The Motherf**Ker With The Hat: Tickets now on sale
Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the production will star strictly Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vázquez.
Tickets are now on sale to the general public for the world premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The MotherfKer With The Hat, opening at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 11 Apr 2011, following previews from 15 Mar, where it will play a strictly limited 14-week engagement through to 26 Jun 2011.
The creative team includes scenic design by Todd Rosenthal, costume design by Mimi O'Donnell and lighting design by Donald Holder.
The MotherfKer With The Hat will be produced on Broadway by Scott Rudin, The Public Theater, LAByrinth Theater Company and Stuart Thompson.Bobby Cannavale (Jackie) most recently appeared in the world premiere of 'Trust' by Paul Weitz at Second Stage Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in Theresa Rebeck's 'Mauritius' and which he was nominated for a Tony Award in 2008. On television Cannavale won an Emmy for his performance as "Will's" boyfriend on "Will & Grace." He has appeared in many series including a recurring role in HBO's "Six Feet Under," as well as the starring role in the comedy series "Cupid." Bobby's film credits include "The Station Agent," for which he and his co-stars were nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Chris Rock (Ralph D.). This is the Broadway debut for the Brooklyn-raised comedian, who has garnered four Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards and is listed as number five on Comedy Central's "100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time." Rock made his feature film debut in "Beverly Hills Cop II" in 1987. His critically acclaimed HBO stand-up specials include "Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes" (CableAce Award), "Bring the Pain" (Emmy & Grammy Awards), "Bigger & Blacker" (Emmy Award & Grammy Nom.), "Never Scared" (Emmy Award & Grammy Nom.) and "Kill the Messenger" (Emmy Award).
Elizabeth Rodriguez (Veronica), a member of LAByrinth Theater Company, is making her Broadway debut. She has previously appeared in three plays by Stephen Adly Guirgis: 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot' (Public Theater/LAByrinth, dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman), 'Our Lady of 121st Street' (Union Square Theater, dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman) and 'Den of Thieves' (Black Dahlia, L.A., dir. Matt Shakman). Other theater includes: Bob Glaudini's 'A View From 151st Street' (Public/LAB, dir. Peter Dubois), Brett C. Leonard's 'Unconditional' (Public/LAB, dir. Mark Wing-Davey) and 'Roger and Vanessa' (Actors' Gang, L.A.), Nilo Cruz's 'Beauty of the Father' (Manhattan Theatre Club, dir. Michael Greif) and Lyle Kessler's 'Robbers' (American Place Theater, dir. Marshall Mason).
Annabella Sciorra (Victoria) is making her Broadway debut. Sciorra received an Emmy nomination for her performance as "Gloria Trillo" on HBO's "The Sopranos." Her first film role was in Nancy Savoca's "True Love," for which she earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination. She broke into the mainstream starring opposite Wesley Snipes in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever" and went on to star in Curtis Hanson's "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle," Anthony Minghella's "Mr. Wonderful" and Peter Medak's "Romeo Is Bleeding." Her theater credits include the off-Broadway play 'Roar' (The New Group), 'Spain' (MCC Theater), Bryan Goluboff's 'Shyster' (Naked Angels), 'Under the Blue Sky' (Williamstown) and David Rabe's 'Those The River Keeps.'
Yul Vázquez (Cousin Julio), co-artistic director and a founding member of the LAByrinth Theatre Company, is making his Broadway debut. He has appeared in over 30 films and was last seen in "The A-Team" (Fox) opposite Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson. Vázquez has three films forthcoming: "Little Fockers" (Universal) with Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, "Salvation Boulevard" (Mandalay) opposite Jennifer Connolly, Pierce Brosnan, and Marisa Tomei, and John Sayles' "Amigo" opposite Chris Cooper. Television credits include his re-occurring character "Bob," the "angry gay Puerto Rican," on "Seinfeld" to Rueben the Cuban on HBO's "The Sopranos." Theater credits include 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot' (The Public Theater) opposite Sam Rockwell, directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman, 'The Stendhal Syndrome '(Primary Stages) with Isabella Rossellini and 'The Floating Island Plays' (Mark Taper Forum).
Stephen Adly Guirgis (Playwright) is co-artistic director of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company. The MotherfKer With The Hat is his first play to be produced on Broadway. His plays include 'Our Lady of 121st Street' (Lucille Lortel), 'Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train' (Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award, Olivier Nomination for London's Best New Play), 'In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings,' 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,' and 'The Little Flower of East Orange' (starring Ellen Burstyn & Michael Shannon) at The Public Theater. All five plays were originally produced by LAByrinth and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. The Motherf**Ker With The Hat marks his third consecutive world premiere co-production with The Public Theater. In London, his plays have premiered at The Donmar Warehouse, The Almeida (dir: Rupert Goold), The Hampstead (Robert Delamere), and at The Arts in the West End.Anna D. Shapiro (Director) is an ensemble member at Steppenwolf. She made her directional Broadway debut with the Tony Award-winning Best Play 'August: Osage County' for which she received a Tony nomination for Best Director. For Steppenwolf she has directed 'Three Days of Rain,' 'Drawer Boy,' 'I Never Sang for my Father,' 'Man from Nebraska,' 'The Pain and the Itch' and most recently, 'A Parallelogram' and 'Up.' Outside of Steppenwolf, she has directed at the Atlantic Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, Goodman Theatre, Looking Glass, ACT, Huntington Theatre Company and Paper Mill Playhouse, among others.
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