{"id":64489,"date":"2013-01-07T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/01\/07\/courtney-b-vance-maura-tierney-join-tom-hanks-on-broadways-lucky-guy\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:48:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:48:55","slug":"courtney-b-vance-maura-tierney-join-tom-hanks-on-broadways-lucky-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/courtney-b-vance-maura-tierney-join-tom-hanks-on-broadways-lucky-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Courtney B. Vance, Maura Tierney join Tom Hanks on Broadway’s Lucky Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtney B. Vance, Maura Tierney join Tom Hanks on Broadway’s Lucky Guy<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

January 7, 2013<\/p>\n

Source: boneaubryanbrown.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Two-time Tony Award nominee Courtney B. Vance<\/strong> and Emmy Award nominee Maura Tierney<\/strong> have joined the cast of LUCKY GUY<\/strong> on Broadway. Tierney will be making her Broadway debut, while Vance will be returning to Broadway for the first time in 20 years. The production stars two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks<\/strong>, making his Broadway debut, in a new play by three-time Academy Award-nominee Nora Ephron<\/strong> and directed by two-time Tony Award-winner George C. Wolfe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Nora Ephron\u2019s LUCKY GUY marks a return to her journalistic roots in a new play about the scandal- and graffiti-ridden New York of the 1980s, as told through the story of the charismatic and controversial tabloid columnist Mike McAlary (Tom Hanks).<\/p>\n

Acclaimed film, stage and television star Maura Tierney has been Emmy Award\u00ae nominated for her performance in \u201cER\u201d<\/strong> and has also starred in \u201cNewsradio,\u201d \u201cRescue Me\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cThe Good Wife\u201d<\/strong>. She will make her Broadway debut in LUCKY GUY, playing the role of Mike McAlary\u2019s wife, Alice.<\/p>\n

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Two-time Tony Award nominee and Obie Award winner Courtney B. Vance returns to Broadway for the first time since starring in August Wilson\u2019s Fences<\/strong> and John Guare\u2019s Six Degrees of Separation<\/strong>. He will play the role of McAlary\u2019s editor, Hap Hairston.<\/p>\n

Also starring in the 13-member cast will be Christopher McDonald<\/strong> as lawyer Eddie Hayes; Peter Gerety<\/strong> as editor John Cotter and Peter Scolari<\/strong> as columnist Michael Daly, with Michael Gaston<\/strong> as columnist Jim Dwyer; Dustyn Gulledge<\/strong> as Dino Tortoricci; Deirdre Lovejoy<\/strong> as reporter Louise Imerman and editor Debbie Krenek; Danny Mastrogiorgio<\/strong> as reporter Bob Drury; Richard Masur<\/strong> as editor Jerry Nachman and editor Stanley Joyce; and Stephen Tyrone Williams<\/strong> as Abner Louima.<\/p>\n

LUCKY GUY will play a limited engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street), with an opening night on April 1, 2013. Previews will begin March 1.<\/p>\n

The production features scenic design by David Rockwell, costume design by Toni-Leslie James, sound design by Scott Lehrer and lighting design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer. Projection design is by batwin + robin productions. Casting is by Jordan Thaler\/Heidi Griffiths. Technical supervisor is Peter Fulbright. Production stage manager is Jane Grey. General manager is 101 Productions.<\/p>\n

LUCKY GUY will be produced on Broadway by Colin Callender, Roy Furman, Arielle Tepper Madover, Roger Berlind, Stacey Mindich, Robert Cole and Frederick Zollo, David Mirvish, Daryl Roth, James D. Stern\/Douglas L. Meyer, Scott and Brian Zeilinger, in association with Sonia Friedman Productions and The Shubert Organization.<\/p>\n

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