Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr.) looks upset as he sits at a table in a tuxedo arguing about the nuclear bomb.
The Big Picture Former MCU star, Robert Downey Jr is set to make his Broadway debut this year. The actor will be playing the lead character in McNeal, written by Pulitzer prize winner Ayad Akhtar. The Guardian reported that the play will be performed at the Lincoln Center Theater in New York for a limited run. McNeal's official synopsis reads:
Akhtar has written numerous plays in the past, such as Junk, The Who & the What, and The Invisible Hand. The playwright won a 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his work on Disgraced. McNeal will be directed by Tony Award winner, Bartlett Sher, known for his work for South Pacific, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Light in the Piazza.
“It’s been 40 years since I was last on ‘the boards’, but hopefully I’ll knock the dust off quick,” said Downey Jr. Robert Downey Jr's Legendary Career Close Downey Jr is mostly known for his role as Tony Stark in the MCU. He made his Marvel debut in the 2008 film, Iron Man and made his final appearance in 2019's Avengers: Endgame. Outside the superhero genre, the actor recently made strides in his performance in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer and won "Best Supporting Actor" during the 2024 Academy Awards for his role as Lewis Strauss.
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