Hughes
Doug Hughes will helm "Farragut North," Beau Willimon's Broadway-bound play about a young man who is a staff member for a rising presidential candidate.
Production aims to begin perfs early this summer at a theater to be determined.
"North" will be the second politically themed Rialto outing this year for producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, whose production of David Mamet's presidential comedy "November" opened last month. Also on the "Farragut" production team are Steve Traxler, Michael Filerman and Stuart Thompson.
In recent months the rumor mill had pegged Mike Nichols, who will direct a Broadway revival of "The Country Girl" this spring, as the director of "Farragut." Jake Gyllenhaal was rumored to be interested in the lead role, but is now said to be no longer a possibility.
Hughes is one of Broadway's most regularly employed helmers, with credits including "Doubt," "Frozen," "Inherit the Wind" and "Mauritius."
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