Daly and Schreiber will lead DOUBT on Broadway

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tyne-Daly-and-Liev-Schreiber-Will-Return-to-Broadway-in-John-Patrick-Shanleys-DOUBT-A-PARABLE-20230601



Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced Tony & Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly and Tony & SAG Award winner Liev Schreiber will star in the new Broadway production of John Patrick Shanley’s Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt: A Parable, with direction by Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis.

Doubt: A Parable completes Roundabout’s 2023-2024 season, which also includes the previously announced The Refuge Plays by Nathan Alan Davis, directed by Patricia McGregor; Covenant by York Walker, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene; I Need That by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel; Home by Samm-Art Williams, directed by Kenny Leon; and Jonah by Rachel Bonds, directed by Danya Taymor.

Updated On: 6/1/23 at 10:01 AM

Would have preferred Metcalf in the role but this show has been begging for a revival. Excited to say the least!

The way I just screamed!

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I was JUST reading about this play's original production yesterday so this is INSANE! So so so excited, I too screamed when I read it! Tyne is BACK!

Tyne will crush this. She was born for this role. She can use her Cagney & Lacey accent. Liev is perfect casting. Now they just need to cast the other two parts with actors who will sell tickets.

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My thoughts, in order, when hearing this:

1) It's too soon for a revival of Doubt.

2) Wait, it's really been 18 years? When did I get so old?

3) Please don't let Roundabout ruin this masterpiece.....

Love this show. Can't wait!

Yes I feel old now too since I remember the play back in 2005 and the movie in 2008. Love Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber! I thought they would have cast role of Father Flynn to someone who is of Irish/Catholic background and slightly younger (actor in his late 30s/40s). It's also interesting how Brian O'Byrne (original Broadway cast), Phillip Seymour Hoffman (starred in the 2008 movie), and Liev Schreiber were all born in 1967.

Looking forward to watching this in early 2024!!!

Updated On: 6/1/23 at 11:20 AM

OMG

Daly is SUCH an exciting casting. I cannot even picture how she'll play the part, because she has such a wide arsenal of strengths in her toolkit. Love me some Schreiber, but at least in his case, I can already *see* what his portrayal would look like - I am imagining his characterizations from Spotlight translating perfectly to this role.

Other cast members will not make or break this show for me, I'd watch it for Daly alone.

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I am just praying they don't change it too much because the original was fantastic. I was lucky to see it with the original cast and Cherry Jones was awesome!! I love how the play leaves it up to you to decide if Father Flynn was guilty, hence the title "Doubt" is quite fitting. I believe it was NY Times that reviewed "Doubt" again when the original cast was replaced. The reviewer (not sure if it was Brantley) said the original cast made him feel one way about whether Father Flynn was innocent or guilty. Reviewer than said the replacement cast put a different spin on the play that made him feel different about the innocence or guilt of Father Flynn than the first time he saw the play.

I am expecting Tyne Daly to knock her role out of the park, can't wait to hear reports about the show when it opens.

Updated On: 6/1/23 at 02:22 PM

A guy can dream this extends and transfers for a commercial production, let’s rotate stars as Aloysius a la Dolly. The thought of Toni Colette…

Still excited for Tyne!

We should give Tyne the Tony now - no doubt this will be the performance of a lifetime. She was born to play this role. I can not wait.

I'm not crazy about the idea of Schreiber in the role of Flynn - I, too, am thinking a more Irish / Catholic looking actor and age wouldn't matter (I think older would actually be better as a long-serving beloved priest). First person I thought of was actor John Slattery who would be 61 in the role.