Man and Boy: Frank Langella to star in Rattigan revival

Three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella (Seascape, Fortune's Fool, Frost/Nixon) will star as 'Gregor Antonescu' in the Rounabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Terence Rattigan's drama Man and Boy, directed by Maria Aitken.

The revival, produced to mark the centennial celebration of English playwright Terence Rattigan, will open at the American Airlines Theatre on 9 Oct 2011, following previews from 9 Sep, and will play a limited engagemnt through to 27 Nov 2011.

Man and Boy: At the height of the Great Depression, ruthless financier Gregor Antonescu's (Langella) business is dangerously close to crumbling. In order to escape the wolves at his door, Gregor tracks down his estranged son Basil in the hopes of using his Greenwich Village apartment as a base to make a company-saving deal. Can this reunion help them reconcile? Or will this corrupt father use his only son as a pawn in one last power play?

Langella was recently nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as 'Richard Nixon' in Ron Howard's film adaptation of Peter Morgan's 'Frost/Nixon.' Langella originated the role of 'Richard Nixon' in the London premiere of the play, for which he earned an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor, and went on to re-create the role on Broadway, for which he won his third Tony Award.

Langella returns to Broadway and Roundabout Theatre Company following his 2008 performance as 'Sir Thomas More' in 'A Man for All Seasons.'

Maria Aitken also returns to the Roundabout following her staging of Alfred Hitchcock's 'The 39 Steps,' for which she was nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for best Director.

Additional cast members and the creative team will be announced shortly.