Is Ashton Kutcher Broadway Bound?

He’s proven his public stature by becoming the first person to have more than one million followers on Twitter, and Ashton Kutcher is now scoring headlines across the country once again, said to be contemplating an upcoming offer to join the ranks of film actors to go Broadway. The New York Post broke the story that Kutcher, star of the television comedy That ’70s Show and several comedy films in the 2000s, is considering taking the lead role in the Broadway production Fat Pig, a Neil LaBute-directed and produced show. Should Ashton Kutcher seize the opportunity to make his Broadway debut with Fat Pig, the Post reported he would take the role of Tom, a suave younger gentleman who courts the genuine but heavyset Helen.

LaBute’s Fat Pig opened off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2004 and featured the all-star cast of Keri Russell, Jeremy Piven, Andrew McCarthy and Ashlie Atkinson. Its run with Broadway has yet to garner a timeline, still attracting speculation of whether or not Ashton Kutcher will star in the production.

Kutcher’s recent endeavors in the film industry include What Happens in Vegas, My Boss’s Daughter, The Butterfly Effect, A Lot Like Love and Dude, Where’s My Car?, among several others.

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