Uma Thurman is making her Broadway debut. A press release has announced that the “Kill Bill” actress will star in “The Parisian Woman,” a new play by “House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon set to be directed by Tony Award nominee Pam MacKinnon (“Clybourne Park,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”).
Like Netflix’s “House of Cards,” “The Parisian Woman” is set in the world of Washington elites — “where powerful friends are the only kind worth having, especially after the 2016 election,” the play’s synopsis hints. Thurman will play Chloe, “a socialite armed with charm and wit, coming to terms with politics, her past, her marriage, and an uncertain future. Dark humor and drama collide at this pivotal moment in Chloe’s life, and in our nation’s, when the truth isn’t obvious and stakes couldn’t be higher.”
Robin Wright has won a Golden Globe and earned four Emmy nods for playing Claire Underwood on “House of Cards.” It sounds like Chloe is another powerful, ambitious woman whose abilities are often underestimated on account of her gender.
Inspired by Henri Becque’s “La Parisienne,” which debuted in Paris in 1885, “The Parisian Woman” is set to open for a limited engagement on November 30. The theater hasn’t been announced yet, nor have preview dates or full casting information.
Thurman received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 for “Pulp Fiction.” Her other credits include “Nymphomaniac,” “Gattaca,” and “Smash.”
Broadway productions of “Amélie,” “China Doll,” and “The Heidi Chronicles” are among MacKinnon’s recent credits.
