

Meanwhile, Faist will lead Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming comedy “Challengers” alongside Zendaya and Josh O’Connor. “Brokeback Mountain” play star Hedges is additionally set to appear in John Ridley’s “Shirley” biopic about Shirley Chisholm, the first Black congresswoman. He later shared that co-star Ledger shut down homophobic jokes at a screening of the film. Original film star Gyllenhaal previously reflected on the “ stigma” surrounding the queer romance story at the time. Luca Guadagnino: Zendaya and Josh O’Connor Play ‘F*cked-Up People’ in ‘Challengers’ Singer-songwriter Eddi Reader will perform on stage with a country and Western band including a pedal steel guitarist. Ashley Robinson adapted the script, with “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” director Jonathan Butterell helming the play with collaborator Dan Gillespie Sells writing some of the music. “Brokeback Mountain” centers on two cowboys who fall in love in Wyoming. Production will be a play with music and debut at the Sohoplace Theatre in the West End for a 12-week season starting May 10. Producer Nica Burns stated that the play is inspired solely from the 1997 short story and not Ang Lee’s film, according to Deadline. “Brokeback Mountain” is based on the New Yorker short story by Annie Proulx. Oscar-nominated star Lucas Hedges (“Manchester on the Sea”) will play the part of Ennis Del Mar, with BAFTA-nominated “West Side Story” breakout Mike Faist cast as Jack Twist.


“ Brokeback Mountain” is set as a stage production.Īlmost two decades since the acclaimed 2005 film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger debuted, “Brokeback Mountain” is confirmed as a West End play.
