To bring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman together in a movie would probably require a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars and, perhaps, a screenplay about secret agents and mutants. To get the actors together on Broadway, it just took a story about Chicago cops. Mr. Craig, the star of the James Bond movies “Casino Royale” and “Quantum of Solace,” and Mr. Jackman, who plays Wolverine in the “X-Men” movies, will star in the Broadway production of the Keith Huff play “A Steady Rain” for a limited run this fall, its publicists said Thursday in a news release. The play, to be directed by John Crowley (“The Pillowman”), will run at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater, with previews scheduled to begin on Sept. 10 and an official opening of Sept. 29. Its limited run is slated to end on Dec. 6. The play will mark the Broadway debut of Mr. Craig, who has previously acted at the Royal National Theater (in “Angels in America”) and in the Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic (in “Hurlyburly”). Mr. Jackman won the Tony Award for best actor in a musical in 2004 for his portrayal of Peter Allen in “The Boy From Oz.”

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Announcement confirms Daniel Craig to star on Broadway in `A Steady Rain`

It's official: Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman will star in a Broadway production of Keith Huff's two-hander "A Steady Rain," bowing at the Schoenfeld Theater in September.

The two high-profile thesps look poised to turn straight play "Rain" into a top-selling hit along the lines of Julia Roberts-starrer "Three Days of Rain," which in 2006 racked up boffo weekly sales figures more common to large-scale tuners. Current, starry production of play "God of Carnage" has recently done similarly spectacular biz - reports Variety.

Jackman previously demonstrated his power at the Broadway B.O. in the 2003 Peter Allen bio-musical "The Boy from Oz," which was a major hit despite mixed reviews (and netted Jackman a Tony). Craig, whose stage credits in London include "A Number" and "Angels in America," will make his Main Stem debut in "Steady Rain."

John Crowley ("The Pillowman") helms the show, about two Chicago cops whose friendship is rocked by a domestic dispute that is not what it seems.

Huff's play had its 2007 world preem in Chicago, where the success of an initial run at Chicago Dramatists led to a 2008 re-mounting at the Royal George Theater. In Chi the monologue-based play, helmed by Russ Tutterow, starred Randy Feinmeyer and Peter DeFaria.

Creative team for the Broadway staging includes Scott Pask (the set designer who won a Tony for his work on "Pillowman"), Hugh Vanstone (lights) and Mark Bennett (music and sound).

Producing team of "Rain" is led by Federick Zollo, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli ( ггг, вот где собака порылась, без мамы не обошлось - поэтому то наш согласился, в самом первом посте топика есть эта информация, но мы ее как-то упустили ) (one of the producers of the James Bond franchise currently toplined by Craig), who were all producers of the financially disappointing 2005 tuner "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

Raymond L. Gaspard, Frank Gero, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Jeffrey Sine, Michael Rose and Robert Cole are also on the list of producers.

"Rain" will be begin previews at the Schoenfeld Sept. 10 ahead of a Sept. 29 opening. Production will run 12 weeks.

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размещаю это видео в этой теме специально, т.к. не все посещают тему хью. просто хочу чтобы вы посмотрели как он общается мило спокойно и вежливо с поклонниками на бродвее. каждый день в течение целого года...50кг подарочков ежедневно

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По теме: пресейл бьет все рекорды, насколько я поняла, он уже начался, а вот в обычную продажу билеты поступят 25го.

'Steady Rain' of sales
Big advance ticket sales for Jackman, Craig play
By GORDON COX

Broadway play "A Steady Rain," toplined by Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman, is already looking like a rainmaker.

Legiters have been buzzing that the play racked up a whopping $3 million in advance sales solely from the initial pre-sale offer for American Express cardholders -- even before ducats go on sale to the general public July 25. Pre-sale launched Saturday.

A rep for the production wouldn't confirm any figures, but the big-league numbers come as no surprise given the anticipated B.O. draw of film stars Craig and Jackman.

Initial tally for "Rain" looks likely to land the show in the top-selling range of other notable star-driven plays, including the 2006 Julia Roberts starrer "Three Days of Rain," which reportedly pulled in $7 million in one day of sales to the general public, and Billy Crystal's 2004 show "700 Sundays," said to have garnered an advance of $6 million.

"Hamlet," the London import that stars Jude Law, was also said to have done well on the advance sales front last weekend, with that tally rumored to have come close to the $1 million mark.

"Steady Rain," helmed by John Crowley, is set to begin perfs at the Schoenfeld Theater on Sept. 10 ahead of a Sept. 29 opening.

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NO DISCOUNTS FOR CRAIG & JACKMAN'S BROADWAY RUN

Producers of HUGH JACKMAN and DANIEL CRAIG's new Broadway show A STEADY RAIN are feeling the effects of the worldwide credit crunch - ticket discounts for top talent agents have been banned.
The 007 star will make his Broadway debut opposite seasoned theatre star Jackman on 10 September (09) in the dramatic play - about a pair of police officers whose friendship is strained when they mistakenly return a Vietnamese boy to a cannibalistic serial killer.
According to the New York Post, agents are in uproar after receiving a memo indicating a new policy restricts sales to not-for-profit organisations, and bans discounts and commissions for theatre talent agents during the 12-week run.
One broker tells the newspaper, "Business is bad enough these days be cause of the economy. This will choke us further."

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It's been a solid few months for playwright Keith Huff, writes the Hollywood Reporter.

First, A-list Hollywood talent Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman signed on to star in his play, "A Steady Rain," which begins Broadway previews Sept. 10 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre ahead of a Sept. 27 opening.

Now, Huff has sold the film rights to producer Frederick Zollo and James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who are among the play's producers.

Huff will adapt the screenplay. The deal is for mid-six figures against $1 million.

The play's press notes describe "Rain" as "a new American play that tells the story of two Chicago cops who are lifelong friends and their differing accounts of a few harrowing days that changed their lives forever." The conflict stems from their involvement in a domestic dispute in a poor neighborhood.

"Rain" began its stage life in 2006 and had its professional world premiere in 2007 at Chicago Dramatists. The Broadway run, directed by John Crowley, will play a limited 12-week engagement through Dec. 6.

The play marks the Broadway debut for Craig, a Royal National Theatre veteran in London who also has starred in the past two Bond films, "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace," for Broccoli and Wilson.

Huff, repped by Gersh, manager John Bauman and attorney Karl Austen, has written two other plays, "The Detective's Wife" and "Tell Us of the Night," which complete a trilogy that begins with "Rain." Although Craig and Jackman have not been cast in the film version, the producers might be eyeing a potential franchise for two stars with huge international appeal and proven dramatic chops.

Broccoli, Wilson and Zollo teamed to field the 2005 musical production of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

Huff also has written the plays "Pursued by Happiness," "Gray City" and "The Bird and Mr. Banks."

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