From Broadway World:

Lincoln Center to Produce WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, WAR HORSE & A FREE MAN OF COLOR

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) announced three productions that it will produce during the 2010-2011 season at the Vivian Beaumont Theater and on Broadway. The first, a musical version of the Pedro Almodóvar film WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, with book by Jeffrey Lane, music and lyrics by David Yazbek and direction by Bartlett Sher, will begin previews Saturday, October 2 when it will reopen the newly restored Belasco Theatre (111 W. 44 Street). Opening night is Thursday, November 4.

Screen sirens Salma Hayek and Jessica Biel, along with Broadway stars Matthew Morrison and Paulo Szot starring in a private industry reading of WOMEN ON THE VERGE… back in October of 2009. There’s no word yet if any of the starry cast will appear in the production.

This will be followed at LCT’s home base at Lincoln Center with the world premiere of John Guare’s new play, A FREE MAN OF COLOR, directed by George C. Wolfe at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, with previews beginning Thursday, October 21, opening Thursday, November 18. Following A FREE MAN OF COLOR, LCT will team with the National Theatre of Great Britain, in association with Bob Boyett to present the U.S. premiere of the National Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of WAR HORSE, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo and adapted by Nick Stafford with direction by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris.

WAR HORSE is scheduled to begin performances at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Thursday, March 17, 2011 with an opening night scheduled for Thursday, April 14, 2011. LCT’s 2010-2011 Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater and LCT3 productions will be announced at a later date. (Read More…).