Bryan Cranston could soon be back on the boards.
The two-time Tony winner told me (shortly before telling his friend, âCareful what you say. He works for The Post!â) at Mondayâs opening night party for âCelebrity Autobiographyâ that he expects the London revival of Arthur Millerâs âAll My Sons,â which he starred in alongside Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Paapa Essiedu, to head to Broadway next spring.  Â
I saw the play, which is directed by Ivo van Hove, back in December. And as is typical of the Belgian auteur responsible for Broadwayâs brilliant, blood-soaked âA View From The Bridge,â itâs seismic, starkly stylish and superb.Â
Cranston and Jean-Baptiste are ferocious. And Essiedu, who played Chris, won the Olivier Award in April. Essieduâs schedule could be tough, though. Heâs the new Professor Snape in the upcoming âHarry Potterâ HBO TV series. But, hey, Hogwarts let John Lithgow take some PTO this season for âGiant.â
âBreaking Badâ star Cranston was at Redeye Grill Monday night after the funny Broadway show âCelebrity Autobiography,â in which performers skewer bold-facers such as Celine Dion and David Hasselhoff by reading their ridiculous memoirs aloud.Â
Cranston, whose theatrical career hasnât exactly been filled with yuks, said he wants in on the action.
âIâd be honored if something that was found in my autobiography was read onstage,â the actor said. âIâd be, like, âOh my God, I remember writing that!â â
Cranston was upstairs at the West 56th Street restaurant with Tom Hanks and Nia Vardalos celebrating Hanksâ wife Rita Wilson, who is one of the showâs rotating readers, along with Gayle King, Vardalos, Kenan Thompson, Jackie Hoffman and many more. Â
He said that as he sat down at the Shubert Theatre Monday night he readied himself in case Wilson set her sights on his autobiography.
âI wrote one 10 years ago, and so I was wondering â because Ritaâs a friend of mine â I thought, âDid she find an excerpt from mine?â â he said.
Luckily Cranston was spared, because these crowds are definitely laughing at the celebs â not with âem.
When I pointed out to the 70-year-old actor that his last decade could easily warrant a Volume 2, he agreed.
âI have enough material for another book,â Cranston said. âAnd then Iâm in a group of character actors, friends, and weâre writing a book for charity of other stories. So I have three stories in there.âÂ
The actor loves the stage and is currently two for two at the Tony Awards, for his performances as President Lyndon B. Johnson in âAll The Wayâ and Howard Beale in âNetwork.â A three-peat could be in the cards. Joe Keller is a towering, emotionally demanding role.
But, he said, theater is a tough gig. And for many Hollywood stars, itâs completely off the table.
âThereâs no money in it,â Cranston said. âYou actually are losing money by doing theater. Thatâs how difficult it is for actors who are here in New York just doing theater. They have to constantly be working.â
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