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DeVito and Griffiths to be the Sunshine Boys?
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Acting legends Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths will appear in a new production of Neil Simon's comedy The Sunshine Boys according to gossip in the Daily Mail. The play tells the story of an aging comedy duo, Al Lewis and Willy Clark, who have grown to despise each other after their forty-year partnership ends in acrimony. When a TV network invites them to reunite for a one-off special, the two men struggle to put aside their differences with Clark in particular refusing to forgive Lewis for retiring and breaking up the act. The original Broadway production opened in 1972 and ran for over 530 performances. It became an Academy Award-winning film in 1975, starring Walter Matthau and George Burns. Opening in the West End in April? |
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Danny DeVito will make his London stage debut in The Sunshine Boys. He is best known for starring in numerous Hollywood blockbusters, including Romancing the Stone, Twins, Batman Returns, Get Shorty and LA Confidential. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has appeared in many off-Broadway productions, including the original stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. |
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Richard Griffiths is an Olivier Award-winning actor who is perhaps best known for appearing as 'Mr Dursley' in the Harry Potter films and for playing the inspirational teacher ‘Hector’ in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys – a part which he originated on stage at the National Theatre and reprised for a successful US run. His recent theatre credits include Equus (with Daniel Radcliffe) at the Gielgud Theatre and The Habit of Art at the National. |
| According to The Mail, The Sunshine Boys will open in the West End at the end of April at a venue to be confirmed in January 2012. The show is scheduled to run until the end of July, with a possible Broadway transfer thereafter. | |
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