Hecht, Cristofer, Fontana and Stoll Join Broadway's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

Jessica Hecht, Michael Cristofer, Santino Fontana and Corey Stoll are set to join the cast of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE directed by Gregory Mosher on Broadway at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street).

They will be joined by the previously announced Tony® Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson, in her Broadway debut.

Recently seen in Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright, Michael Cristofer will play the role of ‘Alfieri.' Recently seen in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, Santino Fontana and Jessica Hecht will play the roles of ‘Rodolfo' and ‘Beatrice,' respectively. Drama Desk nominee Corey Stoll (Intimate Apparel) will play the role of ‘Marco.'

Full casting will be announced shortly.

Performances begin Monday, December 28, 2009 and the official opening is Sunday, January 24, 2010. The limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only.

In A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, Miller's most passionate drama, Schreiber will play Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman obsessed with his 17-year-old niece Catherine, played by Scarlett Johansson. When Catherine falls in love with a newly arrived immigrant, Eddie's jealousy erupts in a rage that consumes him, his family, and his world.

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE will be produced by Stuart Thompson and The Araca Group. Additional producers include Jeffrey Finn, The Weinstein Company, Olympus Theatricals, Broadway Across America, Adam Zotovich, Marisa Sechrest, Sonia Friedman/Robert G. Bartner, Swinsky/Dietch.

The creative team for A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE will include John Lee Beatty (Scenic Design), Jane Greenwood (Costume Design), Peter Kaczorowski (Lighting Design), and Scott Lehrer (Sound Design).

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Jessica Hecht (Beatrice). B'way: Brighton Beach Memoirs, Julius Caesar, After the Fall, The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Off-B'way: Make Me (Atlantic), Howard Katz (Roundabout), The House in Town (Lincoln Center), Flesh & Blood (NYTW), The Fourth Sister (Vineyard), Plunge and Lobster Alice (Playwrights Horizons), Stop Kiss (Public Theater), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Theatre for a New Audience). Williamstown Theatre Festival: The Torchbearers, The Three Sisters, Blithe Spirit, The Autumn Garden, Top Girls, Light Up the Sky, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. Film: Whatever Works, Dan in Real Life, Starting Out in the Evening, The Forgotten, Sideways, The Grey Zone; upcoming: 25/8, The Winning Season, Helena From the Wedding. TV: "Eleventh Hour," "Breaking Bad," "ER," "The Jury," "Law & Order" x three, "Friends," "The Single Guy," "Homicide," "Seinfeld."

Michael Cristofer (Alfieri) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and an Antoinette Perry "Tony" Award for the Broadway production of his play, The Shadow Box. Mr. Cristofer's film work includes the screenplays for The Shadow Box directed by Paul Newman (Golden Globe Award, Emmy nomination), Falling In Love, with Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro, The Witches Of Eastwick with Jack Nicholson, Bonfire Of The Vanities with Tom Hanks and Casanova with Heath Ledger. His directing credits include Gia, for HBO Pictures starring Angelina Jolie, Mercedes Ruehl and Faye Dunaway (5 Emmy nominations, Director's Guild Award), Body Shots for New Line Cinema and Original Sin starring Antonio Banderas. He has acted in over a hundred plays including: Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide...(Guthrie Theater), Romeo And Juliet (NY Shakespeare Festival), A Body Of Water (Primary Stages), Three Sisters (Williamstown Theater Festival), Trumpery (Atlantic Theater), Old Wicked Songs (Westport Playhouse), The Cherry Orchard (LA Theater Works), Hamlet (Roundabout), The Cherry Orchard (Lincoln Center, Theater World Award), Chinchilla (Phoenix Theater, OBIE Award), The Seagull (Woodstock Festival), Tooth Of Crime (Mark Taper Forum, LA Drama Critics Award), Ashes (Mark Taper Forum). Film and television includes: Seventeen Photographs Of Isabel (Don Roos), Die Hard Ii (John McTiernan), Enemy Of The People (George Schaeffer), The Entertainer (Donald Wrye), The Last Of Mrs. Lincoln (George Schaeffer).

Santino Fontana (Rodolfo). Broadway: Brighton Beach Memoirs, Billy Elliot, Sunday in the Park With George. Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (original revival cast), Perfect Harmony. Regional: the title role in Hamlet (Guthrie); Hay Fever (Old Globe); Love's Labor's Lost, On the Verge, 9/11 Project, Once in a Lifetime (Chautauqua Theater Co.); As You Like It, Death of a Salesman, Six Degrees of Separation, A Christmas Carol (Guthrie). Dublin: Death of a Salesman (Gaiety Theatre). Film: Fade to White. Sundance Theatre Lab, 2005; Presidential Scholar in the Arts. BFA, Guthrie/UMN Actor Training Program.

Corey Stoll (Marco). New York native Corey Stoll has been acting steadily in theater, film and television since graduating from NYU's Tisch School Masters Program in 2003. Most recently, Corey won a "best actor acclaim" for his recent role as Vershinin in Sarah Ruhl's adaption of "The Three Sisters" at the Cincinnati Playhouse on the Part Other recent engagements include roles in Philip Noyce's SALT opposite Angelina Jolie as well as the indie Helena At The Wedding. On Broadway, Corey has appeared in Old Acquaintance (Roundabout) and in Henry IV (Lincoln Center Theater.) Off Broadway, Corey is best known for originating the role of 'Marks' opposite Viola Davis in Intimate Apparel (Drama Desk Award Nominated for Roundabout production, Drama Critics Circle Award for the Los Angeles production.) More recently, Corey performed the title role in Michael Weller's new play Beast at New York Theater Workshop as well as the revival of Some Americans Abroad at Second Stage. Other film work includes Push, North Country, Lucky Number Slevin and Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. Corey has also made numerous appearances in episodic television.

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