Four-time Emmy winner Jim Parsons, best known as the nerdy scientist Sheldon Cooper in the TV comedy The Big Bang Theory will be ascending to new heights when he plays God on Broadway this spring, the show’s producer said.
Parsons, 41, will star in the limited run of An Act of God, scheduled to open on May 28 at Studio 54.
The play is based on The Last Testament: A Memoir by God, dubbed the ultimate celebrity autobiography, as told to David Javerbaum, the Emmy-winning former executive producer and head writer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
“I chose Jim to play me because I relish the irony of telling the real story of the six days of creation through the star of The Big Bang Theory. Plus, he’s funny,” a press agent quoted God as saying in a statement.
Two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Assassins, Wicked) will direct the play.