Will Anna Christie, Starring Jude Law, Come to Broadway Next Year?

The Donmar Warehouse production of Anna Christie, starring film favorite Jude Law, will likely head to Broadway next year, according to the New York Post. The Eugene O’Neill classic, directed by Rob Ashford, officially opened on August 9 at London's Donmar and runs through October 8.

In addition to Law (Mat Burke), the London cast of Anna Christie stars Ruth Wilson as the title character, along with Jenny Galloway (Marthy), Paul Brightwell (Johnny-The-Priest/Johnson), David Hayman (Chris Christofferson), Robert Lonsdale (Postman), Henry Pettigrew (Larry), Michael Walters (First Longshoreman) and Matt Wilman (Second Longshoreman).

Law has received Tony nominations for both of his previous appearances on Broadway: Indiscretions in 1995 and Hamlet in 2010. He is a two-time Oscar nominee (for The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain), and his many other film credits include Alfie, Gattaca, Road to Perdition, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and Sherlock Holmes.

Winner of the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for drama, Anna Christie centers on the title heroine, a prostitute who reunites with her father after 15 years in exile and falls in love with a sailor. A 1993 Broadway production starred Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson, along with Rip Torn and Anne Meara.

No official announcement about a transfer has been made, but Arielle Tepper Madover, who the produced the Donmar-to-Broadway transfer of Law-vehicle Hamlet reportedly is already raising money for a Broadway bow.