Julia Roberts a hot ticket on Broadway
New York — THE Broadway revival of “Three Days of Rain,” starring Julia Roberts in her Broadway debut, is pretty much sold out for its three-month run.
“Some seats are available, but not many,” producer David Stone said Wednesday, although he and fellow producer Marc Platt have declined to talk about exact figures and the advance.
Yet go online at EBay, for example, and you can find more than 200 offerings of tickets for the show. One prime orchestra location, fifth row center, has a minimum bid of $600.
Internet reaction to Roberts’ first preview performance Tuesday was sparse but encouraging from theatergoers who were at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. “Julia appeared nervous in the beginning, but hit her stride in the second act,” said one posting on www.talkinbroadway.com. “Julia appeared very happy to get this one out of the way. A few flubs of lines, but the show is in good shape considering first preview.”
The production, directed by Joe Mantello, opens April 19 and is scheduled to close June 18. There was no word on whether Roberts would extend her run in the play.
The actress costars with Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper in the Richard Greenberg play concerning two interlocking stories taking place in different decades.
The play originally was done by Manhattan Theatre Club in 1997.
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