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Keira Knightley will make her Broadway debut next year as a beautiful but doomed heroine.
The Roundabout Theatre Company said Thursday that Knightley will star in “Therese Raquin,” a stage adaptation of the Emile Zola novel. It will be directed by Evan Cabnet and begin previews on Oct 1.
Knightley made her West End debut in 2009 in the comedy “The Misanthrope” and two years later starred in Lillian Hellman’s “The Children’s Hour.”
“Therese Raquin,” written in 1867, is about a woman trapped in a loveless marriage who embarks on an illicit affair with a friend of her husband’s. The story has been adapted into a 1953 film starring Simone Signoret and another last year starring Elizabeth Olsen.
Helen Edmundson was commissioned to do a new adaptation for the stage.
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Rapper Iggy Azalea, actor Bryan Cranston and the film "Gone Girl" are nominees for Logo TV's 2014 New Now Next Awards.
The network announced Thursday that singer Sam Smith, the ABC series “How to Get Away With Murder” and the play “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” are also up for awards. The show will tape Dec. 2 in Miami, and air Dec. 7 on Logo and Dec. 12 on MTV.
The New Now Next Awards honor musicians, TV shows, films and Broadway productions that have had breakthroughs in the past year.
Gwen Stefani is nominated for best new television personality for her role on NBC’s “The Voice.” Michael Cera will compete with Cranston for best new Broadway lead actor.
Fan voting began Thursday.
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