Overview
- Cause Célèbre confirmed Antony Marsellis as director, with previews on May 7, an opening on May 14, and performances through June 28 at Theatre Row.
- The company includes Johnny Anthony as Lenny Bruce, Stephen Schnetzer as Martin Garbus, Roberta Wallach as Dorothy Kilgallen, Timothy Doyle as Jules Feiffer, Dan Grimaldi as Richard H. Kuh, Ian Lithgow as Herbert Ruhe, and Jonathan Spivey as Forrest Johnson.
- The play dramatizes Lenny Bruce’s 1964 obscenity trial in New York and his relationship with defense lawyer Martin Garbus.
- The People Versus Lenny Bruce debuts the All the Courts a Stage series, with Unlucky Gal/The Story of Jane Doe and Last Chance Café slated Off-Broadway in the fall.
- Former NYPD Special Victims Unit Deputy Chief Michael J. Osgood is credited as a co-producer.