Stories About McAlary is the latest play by Nora Ephron and the latest production to rumor the involvement of Hugh Jackman. If Stories About McAlary tickets ever become a reality, they will be available for the story of Mike McAlary, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Daily News columnist who got his start in the industry covering the police beat.
The play made headlines when it was discovered Hugh Jackman was reading for the part of Mike McAlary in June 2010. He read alongside Sarah Paulson and Richard Kind under the direction of Mike Nichols. Stories About McAlary is pegged as the story of a tabloid newspaper columnist putting out columns while holding a drink in the other.
It is written by Nora Ephron, the noted screen, television, and stage writer. She is coming off a big film in Julie & Julia and takes on a boozing writer in her stage piece. In this story, the story is loosely based on stories McAlary covered and events in his life.
