The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial to Play the Schoenfeld Instead of Lyceum

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial has found a new theater to call home. The show, originally scheduled to run at the Lyceum Theatre, will now occupy the Schoenfeld Theatre, the same venue in which the original production of the Herman Wouk play was housed it was then called the Plymouth Theatre.

"The Shubert Organization has a genuine sense of theatrical history," producer Jeffrey Richards said in a statement, "for the Caine Mutiny is returning to its original New York venue where it opened on January 20, 1954. We are grateful that Admiral Schoenfeld [Shubert Organization chairman, Gerard Schoenfeld] has steered us home."

This production of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, directed by Jerry Zaks, is set to star David Schwimmer as Lt. Barney Greenwald, Željko Ivanek as Lt. Com. Philip Francis Queeg, Tim Daly as Lt. Com. John Challee, Geoffrey Nauffts as Lt. Thomas Keefer, Joe Sikora as Lt. Stephen Maryk, Terry Beaver as Captain Blakely, Murphy Guyer as Captain Randolph Southard, Brian Reddy as Dr. Forrest Lundeen, and Ben Fox as Lt. Jr. Grade Willis Seward Keith. The play is scheduled to begin performances at the Schoenfeld on April 14 and open there on May 7 the same dates it held when it was expected at the Lyceum.

The Schoenfeld Theatre has been vacant sinceChita Rivera: The Dancer's Life closed on February 19. It will house the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line starting in September. Although The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial was originally expected to end its limited engagement in mid-October, the change in venue will likely cause the show to close in August.