Josh Lucas has left the role of the Gentleman Caller in the current Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie to begin shooting Wolfgang Peterson's remake of The Poseidon Adventure; his final performance was on Sunday, June 5th.
Negotiations for a replacement for Lucas are currently underway; meanwhile, Lucas' understudy Joey Collins will fill in. Collins played Tom Wingfield in between the dismissed Dallas Roberts and current star Christian Slater.Lucas is a rising screen star who has appeared in Sweet Home Alabama, Restless, You Can Count on Me, American Psycho, The
Weight of Water, The Deep End, Session 9, A Beautiful Mind, Hulk,
Secondhand Lions, Wonderland and Undertow. Three more films with Lucas will be released this year: An Unfinished Life, Stealth and Glory Road. He played Judas in Manhattan Theatre Club's 1998 production of the controversial Terrence McNally play Corpus Christi.The Glass Menagerie stars Jessica Lange as Amanda Wingfield and Sarah Paulson as Laura, in addition to Lucas and Slater. Directed by David Leveaux, the Tennessee Williams classic about a domineering mother, her poetic son and her fragile daughter will run in its limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre until July 17th.
