London 'Dubuque' Starts in March; McCormack Joins Cast

More details have been announced for the upcoming London production of Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque, starring Tony Award-winner Maggie Smith.

The show will begin its run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in early March.  In addition, it will also feature stage and screen star Catherine McCormack.  More casting will be announced at a later date.

Tony Award-winner Anthony Page, who last directed the hit revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, will helm the show, in which Smith will star as Elizabeth.  The play concerns "three young couples at a party and the odd pair that visits."  Robert Fox and Elizabeth I. McCann will produce The Lady from Dubuque in London.

The Lady from Dubuque is considered one of Albee's less well-known plays.  It opened at the Morosco Theatre on January 31st, 1980 for a run of 8 previews and 12 performances.  The show starred Irene Worth as Elizabeth, as well as Frances Conroy, Earle Hyman, Celia Weston and more.

Dame Maggie Smith is a Tony Award-winner for her work in Lettice and Lovage, and was also nominated for her performances in Night and Day and Private Lives.  She was also seen on Broadway in New Faces of 1956, and has starred in numerous shows in London.  She is a two-time Oscar winner for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite.  She has also been nominated for her work in Gosford Park, A Room with a View, Travels with My Aunt and Othello.  Other credits include the Harry Potter and Sister Act films.

McCormack, who was recently seen in the West End's The 39 Steps, is best known for her work in Braveheart.  Her other film credits include  The Tailor of Panama, Dangerous Beauty and Spy Game.  On stage she has appeared in Vermillion Dreams at the Salisbury Playhouse, Lie of the Mind at the Donmar, Dinner, Free and Honour at The National Theatre and White Horses at the Gate Theatre, Dublin.  She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in All My Sons.