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Broadway makes way for Olivia Wilde's debut in June

Olivia Wilde, arriving on the red carpet at the 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom on on June 6, 2016 in New York City, will make her Broadway debut in "1984." Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

1 of 5 | Olivia Wilde, arriving on the red carpet at the 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom on on June 6, 2016 in New York City, will make her Broadway debut in "1984." Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

April 3 (UPI) -- Olivia Wilde, who just wrapped two movies, will make her Broadway debut in June.

She will co-star with Tom Sturridge and Reed Birney in the new stage adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984.

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Wilde, Sturridge and Birney will play the novel's classic characters -- Julia, Winston Smith and O'Brien, respectively.

The preview will begin May 18 ahead of a June 22 opening at the Hudson Theater. The play arrives in New York after winning acclaim in four different runs in the U.K.

Wilde (Vinyl, House), recently completed the films A Vigilante and Life Itself opposite Oscar Isaac.

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