Richard Easton and Neal Huff have joined the starry cast of Crispin Whittell's Darwin in Malibu, which will be presented at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, Long Island from August 15th through September 3rd.
The production will also star the previously announced Hal Linden (Cabaret, Tony Award-winner for The Rothschilds) as the legendary theorist, as well as Anna Chlumsky, best known for her work in the My Girl films and whose New York theatre credits include Balm in Gilead and The Changeling. Actor Daniel Gerroll (
Enchanted April, High Society) directs."The
place is Malibu. The time is now. Charles Darwin is relaxing on a deck
chair overlooking the Pacific . . . suddenly he's joined by two
unlikely contemporaries. The debate over evolution, begun over a
century ago, continues anew in this hilarious new comedy," state Bay
Street notes on the production, which will be receiving its American
premiere.Easton is a Tony Award-winner for his performance in The Invention of Love and will be a part of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia in the fall. His other Broadway credits include The Rivals, Henry IV, Noises Off, Hamlet, The Misanthrope, and The Cherry Orchard.
Huff has appeared on Broadway in Take Me Out, The Lion in Winter and The Tempest, as well as Off-Broadway in The Little Dog Laughed.
