Broadway.com has confirmed that These Paper Bullets! has canceled its first preview on November 20 owing to technical issues. Directed by Jackson Gay and starring Justin Kirk, Nicole Parker, James Barry and more, the production is scheduled to officially open on December 15 at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater.
The cast will also include Bryan Fenkart, Lucas Papaelias, Stephen DeRosa, Christopher Geary, Brad Heberlee, Tony Manna, Andrew Musselman, Keira Naughton, Adam O’Byrne, Greg Stuhr, Ariana Venturi and Liz Wisan.
These Paper Bullets!, written by Rolin Jones and featuring songs by Billie Joe Armstrong, is inspired by Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. It follows the Quartos, a “fab four” from Liverpool consisting of Ben (Kirk), Pedro (Barry), Claude (Fenkart) and Balth (Papaelias) as they search for true love and an album deal in London.