China Doll (TCG Edition)

Premiere will be on Broadway in fall of 2015 at the Shubert Theater starring Tony and Oscar Award-winning actor Al Pacino. Mamet penned China Doll specifically for Pacino to star in it. Mamet and Pacino famously worked together previously for the movie adaptation of Glengarry Glen Ross as well as the 20th anniversary Broadway production of the same play. Pacino himself describes the role as “one of the most daunting and challenging roles I’ve been given to explore onstage” (Wall Street Journal). Mamet won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for his play Glengarry Glen Ross In 1997, Mamet’s screenplay for Barry Levinson's political satire Wag the Dog earned him both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Screenplay. His play Speed-the-Plow was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play, and the original 1988 production marked the Broadway acting debut for pop icon Madonna His play American Buffalo received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award Mamet has taught at The Yale Drama School and New York University. His most recent work was The Anarchist which premiered on Broadway in winter of 2012 starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger