Revival of 'Look Homeward, Angel' Coming to Shubert House in Fall 09

Variety reports that a revival of "Look Homeward, Angel" is on the way back to Broadway next fall by the producing team of Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Steve Traxler.

Daniel Sullivan will direct an adaption written by David Auburn. Variety notes that the show will play a Shubert house with further information to come.

Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried life is a 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe. It traces the coming of age of Eugene Gant in the small town of Altamont, North Carolina. Eliza, his mother, is a woman who likes to make "Deals"-in business and with people. With the proverbial iron hand in the velvet glove and almost equal concern, she runs "Dixieland," her seedy boarding house, an alcoholic husband, a daughter and two sons.

Look Homeward, Angel was adapted for a play of the same title in 1957 by Ketti Frings. It opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre November 28, 1957, and ran for a total of 564 performances, closing on April 4, 1959.

In 1958, Ketti Frings won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The production received Tony Award nominations for Best Play; Best Actor in a Play (Hugh Griffith and Anthony Perkins); Best Actress in a Play (Jo Van Fleet); Best Scenic Design (Jo Mielziner); Best Costume Design (Motley); and Best Director (George Roy Hill).