The cast includes Billy Crudup, Richard Easton, Jennifer Ehle, Ethan Hawke, Amy Irving, Brian F. O'Byrne and Martha Plimpton. The director is Jack O'Brien. Part 1, "Voyage," opens Nov. 5; Part 2, "Shipwreck," Dec. 21, and Part 3, "Salvage," Feb. 15. For hardy souls, there will be three marathon performances — Feb. 23, March 3 and March 10 — when all three parts can be viewed in one day.

SCATHING COMEDY — One of last season's funniest performances was given by Julie White in Douglas Carter Beane's scathing comedy, "The Little Dog Laughed," at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre. White played an acerbic Hollywood agent trying to control rumors about the sexuality of her top client, a rising screen star. Also in the cast of the new Broadway production are Tom Everett Scott as the movie idol, Johnny Galecki as a male hustler and Ari Graynor as his naive girlfriend. Scott Ellis directs for Nov. 13 opening at the Cort Theatre.

BROADWAY DEBUT — Julianne Moore makes her Broadway debut in the world premiere of "The Vertical Hour," a play by David Hare, author of "Stuff Happens," "Amy's View" and "Plenty."

Hare's new work, which arrives Nov. 30 at the Music Box, concerns a former journalist turned college teacher (Moore), who arrives in Wales for a vacation with her boyfriend, portrayed by Andrew Scott. There she meets an older Englishman — played by Bill Nighy, who also is making his Broadway debut. Complications ensue, which, of course, are the stuff of good drama. The director is Sam Mendes.