NEW YORK (AP) — Former "Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester[1] will make her Broadway debut next year as a beautiful temptress in the revival of "Of Mice and Men."
Producers said Monday that Meester will join James Franco[2] and Chris O'Dowd[3] in the story about an unlikely friendship between two migrant field workers in California during the Great Depression.
The story by John Steinbeck[4] centers on big-dreaming George and the mentally challenged Lennie. Meester, who starred in the film "Country Strong," will play the wife of a ranch boss who fascinates Lennie — "she's purty," he tells his friend — and endangers their fates.
The play, which starts performances in March at the Longacre Theatre[5] , has not been seen on Broadway in 40 years. Tony Award-winner Anna D. Shapiro[6] will direct.
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- ^ Leighton Meester (www.seattlepi.com)
- ^ James Franco (www.seattlepi.com)
- ^ Chris O'Dowd (www.seattlepi.com)
- ^ John Steinbeck (www.seattlepi.com)
- ^ Longacre Theatre (www.seattlepi.com)
- ^ Anna D. Shapiro (www.seattlepi.com)
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