London's Hampstead Theatre to Present the U.K. Premiere of David Mamet's Race
Race will begin performances May 23 prior to an official opening May 29 for a run through June 29. Terry Johnson, who won the 2010 Tony Award for best direction of a musical for the transfer of his London staging of La Cage Aux Folles to Broadway, last directed Old Money at Hampstead, where he has also directed The Memory of Water, Cracked and his own play Dead Funny. Other Broadway credits include The Graduate and End of the Rainbow.
In Race, a man is accused of rape. The accused is white, the accuser black. Two lawyers, one black and one white, must uncover and sift the facts of the case. Is the man guilty? And, irrespective of that, can his case be won? Casting is still to be announced for both productions.