Tucci's 'Tenor' to open on Broadway

NEW YORK, April 2 (UPI) -- A revival of Ken Ludwig's "Lend Me a Tenor" is set to open on Broadway, the mistaken-identity comedy's producers said.

Directed by Stanley Tucci, the play began previews March 11 at Manhattan's Music Box Theatre. It is to open officially Sunday.

Co-starring Justin Bartha, Anthony LaPaglia, Tony Shalhoub, Brooke Adams and Mary Catherine Garrison, the play, set in the 1930s, is about what happens when a renowned opera singer visits Cleveland but can't perform in "Otello" as planned.