January 9, 2006

Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper to Star in the Upcoming Broadway Production of Three Days of Rain

The limited 12-week engagement begins March 28 and will play through June 18 only, with an official opening scheduled for April 19 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

Marc Platt, David Stone and the Shubert Organization have announced that Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper will star in the upcoming Broadway production of Three Days of Rain, written by Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg and directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello. Three Days of Rain will begin previews on Tuesday, March 28 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th St.) and will have its official press opening on Wednesday, April 19. The strictly limited 12-week engagement will run through Sunday, June 18.

Three Days of Rain centers on Walker (Paul Rudd), his sister Nan (Julia Roberts) and their childhood friend Pip (Bradley Cooper), who all meet in New York to divide the legacy of their late fathers, who were partners in a renowned architecture firm. In an effort to bring some peace to their own lives, the three search for clues that might explain what had gone on between their fathers, and the women in their lives, decades before. The story then shifts to that earlier time, with the same three actors portraying the previous generation. Both a family drama and a mystery, Three Days of Rain was first produced Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1997.

Three Days of Rain will feature scenic and costume design by Santo Loquasto (Glengarry Glen Ross, Long Day’s Journey Into Night), lighting design by Paul Gallo (The Crucible, Guys and Dolls, Six Degrees of Separation) and sound design by David Van Tieghem (Doubt, Frozen).

Julia Roberts’ many film credits include Ocean’s Twelve, Closer, Mona Lisa Smile, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Full Frontal, Ocean’s Eleven, America’s Sweethearts, The Mexican, Erin Brokovich, Runaway Bride, Notting Hill, Stepmom, Conspiracy Theory, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Everyone Says I Love You, Michael Collins, Mary Reilly, Something to Talk About, Pret-a-Porter, I Love Trouble, The Pelican Brief, Hook, Dying Young, Sleeping with the Enemy, Flatliners, Pretty Woman, Steel Magnolias and Mystic Pizza. In 2001, Ms. Roberts won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Erin Brokovich. She is currently doing the voice of Hova for the film Ant Bully, and her voice will also be heard in the upcoming Charlotte’s Web. On television, she has made guest appearances on “Friends,” “Murphy Brown,” “Law & Order” and “Sesame Street.”

Paul Rudd has appeared on stage in Ancestral Voices, opposite Paul Newman and Joanna Woodward at the Westport Country Playhouse; Long Days Journey Into Night opposite Jessica Lange in London; LaBute’s bash in both New York and Los Angeles; LaBute’s The Shape of Things in both New York and London; Nicholas Hytner’s production of Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center; and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo on Broadway. On television, he was Phoebe’s (Lisa Kudrow) husband Mike on the final two seasons of “Friends.” His film credits include The 40 Year Old Virgin, Anchorman, P.S., The Chateau, Wet Hot American Summer, The Shape of Things, The Cider House Rules, The Object of My Affection, Clueless, Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet and, upcoming, Amy Heckerling’s I Could Never Be Your Woman, The Oh in Ohio and Diggers.

Bradley Cooper’s film credits include The Wedding Crashers, Changing Lanes, My Little Eye, Carnival Knowledge, Wet Hot American Summer and, upcoming, Failure to Launch. He currently stars in the Fox series “Kitchen Confidential” and is most noticeably recognized for his work in the ABC series “Alias.” His other television credits include Darren Star’s “The Street,” the WB drama “Jack and Bobby,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Trial By Jury” and “Touching Evil.” He appeared in the ABC Family Channel film “I Want to Marry Ryan Banks,” the Hallmark Channel film “The Last Cowboy,” and hosted Lonely Planet’s “Extreme Treks in a Wild World” for the Discovery Channel. He graduated from Georgetown University and the Masters of Fine Arts program at the Actors Studio Drama School at New York University.

Richard Greenberg is the author of Take Me Out (Tony, New York Drama Critics, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lortel and Drama League awards), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, The Violet Hour, The Dazzle (Outer Critics Circle Award), Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain (L.A. Drama Critics Award; Olivier, Drama Desk, Hull-Warriner nominations) Everett Beekin, Night and Her Stars and The Extra Man, among many other plays. His adaptation of Strindberg's Dance of Death was seen on Broadway starring Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren and David Straithairn. He received the Oppenheimer Award for a debuting playwright, the first PEN/Laura Pels Award for a playwright in mid-career and has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (including for Three Days of Rain). Mr. Greenberg is a longtime member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre and an associate artist at South Coast Repertory.

Joe Mantello’s directing credits include The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Assassins (Tony Award), Wicked, Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Man of No Importance, Design for Living, Terrence McNally and Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking for the San Francisco Opera, The Vagina Monologues, bash, Another American: Asking and Telling, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Proposals, The Mineola Twins, Corpus Christi, Mizlansky/Zilinsky or Schmucks, Blue Window, God’s Heart, The Santaland Diaries, Lillian, Snakebit, Three Hotels, Imagining Brad and Fat Men in Skirts. Mr. Mantello also directed the film Love! Valour! Compassion!. Mr. Mantello is the recipient of the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at the Roundabout.

Three Days of Rain begins previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 W. 45th St., on Tuesday, March 28 and will have its official opening on Wednesday, April 19. The strictly limited 12-week engagement will run through Sunday, June 18. It will play on the following schedule: Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturdays at 2 PM, Sundays at 3 PM. There will be additional performances on Monday, April 17 at 8 PM, Sunday, April 23 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, June 18 at 7:30 PM. There will be no matinee performances on Wednesday, April 19 and Wednesday, June 7; there will be no performances on Thursday, April 20 and Tuesday, June 6.

American Express® Cardmembers can purchase tickets beginning Friday, January 13 at 5 PM through Broadway.Yahoo.com or by calling 212-239-6200. American Express® Gold Card Events seating is available through Broadway.Yahoo.com or by calling 800-292-9465.

The general public on-sale begins at 11:59 PM on Saturday, January 28. Tickets will be available through Telecharge, 212-239-6200 or www.telecharge.com. The opening date for the Bernard B. Jacobs box office is to be announced.