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James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris Are Returning to Broadway This Fall

The limited engagement will begin this August.

James Corden is returning to Broadway for the first time in over a decade this summer. The former talk show host will be starring in a revival of Art alongside Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale. Written by Yasmina Reza, the play follows three close friends who get into an argument about art after one of them buys an expensive, completely white painting. It’s slated to run for a 17-week limited engagement at Broadway’s Music Box starting Aug. 28 with Scott Ellis directing. It’s expected to end its run Dec. 21. Art marks Corden’s first return to Broadway since he starred in One Man, Two Guvnors in 2012 and won the Tony Award for best leading actor in a play. Although he’s widely recognized for playing Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, Harris is also a storied thespian, having won a Tony for his work in the 2014 revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Meanwhile, Cannavale has appeared in several Broadway productions including The Lifespan of a Fact. Art originally ran on Broadway in 1998 and starred Alan Alda, Victor Garber and Alfred Molina in a Tony Award-winning performance.