The marquee at Broadway‘s Booth Theatre appears to confirm the rumors: Bruce Norris‘ acclaimed and controversial play Downstate will take up residence at the venue in an upcoming production directed by Joe Mantello.
The news was first reported by the Chicago Tribune – the play premiered in 2018 at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company – with the newspaper noting that the Broadway staging will be produced by Scott Rudin and feature at least two members of the original Chicago cast: Francis Guinan and K. Todd Freeman.
The Chicago staging was followed by an Off Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons in
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