Robert Redford to Return to Broadway in All My Sons?

Will movie icon Robert Redford return to the Broadway stage?

Michael Riedel speculates upon the possibility in today's New York Post.  According to the columnist, the star has been offered the lead in a Broadway-bound revival of the Arthur Miller classic All My Sons.

Redford was recently in DC for the October 15th Kennedy Center ceremony in which Neil Simon received the Mark Twain Prize for Humor.  Redford was overheard discussing with producer Emanuel Azenberg possible involvement in the upcoming revival.

The production will be based on the hit London National Theatre production that was directed by Howard Davies a few seasons ago.  The revival would likely be presented (possibly in the spring) by the Roundabout Theatre Company, or if Redford ends up starring, at a Broadway theatre for a limited commercial run.  The 1947 play, which won a Tony for author Miller, concerns the aftermath of guilt experienced by a businessman who had knowingly sold faulty airplane parts to the U.S. Air Force during World War II.

"Some people who know the actor say: not a chance. When it comes right down to it, these people say, the 69-year-old Redford isn't going to want to do eight performances a week on a Broadway stage.  But another source says Redford has in fact been hunting for a Broadway play for the past few years," writes Riedel.

Redford last appeared on Broadway in the original 1963 production of Simon's Barefoot in the Park.  He had previously been seen in Sunday in New York, Little Moon of Alban, The Highest Tree and Tall Story.  Redford has been Oscar-nominated for his performance in The Sting.  He won an Oscar for directing Ordinary People and another directing nomination for Quiz Show.  His many other films, as an actor, include Spy Game, Indecent Proposal, All the President's Men, The Great Gatsby, The Way We Were and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.