Elle Fanning to Make Broadway Debut This December in ‘Appropriate’
Elle Fanning will make her Broadway debut this December when she appears in Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate, which is set to run as part of Second Stage’s 45th anniversary season.
The Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award nominee will join the previously announced cast for Jacobs-Jenkins’ Broadway debut, which includes Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, Natalie Gold and Alyssa Emily Marvin in the Lila Neugebauer-directed play. Details were not available on Fanning’s role, and additional casting will be announced at a later date.
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The story follows the Lafayette family, who has returned to the Arkansas home of their late patriarch’s in the summer to handle his estate. The eldest daughter Toni, portrayed by Paulson, has hopes the family will spend their weekend remembering and reconnecting over their father, while Stoll’s Bo is more focused on recouping the funds he spent on his end of life care.
The reunion takes a turn after their estranged brother, Franz, appears, alongside mysterious objects that begin to be discovered among their father’s clutter. Long-hidden secrets and buried resentments can’t be contained in this darkly comedic American family drama that sees the Lafayettes forced to face the ghosts of their past.
Scenic design for the show is overseen by dots, with costume design headed up by Dede Ayite, lighting design by Jane Cox, and sound design from Will Pickens and Bray Poor. Casting is by Jim Carnahan Casting.
Tickets are already available at 2ST.com and at the Second Stage box office. The show will begin previews on Nov. 29 before opening on Dec. 18 at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater.
The anniversary season also includes the world premiere of Jen Silverman’s Spain, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, and Mother Play by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, directed by Tina Landau and starring Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jessica Lange and Jim Parsons.
The season is the last for Second Stage’s co-founder Carole Rothman, who announced her departure earlier this year. Second Stage was founded in 1979, with the mission of developing and producing works by living American playwrights.
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