Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig on Broadway?

[jo]

I wish I could be there for this one!!

broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Daniel-Craig-and-Rachel-Weisz-in-Talks-to-Star-in-BETRAYAL-on-Broadway-20130207

I had wanted to see Rachel's acclaimed performance as Blanche DuBois in the London revival of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE but missed the chance.

Rachel and Daniel both have theatre backgrounds, so it is not surprising that their first project together ( as a real-life couple) would be a play rather than a movie.

Jo

[jo]

This is the original report - from Baz Bamigboye on The Daily Mail.

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2275324/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-Bond-girl-Rachel-Weisz-heat-Broadway.html#axzz2KGD0qjTj

Jo

[njr]

They should get Hugh to play Jerry (the lover)!

Nancy

[jo]

Someone had already suggested that on the BWW forum

It's for this coming fall or so -- and we don't know what Hugh will be up to ;D

Jo

[mamaleh]

I remember seeing that play when Roy Scheider was the betrayed husband, Blythe Danner the wife and Raul Julia the lover. I was slightly confused at first because the action of the play runs backwards akin to the film MEMENTO and the wife's story in the musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Mostly what I remember about BETRAYAL are Julia's sultry portrayal and especially the final, heartbreaking tableau, frozen in time, as the audience realizes the happy beginning for the newly acquainted couple will not last.

Great casting idea, Nancy. As Hugh himself has said, "I'm more of a lover than a fighter."

Ellen

[mamaleh]

Looks like Daniel Craig & Rachel Weisz's B'way play will run for only about a month. Not enough time to recoup, I would think. I wonder how high prices will go. Hope they offer standing room.

www.thewrap.com/culture/article/d....-betrayal-84216

Ellen

[jo]

According to Michael Riedel, it will run for 14 weeks.

www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/bond_and_his_babe_face_adulterous_PmY2DSj0nGp6iVSduKf1eJ

Daniel Craig, the reigning 007, will star opposite his wife, Rachel Weisz, in a revival of Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal” starting Oct. 1 for just 14 weeks at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

They will be joined by Rafe Spall (“The Life of Pi”) in Pinter’s heart wrenching tale of adultery...

Jo

[mamaleh]

That makes more sense. The Wrap article said Oct.1-Nov. 3, which makes no financial sense.

UPDATE: Yep, I see this morning that they'd corrected the article. No wonder the original didn't make sense. A 14-week run is more standard for a limited engagement.

Ellen