Hot Sheet: Brad Scientist

9. THEATER: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote’s great novella was made into a much-loved, if softened and sanitized, 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn, but it’s been a tough nut for Broadway to crack. In 1966 a musical adaptation with a script by Edward Albee — reflecting the darker tones of Capote’s story — became one of Broadway’s most legendary flops despite the star power of Mary Tyler Moore and Richard Chamberlain; producer David Merrick closed it after the fourth preview. Here’s wishing better luck to a new straight (so to speak) dramatic version by Tony-winning out playwright Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out), also reportedly more faithful to Capote than the film. Directed by Sean Mathias and starring Emilia Clarke of HBO’s Game of Thrones, it begins previews Monday at the Cort Theatre.