Turner & Irwin to Spar in Spring Virginia Woolf

Kathleen Turner will star as Martha in the upcoming Broadway revival of Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Her George will be Bill Irwin, not previously announced leading man Jonathan Pryce. Directed by Anthony Page, the production, which is aiming for a spring Broadway bow, will also feature David Harbour as Nick, according to a production spokesperson.

Turner brought in crowds as Mrs. Robinson in both the West End and Broadway productions of The Graduate. She also appeared on Broadway in Indiscretions and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Other theatrical credits include Travesties, The Seagull, A Midsummer's Night Dream and Tallulah. Turner's numerous film credits include Body Heat, The Man with Two Brains, Romancing the Stone for which she earned a Golden Globe Award, Jewel of the Nile, Peggy Sue Got Married Academy Award nomination, Prizzi's Honor Golden Globe Award, The War of the Roses, The Virgin Suicides, V.I. Warshawski, The Accidental Tourist, Serial Mom and Beautiful.

Irwin, a director/writer/actor/clown, recently completed his time at off-Broadway's Signature Theatre, which dedicated its entire 2003-2004 season to his works. His Broadway credits include Largely New York, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, 5-6-7-8 Dance!, Fool Moon and The Goat, or, Who Is Sylvia?. His off-Broadway credits include Not Quite/New York, The Courtroom, The Regard of Flight, Texts for Nothing, The Tempest and The Guys. Irwin is an associate artist at the Roundabout Theatre Company.

Harbour has appeared on Broadway in The Invention of Love and The Rainmaker. His off-Broadway credits include Stranger, Fifth of July, the 2002 Shakespeare in the Park mounting of Twelfth Night, A Bad Friend, The Two Noble Kinsmen and the recent Between Us.

A brutal look at an extremely bitter couple, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opened on October 13, 1962 on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theatre. A Broadway revival took place in 1976 at the Music Box Theatre. The play was adapted into a 1966 film, which starred Elizabeth Taylor as Martha a role that won her an Oscar and Richard Burton as George.