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Josh Charles to co-star with Armie Hammer in Broadway's 'Straight White Men'

By Karen Butler   |   April 8, 2018 at 11:24 AM
Josh Charles is to make his Broadway debut in "Straight White Men" this summer. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI Actor Armie Hammer arrives on the red carpet for the 90th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 4. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

April 8 (UPI) -- The Good Wife alum Josh Charles is set to co-star with Armie Hammer and Tom Skerritt in the Broadway production of Straight White Men.

Anna D. Shapiro is helming Young Jean Lee's dark comedy, which will co-star Kate Bornstein and Ty Defoe.

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The production marks the Broadway debuts of Charles, Hammer. Bornstein and DeFoe, and Lee will be the first Asian-American, female playwright to be produced on Broadway.

Previews are to begin at the Hayes Theater in Manhattan on June 29. The play will officially open on July 23.

"It's Christmas Eve, and Ed has gathered his three adult sons to celebrate with matching pajamas, trash-talking, and Chinese takeout," a news release said. "But when a question they can't answer interrupts their holiday cheer, they are forced to confront their own identities."