RIALTO CHATTER: McDonagh's 'BEHANDING' Set For Crowley Helmed Broadway Bow

According to the Atlantic Theater Company season announcement, Robert Fox will be presenting Martin McDonagh's new play, A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, on Broadway this coming winter.

The Oscar winning and Tony nominated McDonagh's new work is set in 'small town America', a change from McDonagh's usual locale of Ireland. The story is described as "a man in his mid- to late -40's who is missing his left hand and needless to say, wants it back".

Tony Award nominee John Crowley will direct the production.

McDonagh was nominated this past Oscar season for best original screenplay for 'In Bruges' his comedy-thriller starring Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell. He also directed the film.

Martin McDonagh was born in London in 1971 to expatriate Irish parents. His plays include "The Lonesome West" (Tony nominee, Best Play 1999), "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" (Tony nominee, Best Play 1999), "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" (Olivier Award winner, Best Comedy 2003) and "The Pillowman" which was a Tony nominee for Best Play 2005 and an Olivier Award winner in 2004. He has been resident playwright at the Royal National Theatre in London, and has won numerous awards, including the Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright and four Tony Awards for "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" when it opened on Broadway. Other works include "Suicide on Sixth Street", "Shit on Illinois", "Seven Psychopaths", "In Bruges" starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson and "Six-Shooter" (Oscar, Best Short 2006).

Since it's inception in 1985, Atlantic has produced more than 120 productions including the Tony Award® winning play The Beauty Queen of Leenane, the world premieres of Woody Allen's A Second Hand Memory and Writer's Block, the acclaimed world premiere of David Mamet's Romance and his new adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance, the musicals Spring Awakening and 10 Million Miles, Jez Butterworth's Mojo, Tom Donaghy's Minutes From The Blue Route, Edwin Sanchez' Trafficking in Broken Hearts and the American premieres of Blue/Orange, Dublin Carol and The Night Heron, the New York premieres of The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow and The Cider House Rules, the revivals of American Buffalo, Edmond, The Hothouse and Hobson's Choice. Atlantic maintains an ensemble of acclaimed actors, writers and directors including David Mamet (playwright and director) and William H. Macy (Academy Award® nominee for Fargo), who founded Atlantic over twenty years ago in 1985. ATLANTIC STAGE 2 is located at 330 West 16th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). For general inquiries and/or group sales for both theaters call 212-645-1242. For more information, visit www.atlantictheater.org.