Stage Version of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Eyes Broadway Run

A new stage adaptation of the 1967 Academy Award-winning film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is aiming for a Broadway premiere in fall 2008, according to an announcement from producer Jeffrey Finn revival of On Golden Pond. Based on the original Oscar-winning screenplay by William Rose, the play will be adapted by Todd Kreidler, who served as dramaturg to the late August Wilson on both Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf, and directed by Kenny Leon A Raisin in the Sun, Gem of the Ocean, Radio Golf. No casting or additional details have been announced.

Following a life-altering romance in Hawaii, Joey Drayton brings her fiancé, Dr. John Prentice, home to sunny San Francisco to meet her affluent parents. Their liberal persuasions are put to the test when they find out their daughter's fiancé, while an ideal choice—a handsome, wealthy, brilliant, internationally renown doctor from a respectable family—is African-American. The film version, directed by Stanley Kramer, starred Katharine Hepburn who won an Oscar, Spencer Tracy in his final film role, Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton as daughter Joey and Sidney Poitier as Dr. Prentice.

"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is about truth and hypocrisy in the most wonderful country in the world," Leon said in a statement. "Given the times we live in, and the conditions of this country and the world, the essential story is still extremely timely. We need to look inward at ourselves to see who we are as Americans at our core. Are we who we say we are? Do we live the lives we dream about? This story is a delicate balance of comedy and drama on a search for personal truth. What a wonderful opportunity to rediscover and take a fresh look at this iconic work."

Leon is co-founder and artistic director of True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, where Kreidler serves as associate artistic director. In addition to their work together on Broadway and at True Colors, they will be collaborating on the Kennedy Center's "August Wilson's 20th Century" series in March 2008, the first chronological look at all 10 plays during a month of showcase productions.