Disgraced premiered in January 2012 at Chicago鈥檚 American Theatre Company before playing a fall run at at the Claire Tow Theater as part of 's new works initiative, LCT3. , who staged the Chicago premiere of the play, also directed Off-Broadway. It had its London premiere last spring at the .听
Senior returns to stage the Broadway production.听
The cast includes original London cast member聽Hari Dhillon聽and original LCT3 cast member , alongside (The Shape of Things, "Boardwalk Empire"), ("How I Met Your Mother," The Graduate) and London cast member Danny Ashok.
According to producers, "Disgraced is the story of a successful Muslim-American lawyer and his wife 鈥� an artist influenced by Islamic imagery 鈥� enjoying their comfortable and successful life on New York鈥檚 Upper East Side. When a co-worker and her husband come to dinner, what begins as polite table conversation explodes, leaving everyone鈥檚 relationships and beliefs about race and identity in shards."
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The Broadway creative team includes (set), Jennifer Von Mayrhauser (costumes), Ken Posner (lighting) and Jill DuBoff (sound).
Akhtar's playwriting credits also include The Invisible Hand, which premiered at The and makes its New York debut this fall at New York Theater Workshop. "American Dervish," his first novel, was released in 22 languages worldwide. He co-wrote and starred in "The War Within" (Magnolia Pictures), released internationally and nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay. As an actor, he starred as Neel Kashkari in HBO's adaptation of Andrew Ross Sorkin's "Too Big to Fail."
The Broadway run is produced by The Araca Group and Lincoln Center Theater.
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