Seminar: Jeff Goldblum and more begin run

As previously announced, Jeff Goldblum (Leonard), Justin Long (Martin) and Zoe Lister-Jones (Kate) take to the stage on 3 Apr 2012 in the World Premiere of Theresa Rebeck's comedy Seminar, playing at Broadway's John Goldman Theatre.

The trio replace original cast members Alan Rickman, Hamish Linklater and Lily Rabe - who played their final performance on 1 Apr 2012 - respectively.

Original cast members Jerry O'Connell (Douglas) and Hettienne Park (Izzy) continue with the production.

Jeff Goldblum makes his return to Broadway in the leading role of 'Leonard' for 8 weeks only. He last appeared on Broadway in 'The Pillowman' in 2005. His film credits include "Jurassic Park" and "Independence Day," On television, he most recently starred as "Detective Zach Nichols" on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." He earned an Emmy nomination for his guest appearance on "Will & Grace" and tonight guest stars on the series "Glee."

Justin Long is making his Broadway debut. His film and TV credits include: "He's Just Not That Into You," "The Break Up," "Live Free or Die Hard," "Dodgeball" and "Ed".

This will be Lister-Jones second outing on Broadway, she made her debut in 'The Little Dog Laughed.' She currently stars as "Lily" on the NBC sitcom "Whitney."

Seminar opened on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre on 20 Nov 2011, following previews from 27 Oct 2011. The production, which is playing an open run is currently booking through to 1 Jul 2012 - it has not been announced if it will continue beyond this date!

The comedy opened to mostly good reviews: Not great theatre, but good theatre (newyorktheatreguide); Tangy but sometimes contrived comedy (NY Daily News); Enormously entertaining (Variety).

In Seminar, four young writers are thrilled to be participating in a private seminar taught by the brilliant but unpredictable Leonard (Jeff Goldblum), an international literary legend. But as Leonard deems some students more promising than others, tensions arise. Sex is used as a weapon, alliances are made and broken, and it's not just the wordplay that turns vicious...

The design team features David Zinn (Set and costume), Ben Stanton (lighting) and John Gromada (sound).

Seminar is being produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Finn, Jill Furman, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Roy Furman, David Ian, David Mirvish, Amy Nauiokas and James Spry.