The cast and creative team of David Auburn’s The Columnist met the press Tuesday, March 13 at Manhattan Theatre Club’s rehearsal studio.The show begins previews at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on April 4 in anticipation of an official opening on April 25.
Daniel Sullivan directs the production, which features John Lithgow as beloved and feared newspaper columnist Joseph Alsop, Margaret Colin (Susan Alsop), Boyd Gaines (Stewart Alsop), Stephen Kunken (David Halberstam), Grace Gummer (Abigail), Brian J. Smith (Andrei), and Mark Bonan (Philip).