Jones, Redgrave co-star in "Miss Daisy"

NEW YORK - A pair of veterans of the theater will be a journey to the Great White Way this fall. Tony winners James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave will co-star in the Broadway creation of "Driving Miss Daisy". The Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry performances begin on 7 John Golden Theatre October 25 with an official opening October, said Jed Bernstein and producer Adam Zotovich Tuesday. It is by David Esbjornson ("The Goat, or Who is Sylvia be addressed?"). Redgrave has already been seen on Broadway in his Tony Award-winning performance in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and more recently, in Joan Didion "The Year of Magical Thinking" in 2007. Jones won Tonys for "The White great hope" and the original Broadway production of "Fences." Driving Miss Daisy "is about a widowed Jewish woman age 72 to live mid-20th century Atlanta, whose son hires an African-American to serve as his driver. Friction, and the results of their relationship of friendship. Originally from the opening Off-Broadway production in 1987, he is a successful film two years later with Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy was. In his four Academy Awards the film won the playwright Uhry won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.