B'way Update: All-Star Art Revival

Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and
Neil Patrick Harris will star in a
revival of Yasmina Reza's Art.

Yasmina Reza's Art will return to Broadway with an all-star cast comprised of Emmy and Tony winners Neil Patrick Harris (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and James Corden (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Emmy and Drama Desk winner Bobby Cannavale (The Motherf**ker with the Hat). Previews begin Aug. 28 at the Music Box Theater for an opening Sept. 16 and a limited engagement of 17 weeks through Dec. 21. Tony nominee Scott Ellis (Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Take Me Out) directs.

Art premiered in Paris in 1994, then London in 1996 with Christopher Hampton's translation and finally Broadway in 1998 with Alan Alda, Victor Garber, and Alfred Molina. It won the Tony Award for Best Play and ran for 600 performances. The plot centers on a trio of friends whose relationship is disrupted over an abstract painting. During the course of the Broadway run, the roles were played by Brian Cox, Henry Goodman, David Haig, Buck Henry, Judd Hirsch, John DeLancie, Joe Morton, Wayne Knight, George Segal, and George Wendt.