Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that the Broadway premiere of Terrence McNally's comedy Lips Together, Teeth Apart will star Megan Mullally and Patton Oswalt (in his Broadway debut).

Directed by Joe Mantello, Lips Together, Teeth Apart will open at the American Airlines Theatre on 29 Apr 2010, following previews from 9 Apr and play a limited engagement through to 20 Jun 2010.

Additional cast members will be announced shortly.

Lips Together, Teeth Apart takes place on the elegant deck of a beach house on Fire Island. A brother and sister and their respective spouses attempt to celebrate the Fourth of July with a gnawing uncertainty that makes their affluent habits and petty prejudices sizzle in the summer sun. In this comedy, Terrence McNally does for the beach house what Chekhov did for the Russian country estate.

The design team includes John Lee Beatty (Sets), Tom Broecker (Costumes), Paul Gallo (Lights) and Darron West (Sound).

Terrence McNally and Joe Mantello most recently collaborated at Roundabout Theatre Company on the comedy 'The Ritz' at Studio 54. Joe Mantello, who is an associate artist at Roundabout Theatre Company, received a Tony Award for staging the 2004 Tony winning production of 'Assassins.' He also directed Noël Coward's Design for Living and Rodgers & Hart's 'Pal Joey.'

Megan Mullally (Chloe Haddock) Broadway credits include 'Grease,' 'How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying' and 'Young Frankenstein.' Mullally is best known for her two-time Emmy and four-time SAG Award-winning role as 'Karen Walker' on the NBC Series "Will & Grace." Mullally is also currently in development on Karen: The Musical, based on the character she made infamous on "Will & Grace." Most recently she appeared on NBC's "Park and Recreation," on the big screen in 2009's 'Fame' based on the hit 1980 film, and in her critically acclaimed performance as 'Beverly Wilkins' in the West Coast debut of 'The Receptionist' at the Odyssey Theatre w/hich wrapped in November 2009. Mullally is to perform in Cabaret in London's West End, performing at the Vaudeville Theater for eight performances in February 2010.

Patton Oswalt (Sam Truman) has released three standup specials and two comedy albums. His latest one-hour, Grammy nominated Comedy Central Special, "My Weakness is Strong," aired the fall of 2009, and the subsequent "My Weakness is Strong" DVD/CD was released through Warner Brothers records. Patton made his dramatic debut in the acclaimed, Independent Spirit-nominated film 'Big Fan,' in the lead role as "Paul Aufiero." Also in 2009, Patton co-starred opposed Matt Damon in Steven Soderbergh's feature film 'The Informant.' Patton has appeared in more than 20 films, including: 'Magnolia,' 'Starsky and Hutch,' 'Sex and Death 101,' 'Zoolander,' 'Balls of Fury' and 'Reno 911!: Miami.' On TV Oswalt played "Spence" on "The King of Queens" on CBS for nine seasons, and made guest appearances on: "Seinfeld," "Reaper," "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" and "Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job!"

Terrence McNally (Playwright) has won four Tony Awards for his plays 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' and 'Master Class' and his musical books for 'Kiss of The Spider Woman' and 'Ragtime.' Recent Broadway credits include the revivals of his plays 'The Ritz' (Roundabout Theatre Company) and 'Frankie And Johnny In The Clair De Lune' and 'Deuce' with Angela Lansbury and Marian Seldes and 'Chita Rivera: A Dancer's Life.' His other plays include 'A Perfect Ganesh,' 'It's Only A Play,' 'Corpus Christmci,' 'Dedication or The Stuff Of Dreams,' 'The Stendhal Syndrome' and 'Some Men.' McNally also wrote the books for the musicals 'The Full Monty,' 'The Rink,' and 'A Man Of No Importance.' McNally has written a number of TV scripts, including "Andre's Mother" for which he won an Emmy Award.

Joe Mantello's (Director) directing credits include '9 to 5,' 'Pal Joey,' 'Blackbird,' 'Three Days of Rain,' 'The Odd Couple,' 'Glengarry Glen Ross' (Tony nom), 'Laugh Whore,' 'Assassins' (Tony Award), 'Wicked,' 'Take Me Out' (Tony Award), 'Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune,' 'A Man of No Importance,' 'Design for Living,' 'The Vagina Monologues,' 'Another American: Asking and Telling,' 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' (Tony nom.), 'Proposals,' 'The Mineola Twins,' 'Corpus Christi,' 'Blue Window,' 'God's Heart,' 'Snakebit,' 'Three Hotels' and 'Imagining Brad'. As an actor he appeared in 'Angels in America' (Tony nom) and 'The Baltimore Waltz.'