“Danny DeVito is a certifiable gem.”
— TIME OUT NEW YORK
“Danny DeVito is just funny. Period.”
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE
“Danny DeVito is easy to love.”
— THE NEW YORK POST
From playwright Theresa Rebeck and director Moritz von Stuelpnagel–the creative team behind Bernhardt/Hamlet–comes Broadway’s #1 new play: I Need That, a hilarious and human play about life's messes. Tony® nominee and Emmy® winner Danny DeVito returns to Broadway starring alongside his daughter, Lucy DeVito, and Ray Anthony Thomas, in this must-see Broadway event filled with humor, heart, and lots of stuff.
Please be advised this production uses haze.
Running time: One hundred minutes. No intermission.
I Need That Cast
- Sam
- Danny DeVito
- Amelia
- Lucy DeVito
- Foster
- Ray Anthony Thomas
- u/s Amelia
- Suzy Jane Hunt
- u/s Foster
- Lance Roberts
- u/s Sam
- Danny Rutigliano
I Need That Creative
- Playwright
- Theresa Rebeck
- Director
- Moritz von Stuelpnagel
- Set Design
- Alexander Dodge
- Costume Design
- Tilly Grimes
- Lighting Design
- Yi Zhao
- Original Music
- Fitz Patton
- Sound Design
- Fitz Patton and Bradlee Ward
- Hair & Make-up Design
- Tommy Kurzman
- Production Stage Manager
- Jereme Kyle Lewis
![A woman sits on a clean coffee table in front of a clean couch while her father stands next to her and speaks.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2023-2024/I-Need-That/I_Need_That_0438r.jpg)
Lucy DeVito (Amelia) and Danny DeVito (Sam).
Joan Marcus![Three actors on stage on a set dressed like an extremely cluttered home. Two men laugh and chat while an annoyed woman packs a box.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2023-2024/I-Need-That/I_Need_That_0302r.jpg)
Ray Anthony Thomas (Foster), Danny DeVito (Sam), and Lucy DeVito (Amelia).
Joan Marcus![At the curtain call, three smiling actors stand in front of a yellow house surrounded by trash bags. Danny DeVito holds a SORRY! game box in one hand and holds Lucy's hand in the other.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2023-2024/I-Need-That/I_Need_That_0529r.jpg)
Ray Anthony Thomas (Foster), Danny DeVito (Sam), and Lucy DeVito (Amelia).
Joan Marcus![An old man in a zip up, lounge pants, and glasses fusses with the antennas on an old TV. His home is overcrowded with items.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2023-2024/I-Need-That/I_Need_That_0298r.jpg)
Danny DeVito (Sam).
Joan Marcus![An agitated woman holding a pile of mail stands between two men in an overcrowded, cluttered home.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2023-2024/I-Need-That/I_Need_That_0463r.jpg)
Ray Anthony Thomas (Foster), Lucy DeVito (Amelia), and Danny DeVito (Sam).
Joan Marcus![An old man with glasses sits on a couch with his daughter for a heart-to-heart conversation.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2023-2024/I-Need-That/I_Need_That_0426r.jpg)
Lucy DeVito (Amelia) and Danny DeVito (Sam).
Joan Marcus![A woman stands on the opposite side of a messy living room, listening to an old man speak while his best friend stands behind him.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2023-2024/I-Need-That/I_Need_That_0166r.jpg)
Lucy DeVito (Amelia), Ray Anthony Thomas (Foster), and Danny DeVito (Sam).
Joan Marcus![Two old men, on Black and one white, have a conversation in a messy living room. The Black man sits on a pile of stuff while the white man stands and holds a trinket box.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2023-2024/I-Need-That/I_Need_That_0160r.jpg)
Ray Anthony Thomas (Foster) and Danny DeVito (Sam).
Joan Marcus![Lucy DeVito points at Ray Anthony Thomas in a rehearsal studio with a set decorated like an incredibly messy house.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/2023-2024/L1022448.jpg)
Lucy DeVito and Ray Anthony Thomas
Marcus Middleton![Danny DeVito sits on a wooden box among a rehearsal set decorated like a messy house. He and Ray Anthony Thomas, standing behind him, share a sad face.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/2023-2024/L1022480.jpg)
Danny DeVito and Ray Anthony Thomas.
Marcus MiddletonTHEATRE TALK
Learn more about the history of the production and its creators through a lively discussion with Roundabout Teaching Artists.
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Discover the artists and history behind I Need That in the Upstage Playgoer’s Guide.
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- Alec Baldwin
James Costa and John Archibald
Linda L. D’Onofrio
Peggy and Mark Ellis
Joele Frank and Larry Klurfeld
Carson Gleberman
Sylvia Golden
Jeanne Hagerty
Angelina Lippert
Iva Mills
K. Myers
Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
Mary Solomon
Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
![The empty house of the Todd Haimes Theatre with a wash of purple light over the seats, and a chandelier hangs at the top of the theatre.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_340,q_auto:eco,w_440/e_grayscale/e_tint:100:391f55:0p:ea5297:100p/v1/Venues/AA_Venue.jpg)
Presented at
Todd Haimes Theatre
227 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
between 7th and 8th Avenues