Meet the Cast of I NEED THAT, Beginning Previews on Broadway Tonight!

Danny DeVito returns to Roundabout Theatre Company in I Need That, starring alongside his daughter, Lucy DeVito, and Ray Anthony Thomas in a deeply human new comedy from playwright Theresa Rebeck and director Moritz von Stuelpnagel, the team behind Bernhardt/Hamlet.

Sam doesn’t get out much. Actually, he doesn’t get out at all, opting instead for the safety of his house in the company of his things—his many, many things. But when a notice from the government arrives alerting Sam that he must clean up his property or face eviction, he’s forced to reckon with what’s trash, what’s treasure, and whether we can ever know the difference between the two.

The production begins previews tonight, October 13 at the American Airlines Theatre, ahead of opening night on November 2. Meet the cast below!

Danny DeVito (Sam)

is one of the entertainment industry’s most versatile players, excelling as actor, producer and director. The award-winning performance as Louie De Palma on the television show “Taxi” was what propelled DeVito to national prominence. He won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe. In a 1999 readers’ poll conducted by TV Guide, DeVito’s Louie De Palma was voted number one among “TV’s Fifty Greatest Character’s Ever.”

Lucy DeVito (Amelia)

 After becoming involved in high school theatrics in Los Angeles, actress Lucy DeVito confirmed her study of theater at Brown University. She later moved to New York, where she was cast as the title character in the new play Lucy by Damien Atkins, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. On stage, DeVito worked with Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron in the original readings of their play Love, Loss, And What I Wore. She performed the play many times in New York at the Westside Theater and in Los Angeles at The Geffen Playhouse. Among her other plays are Stefanie Zadravec's The Electric Baby (directed by May Adrales), Bruce Graham's Any Given Monday, The Diary of Anne Frank, in which she played Anne, and David Grimm’s The Miracle at Naples directed by Peter DuBois, Bump, Hot Mess, How My Grandparents Fell in Love, and Steel Magnolias. Most recently she was heard voicing the lead character in FXX’s “Little Demon,” for which she also served as one of the executive producers. Other recent television credits include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Shameless,” television film “A Cinderella Christmas” and two seasons of Hulu’s original series “Deadbeat” in 2014-2015. She made her way into television in the ABC Family sitcom “Melissa and Joey,” with Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence, playing Melissa's assistant and friend for two seasons. DeVito has also made appearances in “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Dirt,” and “Crumbs.” She will next be seen in The Secret Art of the Human Fight, currently in post-production. Recent films include Menorah in the Middle, Blonde, Jumanji: The Next Level, Tim Burton’s Dumbo, and Taylor Hackford’s The Comedian. Previous film credits include Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk With Me, A Quiet Little Marriage, Syrup, Beware the Gonzo, and Just Add Water.

Ray Anthony Thomas (Foster)

Broadway: American Buffalo, Trouble in Mind, Jitney, The Crucible, Race. Off Broadway: The Trees; Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow; Volunteer Man (Obie Award). Television: “Law & Order,” “Flatbush Misdemeanors,” “New Amsterdam,” “Social Distance,” “High Maintenance.” Film: The Untitled Novelist Project, The Rest of Us, Isn’t It Romantic, Harbinger, Shutter Island, Trouble With The Curve.

Suzy Jane Hunt (u/s Amelia)

Broadway: Leopoldstadt, How I Learned to Drive, Dear Evan Hansen, Dead Accounts. TV/film: Pastor Tim’s wife Alice on “The Americans,” “Person of Interest,” “The Blacklist,” “Elementary,” “The Good Wife,” “Blindspot.” Suzy’s interview play, If You Ask Her, investigates female sexuality in America and was produced by NYU in 2021.

Lance Roberts (u/s Foster)

Paul Reubens brought Lance to Broadway as King of Cartoons in The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway a decade ago. He’s continued in original casts of Sister Act, Ghost, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Moss Hart’s Act One, Finding Neverland, Sunset Blvd, My Fair Lady and The Music Man. Over 40 TV credits on IMDb.

Danny Rutigliano (u/s Sam)

Roundabout: Holiday Inn (also PBS). Broadway: Beetlejuice, The Lion King, and more. Tours: Elf, How to Succeed…, Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel. Encores!: title role in Fiorello, others. Off-Broadway: Silk Stockings, Godspell, others. TV/film: “Blue Bloods,” “Elementary,” all the “Law & Order” shows, others. Regional theatre, commercials and voiceover work as well. Favorite role: husband to Jacqueline Monroe.

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