Chita Rivera to star in 'Drood'

RiveraA Broadway revival of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," toplined by Chita Rivera, is most likely the first trio of options introduced for your 2012-13 season within the Roundabout Theater Company.Also round the bill certainly are a Rialto revival of "Possess a have a picnic" helmed by Mike Gold together with a brand new play, "The Inevitable Disappearance of Tom Durnin," by Steven Levenson. Legit and tv helmer Scott Ellis ("Weeds," "Two Broke Women") will direct both "Drood" and "Inevitable Disappearance."Comic mystery "Drood" is not seen on Broadway since it carried out an 18-month run that began in 1985. Tuner with book, music and lyrics by Rupert Holmes ("Curtains") draws on Brit music hall traditions in creating a stage version from the incomplete novel by Charles Dickens. Auds are solicited to choose whodunit each evening, getting another ending completed using the results.Rivera may have Princess Puffer, the proprietor from the opium family room. Actress was last round the Primary Stem in their 2005 autobiographical outing "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Existence.""Drood" may have Studio 54, one of the Roundabout's Broadway venues, in the run searching for the fall.InchHave a have a picnic," meanwhile, has came in the winter 2013 stint at another in the nonprofit org's Rialto venues, the American Airline carriers Theater. The 1953 William Inge play is produced in colaboration with commercial producer Darren Bagert.Director Gold ("Circle Mirror Transformation," "Seminar") also helmed the Roundabout's current Off Broadway revival of "Try Looking In Anger."The only real Off Broadway outing up to now introduced, "Inevitable Disappearance," can be a Roundabout commission from Levenson, whose play "The Text of Trees" carried out the theater's Off Off Broadway space.Story concentrates on a man trying to rebuild his existence and also the family after prone to prison for just about any white-colored-collar crime. Show is on tap for just about any stint within the Laura Pels Theater, the Roundabout's Off Broadway venue, by getting a precise timeline being determined.Further options for your Roundabout's 2012-13 season be introduced. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com