The Country Girl Sets Dates and Announces Supporting Players

Mike Nichols' Broadway revival of The Country Girl, starring the previously announced Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher, has set an opening date of April 27 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Previews for the all-star production of Clifford Odets' 1950 play begin on April 3. In addition, Chip Zien, Remy Auberjonois, Anna Camp and Lucas Caleb Rooney have been added to the cast.

This classic backstage story features the title character, Georgie McDormand, who is married to actor Frank Elgin Freeman, once a great theater star and now down on his luck. When Frank is offered a major role by hotshot director Bernie Dodd Gallagher, he has the chance to make a major comeback. The roles were originally played on Broadway by Uta Hagen who won the 1951 Best Actress Tony Award, Paul Kelly and Steven Hill and in the 1954 film adaptation by Grace Kelly who won an Academy Award, Bing Crosby and William Holden.

Nichols, an eight-time Tony Award winner most recently for Spamalot, directed the recent feature film Charlie Wilson's War starring Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts.

Tony and Olivier Award winner Tim Hatley Spamalot, Private Lives, Vincent in Brixton, The Crucible, Stanley will design the sets and costumes for The Country Girl, which will be produced on Broadway by Ostar Productions and Bob Boyett.