This Article is From Jun 19, 2014

Harry Potter Star Rupert Grint Aims for Broadway

Harry Potter Star Rupert Grint Aims for Broadway

Rupert Grint in a still from Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 in New York.

Highlights

  • Producers of Terrence McNally's Broadway-bound revival of It's Only a Play have added a little Harry Potter magic — Rupert Grint.
  • Rupert, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise, will make his Broadway debut alongside Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Stockard Channing, Oscar winner F Murray Abraham and Emmy winner Megan Mullally.
  • The revival will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Opening night is October 9.
  • "It's Only a Play, which previously appeared off-Broadway in 1986, is a send-up of show business. It is set on the eve of a play's opening night and its anxious playwright has to deal with Broadway show business types as they await the first reviews.
  • Rupert made his West End Debut in the 2013 revival of Jez Butterworth's Mojo.
New York: Producers of Terrence McNally's Broadway-bound revival of It's Only a Play have added a little Harry Potter magic -- Rupert Grint.

Rupert, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise, will make his Broadway debut alongside Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Stockard Channing, Oscar winner F Murray Abraham and Emmy winner Megan Mullally. (Also read: I love collecting strange objects: Rupert Grint)

The revival will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Opening night is October 9. (Also read:Rupert Grint struggles with fame)

"It's Only a Play, which previously appeared off-Broadway in 1986, is a send-up of show business. It is set on the eve of a play's opening night and its anxious playwright has to deal with Broadway show business types as they await the first reviews.

Rupert made his West End Debut in the 2013 revival of Jez Butterworth's Mojo.
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