Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr to Star in ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Broadway Revival
Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr will star in the upcoming revival of David Mamet’s lauded play “Glengarry Glen Ross.”
The production is scheduled to open on Broadway in the spring of 2025. Patrick Marber, who recently won the Tony for Tom Stoppard’s World War II-set “Leopoldstadt,” is directing the show, which takes place in a cutthroat Chicago real estate office where four salespeople compete to sell mostly worthless properties to unwitting customers. Things become ruthless when they’re given the news that whoever sells the most wins a car and whoever sells the least is out of a job.
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“In 1983, I saw the original production of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ in London,” Marber said in a statement. “I was just 19. The play blew my young soul away. It was one of the reasons I wanted to work in theatre. Forty years later, I am so thrilled to be directing it on Broadway with these incredible actors. I will do my utmost to ensure that this great American play brings audiences the same great pleasures it brought to me.”
Culkin, the Emmy-winning star of HBO’s “Succession,” is playing the office’s top closer Richard Roma (portrayed by Joe Mantegna in the original Broadway production and Al Pacino in the 1992 movie). Odenkirk, best known for “Better Call Saul” and “Breaking Bad,” is playing the once-powerful peddler Shelly Levene (portrayed by Robert Prosky in the original Broadway production and Jack Lemmon in the 1992 movie). Burr, a comedian who also starred in “The King of Staten Island” with Pete Davidson, is playing the scheming big-mouthed salesman Dave Moss (portrayed by James Tolkan in the original Broadway production and Ed Harris in the 1992 movie). Culkin has performed on Broadway before in Kenneth Lonergan’s “This Is Our Youth” with Michael Cera, while Odenkirk and Burr will be making their Broadway debuts.
Jeffrey Richards and Rebecca Gold are the lead producers on this revival. Additional cast, exact dates, full design team, and the Broadway theatre will be announced at a later date.
Mamet’s Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning “Glengarry Glen Ross” had its world premiere in London in 1983 and opened on Broadway in 1984. The play has been revived twice on Broadway, in 2005 with Alan Alda and Liev Schreiber and in 2012 with Pacino and Bobby Cannavale. It was adapted into a 1992 film directed by James Foley, written by Mamet and starring Pacino, Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris and Alan Arkin.
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