The Columnist: Margaret Colin and Boyd Gaines join cast

The Columnist will open at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on 25 Apr 2012, following previews from 4 Apr 2012, and play a limited engagement through to 17 Jun 2012.

Margaret Colin and Boyd Gaines will join the previously announced John Lithgow in the cast of the world premiere of The Columnist by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan.

Margaret Colin (Susan Alsop) returns to MTC after appearing in 'Defiance,' for which she received a Drama Desk nomination. She also appeared in MTC's Off-Broadway productions of 'Psychopathia Sexualis' and 'Sight Unseen.' Her other Broadway credits include 'Arcadia,' 'Old Acquaintances,' 'A Day in the Death of Joe Egg' and 'Jackie.' She has co-starred in the hit CW series "Gossip Girl" and the acclaimed ABC drama "Now and Again."

Boyd Gaines (Stewart Alsop) is a four-time Tony Awards winner: 'Gypsy (2008),' 'Contact' (2000), 'She Loves Me' (1994) and 'The Heidi Chronicles' (1989). In addition, he appeared in the Broadway productions of 'Driving Miss Daisy,' 'Journey's End' and 'Twelve Angry Men.' Off-Broadway he has starred in 'Bach at Leipzig,' 'Major Barbara,' 'The Comedy of Errors' and 'A Month in the Country.'

The Columnist: Columnists are kings in midcentury America and Joseph Alsop (John Lithgow) wears the crown. Joe is beloved, feared and courted in equal measure by the Washington political world at whose center he sits. But as the '60s dawn and America undergoes dizzying change, the intense political drama Joe is embroiled in becomes deeply personal as well.

The creative team for The Columnist includes John Lee Beatty (scenic design), Jess Goldstein (costume design), Kenneth Posner (lighting design) and John Gromada (original music, sound design).