Broadway Revival of Yasmina Reza’s ‘Art’ to Star James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris, and Bobby Cannavale
A star-studded revival of Yasmina Reza’s hit play ‘Art’ is set to hit the Broadway stage this autumn, with a limited 17-week engagement at the Music Box Theatre. The production, which begins previews on 28 August and officially opens on 16 September, will feature a talented trio of actors, including James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris, and Bobby Cannavale.
According to a report from What’s on Stage, the play is an English-language translation by Christopher Hampton of Reza’s original French work, which debuted in Paris in 1994. The story follows a trio of friends whose disagreement over a contemporary painting devolves into painful personal critiques. The translation ran in London in 1996 and on Broadway in 1998, where it won the Tony Award for Best Play and gave 600 regular performances.
The Broadway revival will see Corden, Harris, and Cannavale take on the roles of Yvan, Serge, and Marc respectively. Corden, who hosted the Late Late Show from 2015-2023, was last seen on Broadway in One Man, Two Guvnors, for which he won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. Harris, meanwhile, starred in Robert O’Hara’s off-Broadway comedy Sh
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