizabeth Olsen.
Light, the former “Who’s the Boss?” star, has won Tonys for “Other Desert Cities” and “The
Assembled Parties.”