Producers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, and Steve Traxler have announced that tickets for David Mamet's new play China Doll, which stars Academy Award-winner Al Pacino, will go on sale starting Saturday, June 6, 2015.
The world premiere of
China Doll will begin previews on October 21, 2015, with an official opening on November 19, 2015, at The
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street).
Mr. Pacino will be joined on stage by
Fran Kranz (You Can't Take It With You, Death of a Salesman, "Dollhouse"), under the direction of Tony Award-winner
Pam MacKinnon (The Heidi Chronicles,
Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance,
Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Clybourne Park).
Tickets for
China Doll will be available for purchase online at
www.telecharge.com, or by calling
(212) 239-6200.
The creative team will include scenic design by Tony Award-winner
Derek McLane (33 Variations, Beautiful The
Carol King Musical), lighting design by
Russell H. Champa (In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)), and costume design by Tony Award-winner
Jess Goldstein (The Rivals, Jersey Boys).
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David Mamet is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Glengarry Glen Ross. His other plays include Race, Oleanna, American Buffalo, Speed-the-Plow, November and Sexual Perversity in Chicago among others. Mr. Mamet is currently represented on the West End by a production of American Buffalo starring
Damian Lewis,
John Goodman, and
Tom Sturridge, which began performances on April 16, 2015, at the Wyndham Theatre.
Al Pacino, who was last seen on Broadway portraying the role of Shelly Levene in Mamet's acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross and recently as
Phil Spector in the HBO film written by
David Mamet, is a two-time Tony Award-winner who also starred in the 1983 revival of American Buffalo. He is an Academy Award-winner, four-time Golden Globe-winner, and two-time Emmy Award-winner.
China Doll will mark his twelfth time appearing on Broadway, including The Merchant of Venice, Salomé, Hughie, The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, Camino Real, and Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie among others.
Fran Kranz co-starred on Broadway this past year as Tony Kirby in You Can't Take It With You opposite
Rose Byrne and
James Earl Jones, and was also seen in the recent Tony Award-winning
Mike Nichols revival of Death of a Salesman.
China Doll will be his first time originating a Broadway role.
CHINA DOLL will mark the tenth presentation of a
David Mamet work by
Jeffrey Richards,
Jerry Frankel, and
Steve Traxler on Broadway and the West End.
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