Beginning Tuesday, October 7, Paige Davis and Rebecca Gayheart will join Christine Baranski, 2008 Tony Award Winner Mark Rylance, Greg Germann and Missi Pyle in the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Play Revival, Boeing-Boeing, Marc Camoletti's classic sixties comedy of errors, translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans, at Broadway's Longacre Theatre, directed by Matthew Warchus. For tickets and information, visit Telecharge.com or BoeingOnBroadway.com.
Best known as the host of TV's popular "Trading Spaces," Paige Davis is no stranger to Broadway, having starred as Roxie Hart in Chicago as well as the national tours of Beauty and the Beast and Sweet Charity. Rebecca Gayheart last appeared on Broadway as Shelby in Steel Magnolias. She starred in the FOX drama "Vanished," "Beverly Hills: 90210," and has guest starred on "Ugly Betty," "Nip/Tuck," and had a recurring role on "Dead Like Me." Her many film credits include Nothing to Lose, Scream 2, Jawbreaker, and Urban Legend, among others.
Boeing-Boeing won 2008 Tony Awards for Best Play Revival and Best Actor (Mark Rylance) and Drama Desk Awards for Best Play Revival and Best Actor (Rylance). The show received four additional Tony nominations.
In Boeing-Boeing, an architect living in Paris (Germann) has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées (Davis, Gayheart, and Pyle) with his housekeeper (Baranski) reluctantly playing romantic air-traffic controller as they fly in and out of his swank bachelor pad. But when an old school pal (Rylance) visits, things get rather turbulent. Schedules change, flights are delayed and chaos ensues in this whirl of mayhem and matchmaking.
Meet Your New Air Hostesses...
Paige Davis is well known to millions of television viewers as host of The Learning Channel's popular show, "Trading Spaces." No stranger to the stage, Paige has appeared on Broadway as Roxie Hart in Chicago and in the national touring companies of Beauty and the Beast and Sweet Charity. Regional credits include Maria in The Sound of Music at The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, April in Company at Missouri Repertory Theatre, Val in A Chorus Line at Austin Music Theatre, and Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Chicago Cultural Center. Paige will be playing the role of Gloria.
Rebecca Gayheart made her Broadway debut as Shelby in the recent all-star revival of Steel Magnolias. She made her professional stage debut playing Sunny in the L.A. production of The Last Night of Ballyhoo, for which she won a Back Stage West Garland Award. Her many film credits include Nothing to Lose, Urban Legend, Jawbreaker, Scream 2, Shadow Hours, Harvard Man, Hangman's Daughter, and Pipe Dream. On television, Rebecca recently starred in the FOX drama "Vanished," as well as the ABC series "Wasteland," Fox's "Beverly Hills 90210" and in the NBC series "Earth 2." She was also a recurring guest star on Showtime's "Dead Like Me" and "Nip/Tuck" for F/X, and made a recent guest appearance on "Ugly Betty." Rebecca will be playing the role of Gabriella.Boeing-Boeing is performed on the following schedule at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street): Tuesday at 7:00pm, Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00pm, and Sunday at 3:00pm.
