Late night time TV star and former SNL common Jimmy Fallon made his Broadway debut final night time, even when it gained’t be notably a long-running gig. Fallon will do six performances of All In: Comedy About Love, Simon Rich‘s episodic tales of affection that options an ever-evolving forged week after week.
The late-night speak present took his spot final night time alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aidy Bryant, Fallon and Nick Kroll; that group performs, sans Miranda, wrap up on February 2. (Miranda hangs round till February 16).
Proving one of many extra well-liked, and weird, productions of the winter Broadway season, All In started performances at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre on December 11, with a revolving forged that has included John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Richard Variety.
Different performances taking their turns earlier than the manufacturing closes February 16 have been Chloe Fineman and Andrew Rannells, with Nick Kroll, David Cross, Annaleigh Ashford, Tim Meadows, and Hank Azaria becoming a member of within the enjoyable at numerous factors.
The play, directed by Alex Timbers, options Wealthy’s authentic tales about courting, heartbreak, marriage and extra, carried out in a way that mixes story-telling and appearing. SNL‘s Lorne Michaels is amongst its producers.
In between tales, The Bengsons (Abigail and Shaun Bengson) carry out songs from the band The Magnetic Fields.
Fallon has flirted with the thought of a Broadway bow prior to now, as soon as saying that he and Cameron Crowe had labored out an look in Crowe’s Virtually Well-known during which Fallon would reprise the function he originated within the film model. Nothing ever got here of that, however All In appears to be simply the ticket, a minimum of for per week or so.
For an concept of what, precisely, All In: Comedy About Love is about, go right here for Deadline’s review.
