Ayad Akhtar's 'Disgraced' to jump to Broadway

Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced," a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a successful Pakistani-American lawyer whose dinner party spins out of control amid a heated discussion of identity and religion, is coming to Broadway.
"Disgraced" had its world premiere at Chicago's American Theatre Company in 2012 and then ran at Lincoln Centre Theatre's Claire Tow Theatre, starring Aasif Mandvi, a correspondent on "The Daily Show."
This time the cast will be led by Hari Dhillon, who played the lead in London, and Gretchen Mol, whose film credits include "Rounders."
It begins previews September 27 and opens October 23 at the Lyceum Theatre. Kimberly Senior, who directed the two previous productions, will direct on Broadway.

Akhtar also wrote the novel "American Dervish.