La Bête Begins on the Great White Way

David Hirson's rollicking play La Bête, starring David Hyde Pierce and Mark Rylance, begins previews at Broadway's Music Box Theatre. Matthew Warchus directs.
 

Set in 17th century France, the Moliere-inspired La Bête is a farce written in iambic pentameter that tells of a government-sponsored theater troupe that is shaken up when the group's patron insists that a buffoonish street performer joins the company. The show transfers to Broadway following an engagement at the West End's Comedy Theatre.