Playbill caught up with the cast and creative team of Richard Bean's The Nap at the New York Athletic Club to chat about the upcoming Broadway premiere from Manhattan Theatre Club. Watch the video above to see what they had to say about snooker—the British sport at the center of the play—and what to expect from the new comedy thriller.
The Nap is directed by Tony winner Daniel Sullivan and will begin previews September 5 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
The cast features Transparent star Alexandra Billings, Tony nominees John Ellison Conlee and Johanna Day, real-life snooker champion Ahmed Aly Elsayed, Heather Lind (Incognito, Othello, Turn), Max Gordon Moore (Saint Joan, Indecent), Bhavesh Patel (Present Laughter, War Horse), Thomas Jay Ryan (The Crucible, In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), and Ben Schnetzer (Sticks and Bones, Pride, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan).
Visit ManhattanTheatreClub.com for more information.