In the Wings to Play the Promenade in September

Broadway.com has learned that writer/producer Stewart F. Lane's In the Wings will be the next tenant at the Promenade Theatre. The play, directed by Jeremy Dobrish The Joys of Sex, is set to begin previews at the off-Broadway theater on September 9 in preparation for an opening the week of September 25, according to Lane.

"It is a show about struggling actors in the late 1970s," Lane told Broadway.com. "One's career takes off, while the other languishes. The characters are a composite of people I've known through the years and the plotline actually happened to a couple I knew. And it is fun. It's a comedy. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll go home happy."

In the Wings centers on a young couple who dream of becoming famous actors. They both think they have their shot when they hook up with a famous acting teacher who is writing a musical about Hollywood blacklisting that has roles for them both. But when the tuner moves to the Great White Way, only the woman is offered a part.

In the Wings, which features original songs by Michael Garin, had a reading last month at the Barrow Group Studios Theatre. Nancy Anderson, John Jellison, David Josefsberg, Madeleine Maby, Jake Robards and Jana Robins were featured in the company. No casting has been announced for the upcoming off-Broadway run.

Woman Before a Glass, the current tenant at the Promenade, will end its run on Sunday, June 12.