Jackman And Craig Surprise Chicago Residents With Unannounced Field Trip For A STEADY RAIN

Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman, stars of the upcoming Broadway production of A STEADY RAIN, surprised many when they showed up unannounced at Chicago's Cook County courthouse yesterday. The megastars were in town to perform background research for their new Broadway play, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The paper reports, "...deputies' hearts were a-twitter. "They came in, best we can tell, with everyone else and walked around pretty nondescript," said Cook County Sherriff's spokesman Steve Patterson, adding that the court was not told of their arrival in advance. The actors confirmed their identities when asked."

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Following a two week exclusive American Express pre-sale, tickets went on sale to the general public Saturday, July 25, at 12:01am (EST), for the strictly limited 12 week Broadway engagement of Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman in A STEADY RAIN. The critically-acclaimed new American two-character play by Keith Huff is directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, and begins previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009, opens Tuesday, September 29, 2009 and runs through Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street).

A STEADY RAIN 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 is produced on Broadway by Frederick Zollo, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Raymond L. Gaspard, Frank Gero, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Jeffrey Sine, Michael Rose, The Shubert Organization, Inc. and 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 go on sale to the general public Saturday, July 25, 2009, at 12:01am (EST), and range from $130.00 to $66.50. 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, visit www.asteadyrain.com