RIALTO CHATTER: Kevin Kline Returns to Broadway This Season?

At a press junket in New York for his upcoming movie 'The Extra Man,' Kevin Kline suggested he may be back on the boards within a year. BWW's Adrienne Onofri attended the junket on Monday, and on behalf of Kline's theater fans asked if he'd be working on stage again anytime soon. "There's something I might do this season on Broadway," Kline commented, though he didn't provide further details.

This spring, Kline participated in readings in New York of new plays by David Auburn (THE COLUMNIST) and Theresa Rebeck (POOR BEHAVIOR). When Onofri asked specifically if Kline would ever do another musical, the two-time Tony winner responded: "The problem with Broadway musicals is they're so expensive. So they need a year's commitment. And that better be a great musical because that's eight shows a week for a year.... It's unlikely you'll see me in a musical on Broadway in the near future."

Kline's costar in 'The Extra Man,' Paul Dano, also hinted at some possible theater in his future. "I'm potentially doing something soon," said Dano, who acted off-Broadway in 2007 in The New Group's THINGS WE WANT.

'The Extra Man,' which is adapted from the novel by Jonathan Ames, opens July 30. The cast also features John C. Reilly, Katie Holmes, Marian Seldes, Jason Butler Harner, Lynn Cohen and John Pankow. Check back with BroadwayWorld for full coverage of the interviews with Kline and Dano.

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.