The Columnist: MTC announces full cast

Stephen Kunken (Enron, Frost/Nixon), Grace Gummer ("Smash," Arcadia), and Brian J. Smith complete the cast for Manhattan's Theatre Club's world premiere production of The Columnist. They join the previously announced John Lithgow, Margaret Colin and Boyd Gaines.

Directed by Daniel Sullivan, The Columnist opens 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.

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).