Nina Arianda, Katie Finneran Join Moonstruck Reading With Steve Buscemi, Patti LuPone | Playbill

Readings and Workshops Nina Arianda, Katie Finneran Join Moonstruck Reading With Steve Buscemi, Patti LuPone

The one-night-only event will benefit New York Stage and Film.

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More stars have signed onto the starry one-night-only reading of Moonstruck, based on the 1987 film starring Cher. The event will take place November 10 at Broadway's Music Box Theatre.

Newly announced to be joining the cast are Tony Award winner Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur) as Rita Cappomaggi, Tony Award winner Katie Finneran (The Thanksgiving Play) as Mona, Peter Francis James (Left on Tenth) as Perry, and Mary Wiseman (Let’s Love!) as Sheila.

They join the previously announced cast that includes Emmy Award winner Steve Buscemi (“Boardwalk Empire”) as Raymond Cappomaggi, Emmy Award nominee Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) as Loretta Castorini, Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale (Art) as Ronny Cammareri, Stephen DeRosa (The Queen of Versailles) as Zito/Al Conti/Florist/Priest/Bobo, Dez Duron (Maybe Happy Ending) as Crooner, Tony Award winner Patti LuPone (The Roommate) as Rose Castorini, Mary Lou Rosato(Once Upon a Mattress) as Crone, Emmy Award winner John Turturro (Severance) as Cosmo Castorini and Grammy Award nominee Stevie Van Zandt (The Sopranos) as Johnny Cammareri. Peter Sagal (NPR’s popular quiz show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!) will serve as host and read stage directions.

The screenplay, written by Oscar and Tony winner John Patrick Shanley (Doubt), is about a young widow named Loretta, who thinks she has bad luck in love—especially when she falls for her fiancé's younger brother. In the 1987 film, Cher played Loretta while Nicholas Cage played her love interest Johnny. For the one-night-only reading, real-life couple Byrne and Cannavale will star as Loretta and Johnny, respectively. The evening will be directed by Tony Award-winning director Doug Hughes (Doubt).

New York Stage and Film is an incubator for artists developing new work for theatre, dance, television, and film. For 40 years, SAF has developed over 1,000 stories that have won every major award including the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, Academy Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, and Obie Award. The benefit reading supports SAF’s summer season at Marist University; year-round New York City programming; developing dance narrative programming; residencies for individuals and colleague organizations; awards, fellowships, apprenticeships for emerging technicians and administrators; and audience engagement.

Tickets begin at $150 and are available at NewYorkStageandFilm.org.

 
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