Three Days of Rain Earns Almost a Million 1st Preview Week

Box office gold has been showering upon Three Days of Rain, the Richard Greenburg play starring Julia Roberts.

According to an Associated Press article, figures released by the League of American Theatres and Producers set the show's box office intake at $988,298 for its first week of preview performances. Three Days of Rain also played to 101% capacity (including standing room).

Three Days of Rain began previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on March 28th and will open on April 19th in a 12-week limited engagement through June 18th. The producers are currenty unclear as to prospects of an extension. "Before we talk about an extension, we have to get through more performances," stated David Stone, who is co-producing with Marc Platt and the Shubert Organization.

Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper will co-star with Roberts in the play, which is helmed by Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello (Wicked, Assassins). "Three Days of Rain centers on Walker (Rudd), his sister Nan (Roberts) and their childhood friend Pip (Cooper), who all meet in New York to divide the legacy of their late fathers, who were partners in a renowned architecture firm. In an effort to bring some peace to their own lives, the three search for clues that might explain what had gone on between their fathers, and the women in their lives, decades before. The story then shifts to that earlier time, with the same three actors portraying the previous generation," according to press notes for the play, which was first produced Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1997. Patricia Clarkson played Roberts' roles.

Three Days of Rain's design team comprises set and costume designer Santo Loquasto, lighting designer Paul Gallo and sound designer David Van Tieghem.

Tickets (which are essentially sold out) are available at the box office, by calling Telecharge at (212) 239-6200 or visiting www.telecharge.com.