Vanya and Sonia ... to have Broadway premiere

The Off-Broadway New York premiere production of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is to transfer to Broadway.

The play will have its Broadway premiere at the John Golden Theatre, where it will open on 14 Mar 2013, following previews from 5 Mar 2013, and play a seventeen-week strictly limited engagement through to 30 Jun 2013.

Directed by Nicholas Martin, the Broadway production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike will feature the entire original company Sigourney Weaver (Masha), David Hyde Pierce (Vanya), Kristine Nielsen (Sonia), Genevieve Angelson (Nina), Shalita Grant (Cassandra) and Billy Magnussen (Spike).

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is set in present day Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Vanya and his stepsister Sonia have lived their entire lives in their family's farmhouse. While they stayed home to take care of their ailing parents, their sister Masha has been gallivanting around the world as a successful actress and movie star, leaving Vanya and Sonia to feel trapped and regretful. Their soothsayer/cleaning woman Cassandra keeps warning them about terrible things in the future, which include a sudden visit from Masha and her twenty-something boy toy Spike.

The creative team will feature David Korins (Scenic Design), Emily Rebholz (Costume Design), Justin Townsend (Lighting Design), and Mark Bennett (Original Music and Sound Design).

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike first premiered at New Jersey's McCarter Theatre in September 2012. The production then transferred off-Broadway to Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre where it played 12 Nov 2012 - 20 Jan 2013.