NEW YORK - First Ethan Hawke. Now Kathleen Turner. Big names are directing off-Broadway this season.
Turner will oversee a revival of Beth Henley's charming Dixie-drenched comedy, "Crimes of the Heart," opening Feb. 7 at the Laura Pels Theatre. The Roundabout Theatre Company production will begin preview performances Jan. 18.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play was seen on Broadway in 1981 and ran for more than 500 performances. It originated two years earlier in Kentucky at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.
The revival cast will feature Jennifer Dundas, Sarah Paulson and Lily Rabe as three sisters who have had their share of troubles, mostly with men. Also in the cast are Patch Darragh, Jessica Stone and Chandler Williams.
Hawke is the director of the New Group's production, "Things We Want," by Jonathan Marc Sherman, in which three brothers return to their inherited childhood home. The cast includes Paul Dano, Peter Dinklage and Josh Hamilton. It is playing at the Acorn Theatre on West 42nd Street's Theatre Row.
