A cooler stylistic temperature prevailed in the American co-production Moon, a cerebral science-fiction drama from feature film neophyte Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie).
Two Americans, Bill Irwin and David Shiner, are perhaps the best-known among New Vaudeville clowns; their talents were featured in the Broadway production Fool Moon (1994).
The director of "Desire" will be David Leveaux, who made his name at age 26 with a 1984 Broadway production of "Moon" and burnished it with a production of another O'Neill drama, "Anna Christie," in 1993.
The show will be made through Cranston's production company, Moon Shot Entertainment.
Criticism of previous productions of "Moon" has often centered on Josie's dominance in a play that was written by O'Neill as a benediction for the dead brother on whom James is based.
In the last two weeks alone, two productions, "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and "True West," have garnered glorious notices, have had torrid sales and have become near-certainties for nominations in the revival category -- unless, of course, the producers of "True West" can convince Tony pooh-bahs that the 1980 play is a new one.
Directed and edited by Angela Christlieb; director of photography, Yvonne Mohr; music by Eric Hubel and Wharton Tiers; produced by Helge Albers; released by Flying Moon Production.
Every time Cherry Jones and Gabriel Byrne make physical contact in the heart-stopping new production of "A Moon for the Misbegotten," the floodgates open to a tide of clashing emotions.
Ms. Best last appeared on this venerable London stage in the autumn of 2006, playing the lovesick Josie in a production of "A Moon for the Misbegotten," with which she moved, for the first time, to Broadway.
Summit, an upstart studio led by the co-chairmen Patrick Wachsberger and Robert G. Friedman, announced plans on Saturday to begin production of "New Moon," an adaptation of the second of Ms. Meyer's novels.
