*Forest Whitaker is taking his talents to Broadway for the first time in his career.
The Oscar-winning actor signed on for a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s short, two-person drama “Hughie,” to debut in spring 2016.
Whitaker will play “Erie” Smith, a drunken, small-time hustler and longtime resident of a midtown hotel on the West Side of Manhattan who mourns the recent death of the hotel’s night clerk, Hughie, with tall tales of his past glory days.
The second role in the play, the hotel’s new night clerk, has yet to be cast.
Tony winner Michael Grandage (“Red”) will direct the production, which will play in a Schubert theater to be named later, reports the Associated Press.
Ben Gazzara won a Tony for the role in 1975, and Al Pacino starred in a 1996 revival at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
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