The Trip to Bountiful moves first preview forward

The upcoming Broadway revival of Horton Foote's, The Trip to Bountiful, will begin preview performances on 30 Mar 2013, one day earlier than the previously announced31 Mar 2013, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

The play will still open on 23 Apr 2013, and play a 14-week limited engagement through to 7 Jul 2013, as originally announced.

Directed by Michael Wilson, The Trip to Bountiful will feature Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson, Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr, (Jerry Maguire, Red Tails), Emmy Award nominee and recording star Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives) and Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad (Lifetime's Steel Magnolias, Broadway's Stick Fly).

Additional casting is still to be announced.

The Trip to Bountiful tells the story of Carrie Watts (Tyson), an elderly woman who dreams of returning to her small hometown of Bountiful, TX one last time, against the wishes of her overprotective son (Gooding) and domineering daughter-in-law (Williams).

The show will be produced on Broadway by Nelle Nugent. The creative team includes set sets by Jeff Cowie, costumes by Van Broughton Ramsey, lighting by Rui Rita and sound by John Gromada.

The Trip to Bountiful premiered as a teleplay on NBC in 1953, starring Lillian Gish as 'Carrie Watts.' The play had its Broadway premiere later that year with the same cast, which also included Eva Marie Saint. The play was adapted by Foote into an acclaimed 1985 film starring Geraldine Page, for which she won the Academy Award. In 2005, Signature Theatre produced the play Off-Broadway starring Lois Smith, for which she won Lortel, Obie, Outer Critics and Drama Desk Awards.