Long before Daniel Radcliffe starred in 2012’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s 1983 horror novel The Woman in Black, and even before the novel was first adapted for the screen decades prior in 1989, Stephen Mallatratt turned the story into a stage play in the United Kingdom, which has become (via Wikipedia) “the second longest-running play in the history of the West End.”
A staple in London, the play is returning to New York next year, Deadline reports.
“An eight-week run of London’s endurable ghost play will begin previews January 8, with an official opening on January 23.”
This will be the first time The Woman in Black has made her way to New York since 2001, and she’ll be taking over The McKittrick Hotel’s Club Car on 530 West 27th Street.
Deadline notes, “The Woman in Black tells the story of a young lawyer who stumbles upon a small town with a grave secret. This staging will “weave” among and around the audience.”
