NEW YORK, March 22 (UPI) -- "Mystic River" and "Love Actually" star Laura Linney has signed on to star in the upcoming Broadway production of the off-Broadway hit "Sight Unseen."
Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, the Manhattan Theatre Club production begins previews May 6, with an opening night planned for May 25.
First presented off Broadway by the MTC in 1992, "Sight Unseen" won the Obie Award for Best New American Play, was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
The play tells the story of Jonathan Waxman, played by HBO's "Angels in America" star Ben Shenkman, a celebrated artist who, despite immense popularity, yearns for something more in his life. His soul-searching leads him to Patricia, played by Linney, the former girlfriend he selfishly dismissed a decade before.
Linney portrayed Grete, a German television interviewer, in the 1992 production. In the new version, Grete will be played by Ana Reeder, while Patricia's new lover will be portrayed by Byron Jennings.
