Nathan Lane for President!

When theater fans hear about Nathan Lane returning to Broadway, they're more like to think about musical comedy than about the profanity-laden, alpha-male drama of playwright David Mamet.

But this unlikely duo will pair up for November, a political comedy about one day in the life of fictional American president Charles Smith, a harried commander-in-chief.

Gay Tony-winning director Joe Mantello will oversee the production, and his previous intersections with both men make him perfect for the job: Mantello directed Lane in both the recent revival of The Odd Couple and the acclaimed Love! Valour! Compassion!, while also being the man behind the successful 2005 revival of Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross.

Previews for November begin in December with an official Broadway opening on Jan. 17.