Alec Baldwin prepares his return to acting, in his first job after the fatal accident

One year after the tragedy, Baldwin plans his return to acting, in what will be your first job after the fatal accident. The actor of movies like bettlejuice either The Hunt for Red October, and series like 30 rocksfor which he won two Emmysplan your return to acting on Broadwayas one of the protagonists of the play Artaccording to the New York Post, without confirmation yet by Baldwin or his representatives.

If the news is confirmed, Baldwinof 64 yearswill share the stage with Tony Shalhoub (monk, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and the Colombian John Leguizamo (super mario broyes Charlie’s Way) on the famous work of Yasmina Reza, what has been Represented around the world and in Spain several times, with actors such as Carlos Hipólito, Ricardo Darín or Luis Merlo:

It is expected that Art, the most performed living author’s work in the history of world theater, opens in spring 2023 in the Shubert Theater in New Yorkunder the direction of Tony Award winner Matthew Warchus (Matilda), who first directed the acclaimed comedy in Great White Way in 1998.

Set in Paris and originally written in Yasmina Reza’s native French, Art is a satire of the world of art and friendship that starts with a rich man, a role that Baldwin will predictably play, who buys a very expensive all-white painting.

The show, originally starring Alfred Molina, Victor Garber and Alan Alda in New York, won the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play.

Baldwinwhich says to be still “traumatized” by Hutchins’ death, has had many difficulties in resuming his work as an actor in this last year, when he claims to have been “fired five times”. “Yesterday I was fired from another job. Everything was ready to go to the movies, get on a plane… but they told me that they didn’t want to do the film with me because of this.”he told CNN.

Art it would be Alec Baldwin’s first job as an actor, after the fatal shooting on the set of rust (New Mexico), whose investigation concluded this month with an FBI report saying that Baldwin accidentally pulled the trigger with live ammunition that killed Halyna Hutchins. Prosecutors have not yet determined whether charges should be filed.

Reza’s work will also be a return to the professional origins of Alec Baldwinthat in 1992 he was nominated for a Tony for playing Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, alongside Jessica Lange, John Goodman and Diane Lane. She later focused her career more on film and television, and the The last major play in which he appeared on Broadway was orphans in 2013.