Danny DeVito Sets Fall Broadway Return In New Theresa Rebeck Play ‘I Need That’
deadline.comDanny DeVito will return to the Broadway stage this October in a new play by Theresa Rebeck called I Need That. The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor will star alongside his daughter Lucy DeVito and Ray Anthony Thomas in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of what the company describes as “a deeply human new comedy.” Preview and opening night dates for I Need That at Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre will be announced later.
The synopsis: Sam (DeVito) doesn’t get out much. Actually, he doesn’t get out at all, opting instead for the safety of his house in the company of his things – his many, many things.
But when a notice from the government arrives alerting Sam that he must clean up his property or face eviction, he’s forced to reckon with what’s trash, what’s treasure, and whether we can ever know the difference between the two.
DeVito, best known of course for portraying Louie De Palma on the sitcom Taxi and, more recently, Frank Reynolds on the long-running It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, made his Broadway debut in 2017 in a Roundabout production of Arthur Miller’s The Price, earning a Tony nomination for his performance as the play’s Gregory Solomon.
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