Kevin Kline Bows out of 'POOR BEHAVIOR; Stars in MTC Reading of THE COLUMNIST

In a special profile on Kevin Kline this morning, Michael Reidel reveals that the thespian has bowed out of the POOR BEHAVIOR Broadway-bound revival production, co-starring Sigourney Weaver, after participating in private industry reading in April.

And the departure was much to the producers' dismay.  Writes Reidel: "He played an obnoxious snob to a fare-thee-well. He was so much fun that, as one producer observed, "You see why he's at the top of everybody's casting wish list, even though he turns us down all the time."'

Kline has quickly moved on, it seems, as Rieldel reports the Oscar and Tony winner recently partook in a reading of THE COLUMNIST for Manhattan Theatre Club. Written by David Auburn (Proof), the play follows political columnist Joseph Alsop and his dealings with Soviets who blackmailed him by threatening to expose him as gay.

The recent New York City reading was directed by Daniel Sullivan. The Manhattan Theatre Club has yet to announce any official production details or casting for a production.

To read Riedel's full report in the New York Post, click here.

Kevin Kline was last on Broadway in Cyrano de Bergerac in the 2007-2008 season. He boasts among his extensive Broadway credits The Pirates of Penzance, Henry IV, and On the Twentieth Century among nearly a dozen others. An artistic associate of The Public Theatrr, Kline has appeared in the Public's productions of Shakespeare's Henry V, Richard III, and two turns as Hamlet- once in 1986 and again in 1990 where he also served as director. He has won an Academy Award, two Tony Awards and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009.

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