Neve Campbell Eyes Role in Syncopation
by Broadway Staff • Jun 21, 2004
Broadway.com has learned that Hollywood actress Neve Campbell is in final negotiations to star in Allan Knee's Syncopation on Broadway. Campbell would play a turn-of-the-century seamstress who finds love in a Lower East Side makeshift dance studio. Variety reports that Michael Hayden is in talks to be her costar, the impassioned meat-packer who captures her heart.
Campbell trained as a ballerina from a young age and acted onstage in her native Canada before hitting it big on American television. She played the Degas Girl in The Phantom of the Opera at Toronto's Pantages Theater and also appeared in theatrical mountings of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. But it was on the small screen, not the stage, where Campbell really made a name for herself. She rose to fame playing Julia Salinger on the hit FOX series Party of Five, which ran from 1994 to 2000. She then made the leap to the big screen with roles in The Craft, the Scream movies, 54 and Wild Things. She recently starred in Robert Altman's dance-heavy film The Company, which focused on a Chicago ballet troupe.
Campbell trained as a ballerina from a young age and acted onstage in her native Canada before hitting it big on American television. She played the Degas Girl in The Phantom of the Opera at Toronto's Pantages Theater and also appeared in theatrical mountings of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. But it was on the small screen, not the stage, where Campbell really made a name for herself. She rose to fame playing Julia Salinger on the hit FOX series Party of Five, which ran from 1994 to 2000. She then made the leap to the big screen with roles in The Craft, the Scream movies, 54 and Wild Things. She recently starred in Robert Altman's dance-heavy film The Company, which focused on a Chicago ballet troupe.
Hayden received a Tony nomination for his performance as Oscar Rolfe in Judgment at Nuremberg and was also featured on Broadway in Cabaret, Carousel for which he earned a Theatre World Award and Enchanted April.
Syncopation will be directed by John Tillinger and choreographed by John O'Connell known for his work on the Baz Luhrmann movies Moulin Rouge! and Strictly Ballroom. The creative team also includes set designer John Lee Beatty, lighting designer Brian Macdevitt and sound designer John Gromada. It will begin performances at a theater to be announced on October 2 in preparation for an October 24 opening.
A production spokesperson could not confirm any casting for the play.
--Cara Joy David, Broadway.com