Jake in theatre this autumn.... In an off Broadway show!!!!
Woah! Sophia does it again!!
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-jake-gyllenhaal-offbroadway-play-20120419,0,6305848.story
Jake Gyllenhaal
to star in off-Broadway playBy David Ng
April 19, 2012, 8:46 a.m
Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in an off-Broadway play from the
Roundabout Theatre Company. The Oscar-nominated actor will appear in the ensemble comedy-drama
"If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet" by British playwright
Nick Payne.
Gyllenhaal has acted on stage in
London, but this would be his U.S. stage debut. Organizers said Thursday that the play is scheduled to open Sept. 20 at the
Laura Pels Theatre in
New York.
A summary of the play provided by the Roundabout states that the story revolves around a 15-year-old girl with a weight problem. Gyllenhaal will play the girl's uncle, a drifter who arrives at her home unannounced and forms an unlikely friendship.
The rest of the cast will be announced later, said the Roundabout. The play will be directed by
Michael Longhurst.
Gyllenhaal starred in a 2002 London stage production of
Kenneth Lonergan's
"This Is Our Youth" with
Anna Paquin and
Hayden Christensen.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jake's sister, has appeared off-Broadway a number of the times, including a production of
"Three Sisters" at
Classic Stage Company in downtown New York. In L.A., audiences saw her in the
Mark Taper Forum's 2003 production of
Tony Kushner's
"Homebody/Kabul," which headed on to New York.