Roundabout to Revive Lucas' Prelude to a Kiss Next Year

According to a casting notice, Craig Lucas' 1990 comedy Prelude to a Kiss will be coming back to Broadway, under the auspices of the Roundabout Theatre Company.

Tentatively scheduled to begin previews on February 9th, open on March 1st and run through June 3rd (with the American Airlines Theatre likely to host the production), Prelude to a Kiss' three lead roles of Peter, Rita and Old Man have already been cast.  Rehearsals will start on January 9th.

Tony-winner Daniel Sullivan (Julius Caesar, Proof) will direct.

In Prelude to a Kiss, the souls of a woman and an old man swap bodies--complicating the former's relationship with her boyfriend.  The original production, starring Timothy Hutton, Mary-Louise Parker and Barnard Hughes, ran for 440 performances after opening at the Helen Hayes Theatre on May 1st, 1990.  The 1992 film version starred Meg Ryan, Alec Baldwin (who originated his role in the Off-Broadway version), Kathy Bates, Ned Beatty and Patty Duke.

Lucas' other plays include Small Tragedy and Reckless; he wrote the book to The Light in the Piazza.