We still have to wait until January 2009 before we can catch a glimpse of new episodes of the HBO drama Big Love, and so are the cast and crew.  Before productions get into full swing, some of its stars have pursued other projects. Ginnifer Goodwin, for one, is starring in the film He Just Isn't That Into You, whose release date has been moved to February 2009.  Amanda Seyfried is riding on the success of her film Mamma Mia!  The writers haven't taken a break, either; one of them, in fact, is staging a play off-Broadway.

Rodrigo Aguirre-Sacasa, who has penned a few episodes for the critically-acclaimed drama, is set to premiere his newest Broadway play, King of Shadows, on September 7 in New York City.  The play, set in San Francisco, centers on Nihar, a 15-year-old homeless boy who sells sex to others in order to survive.  He claims he is being pursued by supernatural demons. Jessica, a young social worker, takes care of the boy, and he immediately forms a bond with her teenage sister, threatening to change her perspective on everything she values.

The play, directed by Connie Grappo, stars Satya Bhabha, Kat Foster, Sarah Lord and Richard Short.  This is not Aguirre-Sacasa's first stage play; he has also premiered plays such as Good Boys and True and Based on a Totally True Story, both in off-Broadway locations.  Aside from working for Big Love, he also writes for Marvel Comics, and has developed a supernatural miniseries for the Fox network, entitled Howl.

It's nice to hear that the writers themselves are keeping busy—it just keeps their creative juices running, and even if audiences won't notice it, it might bring a subtly different dimension to future episodes of Big Love.  Twelve more episodes are set to be aired next year, with the first premiering on January 11, 2009, on HBO.


-Henrik Batallones, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Sources: Broadway World, Variety
(Image courtesy of Time Out Chicago)