Exciting News!  Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame will be directing a new Broadway-bound adaptation of Warren Adler’s The War Of The Roses written by multi-award winner Peter (Rescue Me, Analyze This, Analyze That) Tolan. The first public performances will be held at The Ogonquit Playhouse in Maine from August 28th through September 17th.

‘War of the Roses’ adaptation coming to Broadway

By Hillary Busis

June 30, 2014 at 08:00 PM EDT
EVERETT COLLECTION

The War of the Roses

TYPE
  • Movie
GENRE

There’s a war coming to Broadway—but don’t expect to see dueling Yorks and Lancasters.

Instead, this War of the Roses will see Warren Adler adapting his own 1981 novel, a black comedy that follows an affluent couple (yes, their last name is Rose) as they embark on a contentious divorce. The book was adapted into a movie in 1989, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito, who also directed the film. (It marked the trio’s third time working together, after 1984’s Romancing the Stone and its 1985 sequel The Jewel of the Nile.)

Adler, also the author of Random Hearts, The Sunset Gang, Private Lives, and Funny Boys, has released 33 novels total and is also a playwright with the stage versions of Windmills, Libido, and Dead in the Water under his belt. Tony-winning veterans Jay Gutterman, Cindy Gutterman, Cathy Chernoff, Carl Moellenberg, and Wendy Federman will produce the Broadway version of Roses. Further details about casting, the show’s creative team, its theatrical home, and its opening date have not yet been announced.

Speech Delivered by Warren Adler

/in /by

At the Public Library AssociationSpring Symposium in Chicago, March 2, 2001 Libraries have always been an important part of my life. My memory is vivid with wonderful images of walking through lines of pushcarts in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn to the lovely children’s library on Stone Avenue where I spent hours and hours searching […]

Read more

Opening Speech Delivered by Warren Adler

/in /by

At Jackson Hole Writer’s Conference, 1999 This is the eighth time I’ve been called upon to greet a group of fellow writers who gather here in our little valley, bringing with them their eager aspirations and optimism and, of course, the hope that they will find their voice and hone their creative writing skills. I […]

Read more

Opening Speech Delivered by Warren Adler

/in /by

At Jackson Hole Writer’s Conference, July 3rd, 1997 This is the sixth time I have delivered the welcoming address at the Jackson Hole Writer’s conference. It is always a pleasure to welcome you to our lovely valley and to offer, with great sincerity, my hope that your participation will be invigorating, stimulating and creatively profitable. […]

Read more

Mystery Scene, Published in Mystery Book News

/in /by

If necessity is the mother of invention then Fiona FitzGerald, whose third incarnation is now appearing in Immaculate Deception, must be the granddaughter of necessity. She was created out of the compulsive need to “create” which surely afflicts all novelists. Add to that need the fear of time’s relentlessness and you have the perfect prescription […]

Read more

A Writer Who Says Getting His Own Way is the Way to Success

/in , , /by

From New York Times, April 1, 1991 by Aljean Harmetz Hollywood can have Warren Adler’s work at a price. His price. Los Angeles – March 31 – At age 62, many writers, directors and actors are begging for work. But Warren Adler is being courted by Hollywood. “Actually, I’ve always thought of myself as a […]

Read more

In The Loop

/in , /by

From LA Style, 1990 “I was humiliated at Mortons last night,” Warren Adler says, sounding suspiciously as if he’s about to launch into a Rodney Dangerfield routine. “I had the worst table in the place. Facing the wall. They actually have a table like that. They just want to intimidate you. I’ll never go there […]

Read more