Stage is set for a spunky season on Broadway

September 05, 2008 The first is the new and musicalized version of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities," now prevuing at the Al Hirschfeld ahead of its Sept. 18 opening. It's the first Broadway revival for the Peter Shaffer play since its original 1974 New York run with Anthony Hopkins, Peter Firth and Marian Seldes, after which Hopkins was replaced by a long line of star names, including Tony Perkins and Richard Burton, the latter eventually doing the 1977 film version with Firth that was directed by Sidney Lumet. On Friday, prevuing starts on the Roundabout's revival of Robert Bolt's "A Man for All Seasons," starring Frank Langella, at the American Airlines Theatre.

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