Tickets now on sale for Daniel Craig Broadway drama `A Steady Rain`

Tickets are now on sale to the general public for the Broadway production of Keith Huff's critically acclaimed two-character play A Steady Rain, starring Daniel Craig (Broadway debut) and Hugh Jackman.

Directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, A Steady Rain opens at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 29 Sep 2009, following previews from 10 Sep, for a strictly limited 12 week engagement through to 6 Dec 2009 - reports New York Theatre Guide.

A Steady Rain is a new American play that tells the story of two Chicago cops (Denny & Joey), who are lifelong friends and their differing accounts of a few harrowing days that changed their lives forever.

The drama was first produced in 2006 at New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater. It had its professional world premiere in 2007 at Chicago Dramatists and was remounted in Feb 2008 at Chicago’s Royal George Theatre winning Jefferson Awards for Best New Work and Best Production. That production starred Randy Steinmeyer (Denny) and Peter DeFaria (Joey), and was directed by Russ Tutterow.

It opened in Chicago to critical acclaim "riveting show is an exceptionally rich, gritty and emotional drama.” (Chicago Tribune); "Huff provides fiery, superbly rendered, often deeply poetic speeches, enough mood shifts, enough emotional cataclysms and action-packed storytelling to keep this hallucinatory roller-coaster ride in motion." (hicago Sun-Times); "crackerjack two-hander is like a snowball that builds to an avalanche with genuine dramatic power and a sense of true tragedy." (Variety).

Huff’s recent productions include 'Pursued by Happiness' at Steppenwolf Theater, 'Gray City' at American Repertory Theater, and 'The Bird and Mr. Banks,' which just finished an acclaimed 4-month run at The Road Theater in Los Angeles featuring Sam Anderson (LOST). Huff's recently completed works include 'The Detective's Wife' and 'Tell Us of the Night,' which round out a trilogy of Chicago cop plays that began with A Steady Rain.

A Steady Rain is produced on Broadway by Frederick Zollo, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Raymond L. Gaspard, Frank Gero, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Jeffrey Sine, Michael Rose and Robert Cole.

Set and costume design are by two-time Tony Award winner Scott Pask, with lighting design by two-time Tony Award nominee Hugh Vanstone and original music and sound design by Mark Bennett.

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