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Scarlett Johansson to Star in A View From the Bridge

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Scarlett Johansson will make her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's classic tragedy A View from the Bridge—not in Neil Simon's musical Promises, Promises (as previously rumored). Her co-star will be kick-ass actor Liev Schreiber, who'll play Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman obsessed with his 17-year-old niece Catherine, played by Scar-Jo. We can't foresee Schreiber having any trouble making that role convincing, but will the smoldering, soft-spoken starlet be able to translate her cinematic heat to the stage? More importantly, what will she be wearing? And if she's playing a 17-year-old, is it wrong to drool during the performance? (If so, we're in big trouble over Ghost World.)

The limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only, beginning performances December 28th. We hope to see Scar Jo's penpal Obama in the house! In other Broadway news, guy's guy Mayor Bloomberg left during intermission at the Broadway premiere of Brighton Beach Memoirs on Sunday night, and was soon spotted at the Yankees game. Classic.

Also! Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore will perform in the star-studded 24 Hour Plays on Broadway November 9th. Oh, and Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth is actually the one starring in the Promises, Promises, revival, alongside "Will & Grace" star Sean Hayes. But honestly, everyone stopped reading this after Scar-Jo, didn't they?

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By John Del Signore in on October 27, 2009 12:42 PM

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  • I would love to see Scarlett Johansson on her Broadway debut. She is one hot Tamale...and a great actress, Im sure she will do justice to her role being a 17 yr old.

  • potsmoker

    im sure vincent gallo already has another arthouse film with a real bj scene for her.

  • Bike Rider

    i'd *so* pull one through her

  • Guest

    Watch your mouth, show respect.

  • Biff Sluggo

    She maybe be better suited for a stage hand job.

  • zodak

    i would do such unspeakable things to that girl

  • NannyState

    Fine, I'll do all the speakable things to that girl.

  • farleft

    Can you just stop speaking?

  • RevWaldo

    Notice how no one screams "Photoshop!" when photos like these are proffered?

  • The Lord

    Looks like I'll be spending the next four months strangling kittens thanks to all you sinners.



    And they say I don't enjoy what I do.

  • The Edge

    She's not that great looking in person.



    Jugs are real, though.

  • Mr. Shankly

    Unf.

  • valeriob

    Hey I'm back. What did I miss? Gallery? No? Not yet?

    O.K.

  • jjazznola

    She's one of the hottest white girls around but I can't imagine actually paying to see this show.

  • Trilby16

    She sure is purty....

  • Dammit I'm trying to get work done here, people!

  • felixthecat2

    Scarlett Johansson Gives Mayor Bloomberg A Big Stiff



    Stunning actress Scarlett Johansson was publicly embarrassed when she was portrayed as having ’stood up’ the Mayor of New York at a press conference. However, the Lost In Translation star insists she declined the invitation prior to the event, telling the New York Daily News: “We were never supposed to be part of the press conference.



    The above should say "small Stiff" , LOL

  • Gregoire

    I believe the last time this play hit Broadway, the role was played by Brittany Murphy. She got a Tony nomination. Trust me Scarlett will do just fine.

  • dr zippy

    Oh, this reminds me, whatever happened to Thora Birch?

  • schadenfreudian mensch

    Doing D&D sequels.

  • dr zippy

    Will she be acting in the play or just reciting lines?

  • felixthecat2

    http://www.mediainfocorp.com/celebrity/scarlett_johansson/original/gina.jpg



    How the hell did he get her???? Damn, she is breathless.

  • longacre

    For reasons still undetermined, women love Dane Cook, as well as guys who look and speak exactly like Dane Cook.

  • FunChop

    The rest of my day is ruined, there's no way I can concentrate on work now.

  • John Del Signore

    Welcome to my world! The hard part was narrowing down my Google image search to just three. So talented.

  • FunChop

    Well, you did a damn fine job. Thank you sir!

  • Gothamist_Cynic

    I just popped my boner.

  • NannyState

    I'm having all kinds of intermissions over here.

  • Guest

    I hope she's not in a cardboard box in that first pic... she won't be able to act her way out of it...

  • nomnomnom

    I'm okay with that.

  • farleft

    Boy, she's going to be embarrassed when she realizes she forgot to wear pants in that first photo shoot.

  • JenChungsBaby

    Look again. She's got some of blue short shorts on.

  • hotstepper

    em-bare-assed, if i may?

  • valeriob

    You may not. Please get in line.

  • hotstepper

    okay fine, i'll just go walk it off...

  • TheKlaus

    I'll show her my great white way.

  • valeriob

    schwing!

  • hotstepper

    boing!

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