Julia Louis-Dreyfus will make her Broadway debut Other desert citiesalong with Allison Janney, Ed Harris, and more.
Joe Keery and Lily Rabe will also appear in the revival of John Robin Baetz’s play, directed by John Benjamin Hickey. Other desert cities It will play a limited 16-week engagement at Broadway’s Hudson Theater, with previews beginning September 29 before opening night on October 18. Limited participation will end on Sunday, January 17, 2027.
The play is about a politically connected family whose Christmas Eve is turned upside down when their daughter reveals that she has written a tell-all book about a family tragedy they tried to keep secret. The play premiered off-Broadway in January 2011 and was transferred that year. It was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Hickey will make his Broadway debut with Plaza Suite, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, in 2022.
“I more or less convinced myself to imagine Other desert cities Back in New York. But John Hickey is my family, and I trust him completely. We go back longer than I imagined: he hears the play—its ideas, its feelings, its music—with an intelligence and knowingness that anchors the room. And with this company of actors, which the playwright dreams of, I thought that if there was still something alive in her, they would find it. “What’s a little concerning is that almost 20 years later, despite all the fractures and divisions, the questions remain the same: How do we live with who we are and what we’ve done and call that life,” Baetz said.
The cast reunites 11-time Emmy Award winner Dreyfuss with four-time Academy Award winner Harris and two-time Tony Award nominee, Academy Award winner and seven-time Emmy Award winner Janney. Keery makes his Broadway debut following his breakout role in the Netflix hit Strange things. Rapp, who was previously Tony-nominated for her role as Portia Merchant of VeniceHe returns to Broadway after recently appearing in the TV series Shrink.
