LUCKY GUY's Tom Hanks Urges Robert De Niro & Jim Carrey to 'Try Broadway'

Two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks makes his Broadway debut in Lucky Guy, a new play written by three-time Academy Award nominee Nora Ephron and directed by two-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe. Lucky Guy is currently in previews at the Broadhurst Theatre, with opening night set for April 1.

According to the New York Post, Hanks is having a blast making his Broadway debut. A Broadhurst Theatre insider told NYP that Hanks told backstage guests Robert De Niro and Jim Carrey "how much fun it is to be onstage, and that they should try it."

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Nora Ephron began her professional career as a reporter at The New York Post in 1962 and Lucky Guy marks a return to her journalistic roots. Her new play is about the scandal- and graffiti-ridden New York of the 1980s, as told through the story of the charismatic and controversial tabloid columnist Mike McAlary (Tom Hanks). Lucky Guy is the third collaboration between Tom Hanks and Nora Ephron, following the films Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail.