Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman will soon be starring together on Broadway, and when I say “starring,” I mean “melting the unnerwear off thousands of theater patrons.” Jackman is a Tony Award winning Broadway veteran, and while Craig has worked on stage in London, it took a story as harrowingly compelling as A Steady Rain to pull Craig into Broadway’s footlights. Undoubtedly, his U.S. debut will make Craig a major Broadway draw, but it may also make a star out of a formerly unknown playwright.

Keith Huff, a Chicago based editor of a medical website and amateur dramatist had written more than 60 plays,  several of which had been performed in his home town, but none had  brought him the break he had hoped for. Then, as luck would have it, he heard a news story about a botched police investigation and was inspired to use the event as a basis for a play. The resulting play was A Steady Rain, which made it to production in Chicago and received positive reviews.

At the production’s end, the play’s producer passed a copy of it to Daniel Craig, telling Huff that Craig would call him if he wanted to do it.  Months passed and Huff’s anxiety grew until he one day he answered the phone and heard “Hello, I’m Daniel Craig, and I’d like to do your play.” From there, Director  John Crowley was secured, Jackman signed on, and  the rest is on the verge of becoming history.

Keith Huff’s life has been turned on its ear, and we are left to deal with the resulting hotness. A Steady Rain will begin previews Sept. 10.  Wear asbestos underwear.