Kevin Bacon To Lead Cast At Hartford Stage

It has just been announced that Kevin Bacon will play the lead in the Hartford Stage production of Rear Window which will run from October 22nd  through November 15th.

From the Hartford Stage:

REAR WINDOW
OCTOBER 22 – NOVEMBER 15
Adapted for the Stage by Keith Reddin
Based upon the Story “Rear Window”
by Cornell Woolrich
Directed by Darko Tresnjak

Tresnjak said, “I read Cornell Woolrich’s classic crime story ‘Rear Window’ in high school, and it made a lasting impression. I’m thrilled to have an opportunity to direct a stage version thirty years later, when the issues of surveillance and voyeurism have become even more pertinent. Keith Reddin’s taut adaptation takes place inside of a sweltering, claustrophobic apartment, very much like the addled brain of the leading character, who will be played by Kevin Bacon. I can’t imagine finer collaborators than Kevin and Keith in exploring the terrifying psychological landscape of this timeless thriller.”

Kevin Bacon is a Golden Globe Award winner and Emmy Award nominee, whose films include A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, Footloose, Murder in the First, JFK, The Woodsman, X-Men: First Class, Sleepers and The River Wild. His theatre credits include Forty Deuce (OBIE Award), Spike Heels, and the Broadway productions of Slab Boys and An Almost Holy Picture.