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Oscar winner Robert Downey, Jr.
will make his B'way debut in MCNEAL. |
Robert Downey, Jr., who recently won the Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and Critics' Choice Awards for
Oppenheimer, will make his Broadway debut in
MCNEAL, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar (
Disgraced). Performances begin Sept. 2 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater as part of Lincoln Center Theater's 40th season, with a Sept. 30 opening for a limited run through Nov. 24. Tony winner Bartlett Sher (LCT's
The King and I, South Pacific, My Fair Lady) directs.
Downey will play the title role, Jacob McNeal, a world-famous novelist contending with his alienated son, his latest work, grudges and axes to grind, and the looming specter of Artificial Intelligence. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.
