Elaine Stritch Joins Beckett's Endgame at BAM

Elaine Stritch will join John Turturro and Alvin Epstein in Brooklyn Academy of Music's forthcoming production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame, according to Variety. The revival will run from April 25 to May 18 at BAM's Harvey Theater, directed by Andrei Belgrader.

Turturro will play the lead character of Hamm in Beckett's classic, with Epstein and Stritch as his ashcan-dwelling parents, Nagg and Nell. No casting has been announced for the role of Hamm's manservant, Clov.

Stritch is currently enjoying a sold-out run of her acclaimed solo show, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, at Cafe Carlyle. A 2002 Broadway mounting of the show won the Tony as the year's Best Special Theatrical Event. The actress, who turns 82 in February, received Tony nominations for her performances in A Delicate Balance, Company, Sail Away and Bus Stop.

Beckett's Happy Days, starring Fiona Shaw, is currently playing at BAM, and Beckett Shorts, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, is in the final week of its run at New York Theater Workshop.