Theresa Rebeck's showbiz comedy The Understudy has extended its run by two weeks. The production, directed by Scott Ellis and starring Julie White, Justin Kirk and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, was originally slated to end its limited engagement on January 3, 2010. The show will now play through January 17 at the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre. 

The Understudy takes place ...

Mark-Paul Gosselaar has survived the child star curse, television stardom, fatherhood and even competitive cycling, but there’s one thing that finally shook him up: a rehearsal room at the Roundabout Theatre Company. The 34-year-old actor, currently co-starring alongside Tony Award winner Julie White and Emmy Award nominee Justin Kirk in Theresa Rebeck’s comedy The Understudy, has spent nearly ...

Playwright Theresa Rebeck's newest off-Broadway offering, The Understudy, is pretty clear regarding what the show is about (um...an understudy). But what you might not know is just how funny the new comedy is, or how much fun Tony Award winner Julie While, Emmy Award nominee Justin Kirk and television star/stage newbie Mark-Paul Gosselaar are having bringing this ...

Justin Kirk hasn’t been onstage in New York since 2002, but he’s never been far from sight. Kirk had a three-season run on the comedy series Jack and Jill, gave an Emmy-nominated performance as Prior in Mike Nichols’ miniseries adaptation of Angels in America, then nabbed another major TV role, that of deviant, pot-smoking “Uncle Andy” on the ...

Date

October 9, 2009

Where

Laura Pels Theatre, New York

Show

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Theresa Rebeck's The Understudy begins performances at Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre. Directed by ...

Tony Award winner Julie White will return to the Roundabout Theatre Company stage this fall in the New York premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s The Understudy. The production, directed by Scott Ellis, is scheduled to debut off-Broadway beginning on October 9 at the Laura Pels Theatre, with opening night set for November 5. Additional casting and creative team members for ...