Mia Farrow, Patti LuPone to Return to Broadway in ‘The Roommate'

Mia Farrow, Patti LuPone to Return to Broadway in ‘The Roommate’

Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone will come to Broadway in the new comedy, The Roommate, by Jen Silverman.

The play, directed by Jack O’Brien, will begin performances on Aug. 29, with an official opening night on Sept. 12, at the Booth Theatre. This marks LuPone’s first return to the stage after giving up her Actors’ Equity membership after the run of Company ended in 2022. Farrow was last on Broadway in 2014, in the A.R. Gurney play Love Letters.

“It’s always a big decision to return to the stage, and I certainly had no intention of being back on Broadway so fast. But when I read the play and heard Mia was attached, it became the easiest decision of my life. I’ve always been a fan of Mia’s work and she is a treasured friend. We’re going to have a blast,” LuPone said.

“The Roommate is funny, quirky and brilliantly written, and when I learned that Patti LuPone was interested in doing it, how could I resist? She is, of course, a Broadway icon without parallel and we have been friends for decades. It is exciting to be returning to Broadway,” Farrow said.

In the play, a one-act, Sharon, who has never had a roommate, must now navigate living with Robyn, as the play explores the “blossoming intimacy between two women from vastly different backgrounds, as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality and the promise of reinvention.”

Chris Harper is producing, with Wagner Johnson Productions as Executive Producers. The creative team for The Roommate includes Bob Crowley (set & costume design), Natasha Katz (lighting design) and Mikaal Sulaiman (sound design).

More to come.

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