Three time Tony Award winner Frank Langella will return to Broadway this spring in Manhattan Theatre Club's American premier of The Father. The play, by Florian Zeller, will being previews at the Samuel J. Freidman Theatre on March 22, 2016, with an opening night of April 12th.
Two time Tony winner Christopher Hampton will provide the translation of the play. Tony Award winner Doug Hughes will direct. Hughes and Langella previously collaborated on a Broadway production of A Man for All Seasons.
According to press notes, The Father will offer a look inside the mind of a retired dancer living with his adult daughter Anne and her husband. Or is he a retired engineer receiving a visit from Anne who has moved away, with her boyfriend? Why do strangers keep turning up in his room? And where has he left his watch?
