Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams Will Return to Broadway in Joe Mantello-Helmed BLACKBIRD; Opens in March

Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams will return to Broadway this season to star in David Harrower's Olivier Award-winning drama BLACKBIRD. The production, to be directed by Joe Mantello, will begin previews Friday, February 5, and open on Thursday, March 10, at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44thStreet). BLACKBIRD will play an 18-week limited engagement through June 12, 2016.

BLACKBIRD tells the story of Una and Ray. Fifteen years earlier they had a relationship and haven't set eyes on each other since. Now she's found him again.

BLACKBIRD premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival before moving on to London's West End where it won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in a production directed by Peter Stein. The drama was subsequently produced in New York by Manhattan Theatre Club in a production starring Jeff Daniels and Allison Pill, directed by Joe Mantello.

London's Daily Telegraph hailed BLACKBIRD as "a shattering play," adding, "I have rarely seen an audience watch a new work with such rapt attention. An extraordinary, no-holds-barred drama that both chills and thrills." The Guardian agreed, describing BLACKBIRD as "A searing theatrical experience. A riveting study in sexual obsession that leaves one both shaken and stirred." And Scotland's Sunday Herald said that "Harrower's drama positively explodes with unresolved, and possibly irresolvable, concerns . . . one of the most daring new plays of recent years."

BLACKBIRD will have scenic design by Scott Pask, costume design by Ann Roth, and lighting design by Brian MacDevitt.

BLACKBIRD will be produced on Broadway by Scott Rudin.