Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal & More Begin Previews in The Real Thing on Broadway

It just got real for Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tony winner Cynthia Nixon and Josh Hamilton, who begin performances in the revival of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing on October 2. Directed by Sam Gold, the show will officially open at Broadway's American Airlines Theatre on October 30.

The Real Thing tells the story of Henry (McGregor), a successful playwright who is unhappily married to Charlotte (Nixon), the lead actress in his current play about a marriage on the verge of collapse. When Henry’s affair with their friend Annie (Gyllenhaal) threatens to destroy his own marriage, he discovers that life has started imitating art. After Annie leaves her husband so she and Henry can begin a new life together, he can’t help but wonder whether their love is fiction or the real thing.

The cast of the Roundabout Theatre Company production also includes Alex Breaux and Madeline Weinstein.