James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale to Star on Broadway This Fall

James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale will return to Broadway this summer in the revival of the play Art.

The production marks the first revival of the play, written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton, which follows three long-time friends who launch into a debate about art after one of them purchases a large, expensive and completely white painting. The play, directed by Scott Ellis, is slated to run at Broadway’s Music Box starting Aug. 28, with an opening night Sept. 16. 

The production is slated to play a 17-week limited engagement through Dec. 21, 2025. 

The play first ran on Broadway in 1998 starring Alan Alda, Victor Garber and Alfred Molina, who won a Tony Award for best actor.  

This marks the first return to Broadway for Corden since he starred in One Man, Two Guvnors in 2012 and won a Tony Award for best leading actor in a play. The former late night host has also appeared onstage in The History Boys and most recently appeared in the West End play The Constituent in 2024.  He also appeared in several musical films, Into the Woods, Cats, The Prom and Cinderella.

Harris, known for his role in How I Met Your Mother, won a Tony Award for his starring role in the 2014 revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, in addition to numerous other stage roles, including most recently in the play Shit Meet Fan and in Assassins on Broadway in 2004.

Cannavale has starred on Broadway in The Lifespan of a Fact, The Motherf**ker with the Hat and Mauritius among other roles, in addition to appearing in films such as The Irishman, Ezra and I, Tonya. 

The production is produced by Michael Shulman of Sand & Snow Entertainment, ATG Productions and Gavin Kalin Productions.

“On behalf of my partners Adam Speers, Gavin Kalin, and myself, we are thrilled to be producing the first-ever Broadway revival of this iconic Tony-Award winning play with three iconic, award-winning actors, Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris, under the helm of the legendary Scott Ellis,” Shulman said. “Ever since I first saw the original production, it has been etched into my mind as a hysterical and moving portrayal of friendship, compromise, and the power of art to change perspectives.”