Cedric The Entertainer To Join 'American Buffalo' Cast?

 Michael Riedel of the New York Post is reporting this morning that Cedric The Entertainer might be joining John Leguizamo in the upcoming revival of American Buffalo on Broadway.

Cedric is considered one of the original "King of Comedy". He made his television debut in 1992 at Showtime at the Apollo. After that he appeared on HBO in Def Comedy Jam and BET's ComicView. Since then he has appeared in films such as Dr. Dolittle 2, Barbershop, Barbershop 2, Ride, Serving Sara, Johnson Family Vacation, Intolerable Cruelty, Man of the House, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Madagascar and Be Cool. He also briefly had his own comedy show "Cedric The Entertainer Presents".

American Buffalo is a 1976 play by playwright David Mamet and won the 1977 Outer Critics Circle Award. "The play concerns a team of men, Don, Teach, Bob, and Fletcher (who does not appear in the play, but is referred to), who are conspiring to steal a coin collection from a wealthy man. Don, who owns a junk shop, sold a nickel to a man for much less than what it was worth. Out of revenge, he and his friend-in-training, Bob, plan to steal the man's coin collection after suspecting that he went away for the weekend," describes press notes.

Cedric will be playing the role of Don, the junk shop owner. The production will be directed by Robert Falls, who has also directed "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "Glengarry Glen Ross." 

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