Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell to Star in 'American Buffalo' on Broadway

Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell to star in Broadway revival of David Mamet's 'American Buffalo,' opening in spring 2020

Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell will team up to play junk shop owner Donny and his poker buddy Teach in a Broadway revival of David Mamet's canonical 1975 drama,Neil Pepe will direct the production, returning to a work he staged previously at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2000 and transferred the same year to off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company, where he serves as artistic director and Mamet is a co-founder.

Longtime Mamet producer Jeffrey Richards will partner with Steve Traxler and Stephanie P. McClelland on the revival. This will mark the fourth Broadway production of a play that, alongside, is considered a signature Mamet work, the profane poetry of its staccato dialogue forging a highly influential and much-imitated style with a rich thematic foundation in toxic masculinity.

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