Raul Esparza to Join Ian McShane in Pinter's The Homecoming

Tony Award nominee Raul Esparza and Michael McKean will join the previously announced Ian McShane in an upcoming Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, according to Variety. Directed by Daniel Sullivan and produced by Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, the play will begin previews at the Cort Theatre on November 16 and open on December 4.

A Best Play Tony winner in 1967, The Homecoming tells the story of a power struggle that ensues when the eldest son in a North London family returns home from America with his new wife. McShane plays the patriarch, with Esparza as his small-time pimp son and McKean as his chauffeur brother. The roles of the eldest son, the wife and the oafish third son have not yet been cast.

Variety notes that this will be the first Broadway production for Pinter since he won the 2005 Nobel Prize. The original production of The Homecoming won Tonys for Paul Rogers and Ian Holm as father and son; Pinter's wife at the time, Vivien Merchant, was nominated for her performance as the wife. A 1991 Roundabout Theatre Company revival at the Criterion Center starred Roy Dotrice, Daniel Gerroll and Lindsay Crouse.

Esparza received a 2007 Tony nomination and won a Drama Desk Award for his starring role as Bobby in the revival of Company. His other Broadway credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Taboo, Cabaret and The Rocky Horror Show. Off-Broadway, he starred in Comedians, Tick, Tick, Boom and The Normal Heart. McKean's Broadway credits include The Pajama Game and Hairspray.

The design team for The Homecoming will include Eugene Lee sets, Kenneth Posner lights and Jess Goldstein costumes.