{"id":15753,"date":"2023-03-20T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T23:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=15753"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:51:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:51:09","slug":"brokeback-mountain-to-open-as-stage-production-in-londons-west-end-starring-mike-faist-and-lucas-hedges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=15753","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Brokeback Mountain&#8217; To Open as Stage Production in London&#8217;s West End, Starring Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>It was set in the American West, and now <em><strong>Brokeback Mountain<\/strong><\/em> will be playing in London\u2019s West End.<br \/><br \/>Based on the <em>New Yorker<\/em> short story by Annie Proulx, and described as a \u201cplay with music,\u201d the production will have a 12-week run at the Sohoplace Theatre beginning on May 10. Directed by Jonathan Butterell, <strong>Brokeback Mountain<\/strong> will star Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges as the two cowboys who fell in love with each other while herding sheep in the rugged Wyoming landscape.<br \/><br \/>Butterell won accolades for his direction of <em>Everybody\u2019s Talking About Jamie<\/em>, a stage musical based on the true story of a 16-year-old British drag queen. It featured music by Dan Gillespie Sells, who will also be composing some of the music for the new West End production.<br \/><br \/>In the upcoming stage version, Faist will play the role of Jack Twist while Hedges will be playing Ennis Del Mar. The script is being penned by Ashley Robinson. 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Faist is appearing in <em><strong>Challengers<\/strong><\/em>, an upcoming comedy by Luca Guadagnino that has been described as \u201ca fizzy, sexy\u2026love triangle with queer undertones.\u201d It will be released on August 11.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/sballergy.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwentythree\/assets\/html\/xenical.html\">xenical over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><br \/><br \/>Ang Lee\u2019s filmic version of<em><strong> Brokeback Mountain<\/strong> <\/em>won several Oscars and was a Best Picture nominee, only to lose out to <em><strong>Crash<\/strong> <\/em>when the final envelope was opened. It grossed $178 worldwide from a $14 million budget. 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