Stop the Presses! Christopher McDonald Will Join Nathan Lane & John Slattery in The Front Page

Notorious baddie Christopher McDonald has been tapped to take on the role of Murphy in the starry revival of the classic play The Front Page. According to Deadline he will join the previously reported two-time Tony winner Nathan Lane, John Slattery and John Goodman in the production, which is expected to run September 20 through February 5, 2017, officially opening on October 20. No theater has been announced.

McDonald has appeared on Broadway in Chicago and Lucky Guy. His extensive screen credits include Thelma & Louise, Happy Gilmore, Leave It to Beaver, Requiem for a Dream, 61*, Lawn Dogs, Grease 2, Breakin', Where the Boys Are '84, The Boys Next Door, Grumpy Old Men, Quiz Show and Terminal Velocity.

Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's The Front Page, which follows tabloid newspaper reporters on the police beat, has been revived on Broadway four times since its 1928 debut, most recently by Lincoln Center Theater in a 1986 mounting that starred John Lithgow as Walter Burns and Richard Thomas as Hildy Johnson.

The cast will also include Jefferson Mays, Sherie Rene Scott and Rosemary Harris, under the direction of Jack O'Brien.