Breaking News: Extra! Nathan Lane and John Slattery to Headline THE FRONT PAGE Broadway Revival; Jack O'Brien to Direct!

It was officially announced today that THE FRONT PAGE, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's classic 1928 comedy set in the world of the Chicago newspaper business, will open on Broadway on October 20, 2016, directed by Jack O'Brien. The production will begin previews on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, and will play a limited engagement through Sunday, February 5, 2017. The theatre will be announced at a later date.

The Front Page will star Nathan Lane as Walter Burns, John Slattery as Hildy Johnson, John Goodman as Sheriff Hartman, Jefferson Mays as Bensinger, Rosemary Harris as Mrs. Grant, and Sherie Rene Scott as Mollie Malloy, with additional casting to be announced.

The Front Page will be produced on Broadway by Scott Rudin and will feature set design by Douglas Schmidt, costume design by Ann Roth, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt and sound by Scott Lehrer.

The show is set in the press room of Chicago's Criminal Courts Building which is buzzing with reporters covering the story of an escaped prisoner. When star reporter Hildy Johnson (Slattery) accidentally discovers the runaway convict, he and his editor Walter Burns (Lane) conspire to hide the man from the other reporters, while they chase the biggest scoop of their careers.

The Front Page premiered on August 14, 1928 at the Times Square Theatre, in a production staged by George S. Kaufman. The play was heralded for its rapid-fire dialogue written by former newspaper men Hecht and MacArthur, and was one of four hits in a row in the early career of its producer, the legendary Jed Harris. Often cited as the greatest play ever written about the newspaper business,The Front Page has also been a hit on screen. A 1931 film version starred Adolphe Menjou as Walter Burns and Pat O'Brien as Hildy Johnson. The 1940 film adaptation, His Girl Friday, starring Cary Grant as Walter Burns and Rosalind Russell as a now-female Hildy Johnson, is considered one of the classics of the screwball comedy genre, and in 1993 was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Among Tony winner Nathan Lane's past Broadway credits are IT'S ONLY A PLAY, THE NANCE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, WAITING FOR GODOT, NOVEMBER, BUTLEY, THE ODD COUPLE, THE PRODUCERS, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, ...FORUM, LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!, GUYS AND DOLLS, PRESENT LAUGHTER and more.

Slattery last starred on the Great White Way in RABBIT HOLE and before that in BETRAYAL and LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR. He is well known for his role on AMC's MAD MEN and just appeared on the big screen in the 2016 Best Picture SPOTLIGHT.