Langella set for Broadway return

NEW YORK, May 6 (UPI) -- Tony Award-winning actor Frank Langella is to star in a staging of Terence Rattigan's drama "Man and Boy," New York's Roundabout Theatre Company said.

Directed by Maria Aitken, the play is to begin previews Sept. 9. It is scheduled to officially open Oct. 9 at Broadway's American Airlines Theatre.

This will be a limited engagement through Nov. 27.

Langella has won Tonys for his performances in "Seascape," "Fortune's Fool" and for "Frost/Nixon." He was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of Richard Nixon in the film version of "Frost/Nixon."

The actor returns to Broadway and Roundabout Theatre Company following his 2008 performance as Sir Thomas More in "A Man for All Seasons."

Aitken recently directed a popular stage play based on Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps."

Additional cast members and the creative team will be announced shortly, Roundabout said Friday.

"At the height of the Great Depression, ruthless financier Gregor Antonescu's business is dangerously close to crumbling," said a synopsis of "Man and Boy."

"In order to escape the wolves at his door, Gregor tracks down his estranged son Basil in the hopes of using his Greenwich Village apartment as a base to make a company-saving deal. Can this reunion help them reconcile? Or will this corrupt father use his only son as a pawn in one last power play? 'Man and Boy' is a gripping story about family, success and what we're willing to sacrifice for both."