Film star Adam Driver will make a stage return in a new revival of Kenneth Lonergan's Hold On to Me Darling, playing Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre beginning September 24 and opening October 16. The production will continue for a 13-week limited run, with a final performance set for December 22.
Driver will star as country music icon Strings McCrane, who abandons the limelight to return to his small Tennessee hometown after the death of his mother. Further casting is to be announced. Telsey Casting is serving as casting director.
Driver is a 2012 Lucille Lortel Award winner for his performance in Look Back in Anger and picked up a Tony nod for his Broadway work in 2019's Burn This.
Neil Pepe is directing, with a creative team including scenic designer Walt Spangler, costume designer Suttirat Larlarb, lighting designer Tyler Micoleau, and sound designer David Van Tiegham. Wagner Johnson Productions is general managing.
Tickets are available at HoldOnToMeDarling.com. The Lortel box office will open beginning September 24.
