DOWNTON ABBEY Star Dan Stevens to Join Jessica Chastain & David Strathairn
in THE HEIRESS on Broadway - October 2012!by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2012Downton Abbey meets Broadway! BWW can report that Dan Stevens, star of the Golden Globe-winning series “Downton Abbey,” will play the role of “Morris Townsend” opposite Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain (Catherine Sloper) and Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner David Strathairn (Dr. Austin Sloper) in the Tony Award-winning play The Heiress. Written by Ruth Goetz & Augustus Goetz, The Heiress will be directed by Tony Award nominated playwright and director Moisés Kaufman. Performances will begin October 2012 at a theatre to be announced.
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David Strathairn Joins Jessica Chastain in Broadway's THE HEIRESS this Fallby BWW News Desk - March 15, 2012Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® Award winner David Strathairn (Dr. Austin Sloper) will join Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain (Catherine Sloper) in the Tony Award®-winning play The Heiress. Written by Ruth Goetz & Augustus Goetz, The Heiress will be directed by Tony Award® nominated playwright and director Moisés Kaufman and will open in the Fall of 2012 at a theatre to be announced. (more...)
Jessica Chastain Leads Broadway's THE HEIRESS, Fall 2012; Moises Kaufman Helmsby BWW News Desk - January 5, 2012Acclaimed actress Jessica Chastain, winner of 2011 New York, Los Angeles and Chicago Film Critics and National Board of Review Awards and recently nominated for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, will make her Broadway debut starring in the Tony Award®-winning play The Heiress. (more...)
THE HEIRESS Revival Coming to Broadway with Elizabeth Moss?by BWW News Desk - November 22, 2011According to the NY Times, film producer Paula Wagner and Roy Furman are currently working on a revival of The Heiress. Producers told the NYT that they are looking to bring the revival of the 1947 play to Broadway in Fall 2012, and that Moises Kaufman is on board to direct. (more...)