The Columnist, David Auburn's character study about the complexities and contradictions in the life and work of the late political journalist Joseph Alsop, will get an extra week on Broadway, now to June 24, Manhattan Theatre Club announced. Previews began April 4 prior to an April 25 opening. Two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow plays the powerful writer in this fictionalized biography.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AM on April 23, 2012