Jessica Lange & Michael Shannon-Led Long Day’s Journey Into Night Pushes Back Broadway Opening Night

The first date switcheroo after the Tony Awards changed eligibility deadlines has been announced. The upcoming revival of Long Day’s Journey Into Night has pushed back opening night to April 27, 2016; it had previously been scheduled for April 19 at the American Airlines Theatre. Directed by Jonathan Kent, the Roundabout production of Eugene O’Neill’s classic will star Oscar and Emmy winner Jessica Lange, Oscar nominee Michael Shannon, Tony winner John Gallagher Jr. and Tony nominee Gabriel Byrne.

Long Day’s Journey Into Night is the tale of an ordinary summer’s day with extraordinary consequences. Drawing so heavily from the author’s personal history that it could only be produced posthumously, the story centers on the Tyrones, a dysfunctional family with a drug-addicted mother, penny-pinching father and two troubled sons.

Previews will still begin on March 31; the limited engagement will end on June 26.