FoxNews.com is reporting that Richard Gere will be joining Debra Winger in the rumored upcoming revival of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? It was previously rumored that Bill Pullman will be playing the lead role opposite Winger but is now reportedly unable to because of a conflict in schedule. If Gere resumes the role it will be the first time him and Ms. Winger are reuniting since their film "An Officer and a Gentleman".
If true, this would be Richard Gere's first stint on Broadway since appearing in Bent in the 1980's. He earned rave reviews for his portrayal of Billy Flynn in the film adaptation of Chicago. His other film credits include Pretty Woman, Unfaithful, Autumn in New York, Primal Fear, and First Knight.
FoxNews.com goes on to state, "Amanda Byrnes and Mekhi Phifer are more or less set for the parts of the young couple who seek to marry despite their racial differences. LaTonya Richardson, the great actress wife of Samuel L. Jackson, has signed on for the role of the maid."
The play is based off of the 1968 movie starring Kathryn Hepburn and Spencer Tracy and tells the story of a mother's fret when her daughter brings a black doctor home as her fiance.
In a reading of the play last fall Blythe Danner and Larry Bryggman played the leads.
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