Julia Roberts headed for Broadway

Julia Roberts is bound for Broadway to star in a revival of Richard Greenberg’s “Three Days of Rain,” staged by Joe Mantello next spring.

Though she has no professional stage credits -- Roberts isn’t even a member of the stage actors’ union, Actors’ Equity -- she had participated in a reading of the play in a Los Angeles conference room in June, according to co-producer Marc Platt. “It was evident that it was a wonderful marriage of actress and role,” he said.

“Three Days of Rain” calls for the actors to play roles from two generations of family members. The play premiered at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa in 1997 and played off-Broadway but never went to Broadway.

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Don Shirley