US EditionCarrie Coon Sets Broadway Return in ‘Bug,’ Written by Husband Tracy Letts | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Carrie Coon leads a five-member cast in the Broadway premiere of Tracy Letts' cult psychological thriller "Bug," exploring paranoia and intense romance in a seedy motel.
- Carrie Coon will star in the Broadway premiere of Tracy Letts' Bug, beginning performances December 17, 2025 with an opening night January 8, 2026 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
- Following its Steppenwolf run, Bug transfers to Broadway as a co-production between Manhattan Theatre Club and Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
- The production will feature the five-member cast from the 2021 Steppenwolf ensemble, led by Carrie Coon as Agnes and Namir Smallwood as Peter, with David Cromer returning as director alongside Randall Arney, Jennifer Engstrom, and Steve Key.
- Carrie Coon returns to Broadway for the first time since 2012, marking a major welcome for Tracy Letts' Bug, praised by MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow for its provocation and power.
- Set in a seedy Oklahoma motel, the thriller Bug first premiered in 1996 at London's Gate Theatre and was adapted into a 2006 film by William Friedkin starring Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon.
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Steppenwolf to send another show to Broadway, this time with Carrie Coon in lead
Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of “Bug” is bound for Broadway.Chicago actress and Steppenwolf ensemble member Carrie Coon, the recent HBO darling who has appeared in both “White Lotus” and “Gilded Age,” will revive her leading role in the psychological thriller. The play was written by Coon’s husband, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tracy Letts, in 1996. Green Room Newsletter You’re subscribed!Please check your inbox for your confirmation. …
Carrie Coon, Mrs. Russell from "The Gilded Age," Coming to Broadway This Fall in Her Real Husband's Play (Tracy Letts) - Showbiz411
When we last saw Bertha Russell, she was aghast that her husband left her. That was on “The Gilded Age.” Now Mrs. Russell’s portrayer, Carrie Coon, is coming to Broadway this fall. She’ll star in her award winning playwright husband’s “Bug.” The husband, Tracy Letts, actor and writer, is best known for “August Osage County.” […] The post Carrie Coon, Mrs. Russell from “The Gilded Age,” Coming to Broadway This Fall in Her Real Husband’s Play (Tra…
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