Jake Gyllenhaal, Idina Menzel Set for Upcoming Visits on LIVE WITH KELLY & MICHAEL

This Friday, December 5, 2014, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan will sit down with superstar JAKE GYLLENHAAL. The Academy Award®-nominated actor will chat about his Broadway debut in the play "Constellations."

On Friday, December 12, 2014, Tony Award winner and Broadway powerhouse IDINA MENZEL closes out "LIVE's Holiday Hits Week" with a performance for the "LIVE" audience.

The American premiere of CONSTELLATIONS, the acclaimed new play by Nick Payne, directed by Michael Longhurst, stars Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal(Nightcrawler, Brokeback Mountain) and two-time Olivier Award winner Ruth Wilson (BBC's and PBS' Emmy nominated "Luther," Showtime's "The Affair"). This strictly limited 13-week engagement will begin previews Tuesday, December 16, 2014 for a Tuesday, January 13, 2015 opening night at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

This mind-bending, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman (Gyllenhaal and Wilson). But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world we think we know - delving into the infinite possibilities of their relationship and raising questions about the difference between choice and destiny.

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