NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� will return to this fall in a very intimate one-man show that will take the audience into his family’s longtime Los Angeles home that was leveled in wildfires.
鈥�860,鈥� written and performed by the Tony- and Emmy-winner, will begin previews this October at a theater to be revealed later. The title comes from the street address for the home Crystal and his family lived in for 46 years, a house
鈥淚 invite you to come inside 860 and I鈥檒l tell you all the funny and touching things that happened there, not only in my career but to our family,鈥� Crystal said in a statement. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a joyous and heartfelt visit, about how with the love of family and friends and your inner strength, you can get through tough times.鈥�
This is Crystal鈥檚 first return to Broadway following his 鈥淢r. Saturday Night,鈥� which he premiered in 2022 and earned Tony nominations for best book and lead actor in a musical. Scott Ellis will direct his new work.
Crystal has had success with one-man shows before. He turned his memoir 鈥�700 Sundays鈥� into a stage show 鈥� in 2004 and revived in 2013 鈥� that won him a Drama Desk Award in 2005.
The erupted in Jan. 7, 2025, killing 31 people and destroying about 13,000 homes and other residential properties. The fires burned for more than three weeks and clean-up efforts took about seven months.
At the held at the end of January, 2025, Crystal appeared as the first host in the same clothes he was wearing when he fled his family home.
Crystal said he returned to the wreckage of his home and began to wail: 鈥淚 had not cried like that since I was 15 and I was told that my father had just died.鈥� His daughters soon found a rock in the wreckage with the word 鈥淟aughter鈥� engraved in it.
Crystal made a name for himself first in comedy, from stand-up to TV鈥檚 鈥淪oap鈥� to the films 鈥淲hen Harry Met Sally鈥� and 鈥淐ity Slickers.鈥� Then in 1992, he got serious with the movie 鈥淢r. Saturday Night,鈥� which he directed, co-wrote and starred in.
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