Jackman And Craig Led A STEADY RAIN Showing Strong Advance Ticket Sales

Variety is reporting that A STEADY RAIN starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman is already looking like a winner. The trade paper reports that industry insiders are "buzzing" about the whopping $3 million in advance sales solely from the initial pre-sale offer for American Express cardholders. Tickets for the general public are not available until July 25th. The Amex pre-sale launched Saturday.

A production rep wouldn't confirm any figures, but the huge numbers should come as no surprise given the powerful B.O. draw of film superstars Craig and Jackman. To read the full article click here.

Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman will star together on Broadway in A STEADY RAIN, a critically acclaimed two-character play by Keith Huff. Directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, A STEADY RAIN begins previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009 and opens Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) for a strictly limited 12 week engagement through Sunday, December 6, 2009.

Highly-accomplished stage actors and worldwide screen icons, Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman bring considerable theatrical experience to their roles. In London Mr. Craig has worked with the Royal National Theatre (Angels In America), the Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic (Hurlyburly), and he was nominated for a 2002 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Number co-starring with Michael Gambon at The Royal Court Theatre. Mr. Craig is making his Broadway debut in A STEADY RAIN.

Mr. Jackman won a 2004 Tony Award, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award for his portrayal of the 1970s singer-songwriter Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz. Previous theater credits include Carousel at Carnegie Hall and Oklahoma! at the National Theater in London, where he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. In his native Australia he won a MO Award (Australia's Tony Award) for his performance as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard, and he was nominated for a MO Award for Disney's Beauty and the Beast. 

A STEADY RAIN is a new American play that tells the story of two Chicago cops who are lifelong friends and their differing accounts of a few harrowing days that changed their lives forever.

A STEADY RAIN was first produced in 2006 at New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater. It had its professional world premiere in 2007 at Chicago Dramatists and was remounted in February 2008 at Chicago's Royal George Theatre winning Jefferson Awards for Best New Work and Best Production.

A STEADY RAIN is produced on Broadway byFrederick Zollo, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Raymond L. Gaspard, Frank Gero,Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Jeffrey Sine, Michael Roseand Robert Cole. Set and costume design are by two-time Tony Award winner Scott Pask, with lighting design by two-time Tony Award nominee Hugh Vanstone and original music and sound design by Mark Bennett. 

Tickets are on sale exclusively to American Express cardholders. Tickets range from $130.00 to $66.50 with specially priced $31.50 student tickets. The performance schedule for A STEADY RAIN is as follows: Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm. For tickets visit www.telecharge.com at 212.239.6200.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: www.asteadyrain.com

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