Mark Ruffalo Signs on for B'way's Awake and Sing!

Mark Ruffalo will appear as Moe Axelrod in the upcoming Lincoln Center Theater revival of Awake and Sing! on Broadway. He joins previously announced cast members Lauren Ambrose, Ned Eisenberg, Ben Gazzara, Jonathan Hadary, Peter Kybart, Pablo Schreiber, Richard Topol and Zoë Wanamaker in the production.

Ruffalo won Lucille Lortel and Theatre World awards for his performance in Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. He also appeared in The Moment When off-Broadway. His other theatrical credits include mountings of Avenue A, Waiting For Godot, Still Life With Vacuum Salesman and Tent Show. His film credits include Rough Trade, A Gift from Heaven, The Last Big Thing, Safe Men, 54, Ride with the Devil, Committed, You Can Count on Me, XX/XY, Windtalkers, My Life Without Me, View from the Top, In the Cut, We Don't Live Here Anymore, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 13 Going on 30, Collateral, Just Like Heaven and Rumor Has It….

Awake and Sing! is the story of a Jewish family in the Bronx struggling through the Depression. Widely considered Odets' masterpiece, the drama premiered on Broadway in 1935 and was a resounding hit for the now legendary Group Theatre.

Awake and Sing!, directed by Bartlett Sher, is set to begin performances at the Belasco Theatre on March 24 in preparation for an April 17 opening.