Rock will join Bobby Cannavale, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vazquez in a production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' play "The Mother ... With the Hat." (The title includes an expletive.)
The 14-week engagement begins previews on March 22 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
The play centers on Jackie (Cannavale), a parolee who is newly sober, and his girlfriend, who is not. Rock will play Jackie's
sponsor.Anna D. Shapiro, who won a Tony for directing "August: Osage County," will helm the project.
