Tracy Letts' August: Osage County Headed to Broadway

Tracy Letts' play August: Osage County, a summer hit at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, is coming to Broadway this fall. The play, featuring most of the original cast members, will begin previews at the Imperial Theatre on October 30 and open on November 20, directed by Anna D. Shapiro. A 16-week limited engagement is planned.

The ensemble cast includes Steppenwolf members Ian Barford Little Voice, Francis Guinan Constantine, Mariann Mayberry, Amy Morton One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Sally Murphy Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof and Carousel, Jeff Perry Grey's Anatomy, The Caretaker, Rondi Reed Little Voice, plus Deanna Dunagan Bounce, I Never Sang for My Father, Kimberly Guerrero The Sopranos, Seinfeld, the playwright's father Dennis Letts Infamous, Cast Away and Troy West Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Letts is the author of Bug, Killer Joe and Man From Nebraska. August: Osage County is described as a comic drama about of a Midwestern family at a turning point. When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of the matter. The play has a running time of three hours and 20 minutes with one intermission. August: Osage County began performances in Chicago on June 28 and is scheduled to close on August 26.

August: Osage County, which will be produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler and Jerry Frankel, has a capitalization of $2.4 million. The next big tenant announced for the Imperial Theatre is the musical Billy Elliot, coming in the fall of 2008.