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Breaking News: Danny DeVito Will Make Broadway Debut in THE PRICE; Tickets Go On Sale 9/12

By: Sep. 08, 2016
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Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) has just announced that Danny DeVito will make his Broadway debut as "Gregory Solomon" alongside John Turturro as "Victor Franz," Tony Shalhoub as "Walter Franz" and Jessica Hecht as "Esther Franz" in a new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Price, directed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder, Terry Kinney.

Golden Globe & Emmy nominee DeVito returns to the New York stage where he began his career acting in multiple Off-Broadway productions including Shakespeare in the Park. Most recently, he starred in a 2012 West End production of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys alongside the late Richard Griffiths.

Arthur Miller's The Price will begin preview performances on Thursday, February 16, and open officially on Thursday, March 16, 2017. This is a limited engagement through May 7, 2017 on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). Tickets will go on public sale on Monday, September 12. Ticket prices range from $57-$142.

When the Great Depression cost his family their fortune, Victor Franz (Turturro) gave up his dream of an education to support his father. Three decades later, Victor has returned to his childhood home to sell the remainder of his parents' estate. His wife (Hecht), his estranged brother (Shalhoub), and the wily furniture dealer (DeVito) hired to appraise their possessions all arrive with their own agendas, forcing Victor to confront a question, long-stifled, about the value of his sacrifice. One of the most personal plays by the consummate peace with the past and create hope for the future.voice of the American everyman, Arthur Miller's The Price is a riveting story about the struggle to make

The creative team will also include Derek McLane (Sets), Sarah J. Holden (Costumes), David Weiner (Lights) and Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen (Sound).
Roundabout Theatre Company welcomes back Jessica Hecht after her star turn opposite Jim Parsons in Harvey in 2012.

Roundabout has an extensive history with Arthur Miller, most recently presenting After the Fall in 2004 and The Man Who Had All the Luck in 2002 on the American Airlines stage. Other productions include a Tony nominated production of The Price in 1992 and All My Sons (1974 & 1997), The Crucible (1989), and the Tony winning revival of A View from the Bridge (1997).

Partial underwriting support for Arthur Miller's The Price is provided by the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater.




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