'One Man' to Broadway

Richard Bean's U.K. hit "One Guy, Two Guvnors" is headed for the Primary Stem. The comedy, modified from Carlo Goldoni's 1700s laffer "The Servant of Two Masters," will open within the Music Box on April 18 beneath the direction of National Theater honcho Nicholas Hytner. Variety reported in August that producer Bob Boyett was hoping to get a Stateside transfer for your play. The show has converted into a significant success for your National, which first demonstrated the sixties period piece in May. Comedy embarked around the monthlong tour after closing within the National Sept. 19 and began its run in the western world End's Adelphi Theater captured. "One Guy" will be the first full-length legiter produced Stateside for prolific U.K. playwright Bean the writer's Brit-centric comedies include "England People Excellent,Inch "The Mentalists" and "Mr. England" within the National alone. Bean has labored just like a standup comic to ensure that as both author and artist on BBC radio sketch show "Control Group Six." Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com