The first photos of Jake Gyllenhaal, Annaleigh Ashford and cast in the Broadway revival of ‘Sunday In The Park with George’ have been released and added to our gallery. ‘Sunday In The Park with George’ is currently in previews at the Hudson Theatre and will officially open tomorrow (23rd). Tickets are on sale now.

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Theater Productions > Sunday In The Park With George (2017) > On Stage

Jake Gyllenhaal is joining Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly in “The Sisters Brothers.”

Jacques Audiard is directing the indie feature, based on Patrick deWitt’s novel of the same name. Reilly, Michael De Luca, Rosa Attrab and Alison Dickey are producing. Reilly optioned the rights to the book and will produce through his shingle with De Luca, who recently came on board as producer. The story follows two brothers — Eli and Charlie Sisters — who are hired to kill a prospector who has stolen from their boss. The story takes place in Oregon in 1851.

Canadian-born author deWitt’s novel won the 2012 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for humor writing.

“Sisters Brothers” is Audiard’s follow-up to his Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan”. Production is set to start sometime this summer. The noir Western will be his first film shot completely in English.

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford helped celebrate the re-opening of NY’s Hudson Theatre yesterday, where their upcoming Broadway musical ‘Sunday In The Park with George’ is set to begin previews on February 11th. Photos have been added to the gallery. Clips have also been added to our video archive.

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Public Appearances > 2017 > Hudson Theatre Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Athough he is an Academy Award-nominated movie star, Jake Gyllenhaal has always been a fan of musical theater. In the summer of 2015, he starred in a four-night run of Little Shop of Horrors and then, in October 2016, another four-performance stint of Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece about the clash between love and art, Sunday in the Park with George.

“Performing Sunday in the Park was something like pure joy,” Gyllenhaal told me, calling from his apartment in Manhattan before heading to the Hudson Theatre, where he was about to start a tech rehearsal for the newest production of Sunday in the Park, which will open on February 11 until April 23, 2017. “The short run was too short of a time for joy to be on stage,” he continued. “I wanted to prolong joy, so we’re back. They didn’t have a hard time convincing me.”

What’s the first musical you remember seeing?

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Jake Gyllenhaal is channeling his inner Georges Seurat in a new music video celebrating his upcoming run in ‘Sunday in the Park With George‘. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, the video takes us behind the scenes at the Hudson Theatre as he sings the Sondheim-Lapine classic “Finishing the Hat.”

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Sunday In The Park With George (2017) > Jake Singing ‘Finishing The Hat’ [Rehearsals] (Screen Captures)