The Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr., and the Tony nominees Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad will join Cicely Tyson in “The Trip To Bountiful†on Broadway, the producers said on Thursday.
The producers had earlier said that Ms. Tyson would make her first Broadway appearance since 1983 as Carrie Watts, an elderly Texan who, despite the objections of her family, wants to visit her hometown one last time. Geraldine Page won an Academy Award for the role in the 1985 film adaptation of Horton Foote's play.
Mr. Gooding, who won the best supporting actor Oscar for “Jerry Maguire,†will play Ludie, Carrie's son, who thinks she's too frail to travel. Ms. Williams (“Into the Woodsâ€) will play his bossy wife, who thinks the trip is too expensive; Ms. Rashad (a Tony nominee for “Stick Fly†last year) will play a young woman whom Carrie befriends on the bus.
“The Trip to Bountiful†began as a 1953 teleplay and moved to Broadway later that year with Lillian Gish in the lead role. In 2005 Lois Smith revived the part to great acclaim Off Broadway. The new Broadway production, directed by Michael Wilson, begins previews March 31 for a 14-week run at the Stephen Sondheim Theater.
