Overview
- During a November 3 Late Show appearance, Hanks sang a playful jingle to direct theatergoers to The Shed at Hudson Yards.
- He acknowledged forgetting lines during previews and said the team is using audience response to fine-tune the script.
- Previews began October 30 at the Griffin Theater at The Shed, and the limited engagement is scheduled to end December 21.
- The production is directed by Tony winner Kenny Leon and features Kelli O’Hara, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Kerry Bishé, Kayli Carter and more, from a script Hanks co-wrote with James Glossman based on his short stories.
- The role marks his first New York stage performance in more than a decade, with Hanks playing a future-born scientist drawn back to the 1939 World’s Fair in search of love.