Groff Hopeful for DEATHTRAP New York Transfer

The Tony Awards red carpet is underway and BroadwayWorld is bringing you live updates from on and off!  Jonathan Groff just spoke with NY1 and when asked if his upcoming West End project, DEATHTRAP, would be making it's way across the pond, Groff reveals that he's hopeful for a New York move if the show is successful overseas. 

Estelle Parsons recently joined the cast, led by Jonathan Groff and Simon Russell Beale in the West End production of DEATHTRAP this fall.

The thriller by Ira Levin, which will be directed by Matthew Warchus (ART, GOD OF CARNAGE), will open in London at the Noël Coward Theatre on Tuesday 7 September, following previews from 21 August. Anna Massey returns to the West End stage after a twelve year absence to co-star opposite Simon Russell Beale and "DEATHTRAP" will introduce "Glee" television star Jonathan Groff to both to the West End stage and the British public.

Simon Russell Beale, currently starring in the National Theatre's sell-out production of Dion Boucicault's "London Assurance" directed by Nicholas Hytner, will play ‘Sidney Bruhl' and multi-award winning actress Anna Massey will play ‘Helga Ten Dorpe'. Jonathan Groff, award-winning Broadway musical star of "Spring Awakening" and new leading man and star of American television series "Glee", will star as ‘Clifford Anderson' opposite Simon Russell Beale. Prolific author and playwright Ira Levin, who is probably best-known for the Roman Polanski film "Rosemary's Baby", is also the author of "The Stepford Wives" and "The Boys From Brazil".

This will be the first London revival of "DEATHTRAP" since its original production in 1978 when the play opened to rave reviews and smash-hit business, subsequently running for two and a half years at the Garrick Theatre. "DEATHTRAP was then filmed by Sidney Lumet with Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve in the starring roles.

The production features design by Rob Howell, lighting by Hugh Vanstone, sound by Simon Baker and original music by Gary Yershon.  

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