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Rush, Sarandon coming to Broadway
Oscar winners to star in Ionesco comedy ‘Exit the King’ starting March 26
 | Actor Geoffrey Rush not only will star in "Exit the King," he also co-wrote the adaptation with Neil Armfield. |
Riccardo De Luca / AP file |
updated 4:49 p.m. ET Jan. 13, 2009
NEW YORK - Arthur Miller, Anton Chekhov and now Eugene Ionesco on Broadway this season.
Ionesco's classic absurdist comedy "Exit the King" opens March 26 with two Oscar winners — Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon — in starring roles.
Rush plays a monarch who has brought his country to ruin and Sarandon is his conniving first wife.
Previews begin March 7 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The adaptation is by Rush and Neil Armfield, who will also direct. The two worked on a critically praised production of the play in Australia in 2007.
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