Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The news was sensational indeed as The Columnist celebrated opening night April 25 at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Starring two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow and directed by Daniel Sullivan, the political drama from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn tells the story of Joseph Alsop, a man who was beloved ...

The world premiere of David Auburn’s The Columnist is making headlines at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Starring two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow in the title role of Joseph Alsop, the play paints a portrait of the powerful political columnist who is beloved and berated, often in equal measure. Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists Scott, Matthew and ...

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The world premiere of David Auburn’s The Columnist celebrates its opening night April 25 at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Starring two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow and directed by Daniel Sullivan, the play ends its limited engagement on June 24.


A slew of guests are expected to attend the opening performance including Meryl Streep, Glenn ...

In Manhattan Theatre Club’s The Columnist, feared and revered social scribe Joseph Alsop is accustomed to exposing the truth, but the man uncovering the secrets of Washington’s elite may be harboring the biggest secret of them all. Directed by Daniel Sullivan, David Auburn’s political drama stars two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow in the title role and ...

David Auburn’s The Columnist has extended its run at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Directed by Daniel Sullivan, the play, which was scheduled to run through June 17, will now end its limited engagement on June 24. Starring two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow, The Columnist officially opens April 25.



Set at a time when columnists ...

Two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow, four-time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines, Margaret Colin, Tony nominee Stephen Kunken and Grace Gummer are making headlines in  The Columnist. David Auburn's new play tells the story of Joseph Alsop, a man that was once the most powerful and feared journalist in the country. The stars joined the playwright as well as ...

The dizzying and dazzling 1960s political world, where journalists were kings, is brought to life as the world premiere of The Columnist readies to make headlines on the Great White Way. Two-time Tony winner John Lithgow, who stars as the beloved and feared Joseph Alsop, was joined by four-time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines, Margaret Colin, Tony nominee Stephen Kunken ...

Boyd Gaines and Margaret Colin will join previously announced star John Lithgow in Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of David Auburn’s The Columnist. The play will now begin previews at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on April 4 and open on April 25, directed by Daniel Sullivan.



The Columnist is set in mid-century America, when columnists are kings ...

At 58, and with four Tony Awards to show for his sterling career, Boyd Gaines is only now making his U.K. theater debut alongside Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones in Driving Miss Daisy, reprising his Broadway performance as Boolie Werthan, son of the ornery title character. Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play is running through December 17 at ...