Art

Alec Baldwin Was Set To Make His Return To Acting

Alec Baldwin was set to make his return to acting this season albeit through this Broadway show. The actor has not performed since the the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the indie movie “Rust” in New Mexico.

Baldwin was both the lead actor and producer on that movie. Baldwin was holding an on-set gun loaded with live ammunition that went off that killed Hutchins during filming.

Federal Charges Against Baldwin Materialized

New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator concluded in August 2022 that the shooting was an accident. Baldwin claimed he did not pull the trigger. A conflicting FBI report, however, said the trigger must have been pulled by Baldwin.

Heavy Hitters Were Scheduled To Join Baldwin on Stage in Art

Heavy hitters Tony Shalhoub and John Leguizamo, while Tony winner Matthew Warchus signed on as director.

Producers Drop Baldwin Et Al

In early 2025 the show producers dropped Alex Baldwin et al from the project as he was seen as too toxic for the show. They instead went for James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris, and Bobby Cannavale

Art History

Art is a French-language play by Yasmina Reza that premiered in 1994 at Comédie des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The play subsequently ran in London in 1996 and on Broadway in 1998. This production is performed in English.

Show Lacks Traditional Play Structure

The play is not divided into acts and scenes in the traditional manner, but the show does fall into 17 sections. Some of these sections are dialogues between two characters, several are monologues where one of the characters addresses the audience directly, and one is a conversation among all three.

At the beginning and end of the play, and for most of the scenes set in Serge's flat, the large infamous white painting is on prominent display.