Jim Parsons stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about playing the title role in the new Broadway comedy An Act of God. The actor compares stage work to his television role on the hit comedy "The Big Bang Theory". Check out the clip below or click here
The new Broadway comedy
An Act of God, starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner
Jim Parsons, began performances on May 7, and officially opens on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). Joining Parsons will be two-time Tony Award nominee
Christopher Fitzgerald (Finian's Rainbow, Young Frankenstein) as "Michael" &
Tim Kazurinsky ("SNL", Police Academy) as "Gabriel".
An Act of God is written by God, transcribed by 13-time Emmy Award winner
David Javerbaum and directed by Tony Award winner
Joe Mantello.
An Act of God features scenic design by Tony Award winner
Scott Pask (The Book of Mormon), costume design by Tony Award nominee
David Zinn (Fun Home), lighting design by
Hugh Vanstone(Matilda) sound design by Drama Desk Award winner
Fitz Patton (It's Only A Play) and projection design by Drama Desk Award winner
Peter Nigrini (Here Lies Love).
The King of the Universe is tackling His greatest challenge yet: Broadway. This spring, God takes the form of four-time Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner
Jim Parsons in
An Act of God, a 90-minute comedy where the Almighty and His devoted Angels answer some of the deepest questions that have plagued mankind since Creation. He's finally arrived to set the record straight... and He's not holding back!
An Act of God is based on the critically acclaimed book written by God and transcribed by
David Javerbaum. Javerbaum is a 13-time Emmy Award winner for his work as a head writer and executive producer for "The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart," and also curator of the Twitter account @TheTweetOfGod, which has over 1.86 million followers.
An Act of God is produced by
Jeffrey Finn, The
Shubert Organization,
Carl Moellenberg,
Arielle Tepper Madover,
Stacey Mindich,
Bob Boyett,
FG Productions,
John Frost,
Corinne Hayoun,
Jamie Kaye-Phillips,
Scott Landis,
Larry Magid,
Stephanie P. McClelland,
David Mirvish and
Daryl Roth.
101 Productions, Ltd.serve as Executive Producers.
