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Tracy Letts’ play ‘Killer Joe’ slated for Broadway in 2014 under direction of Pam MacKinnon

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FILE - In this June 9, 2013 file photo, actor Tracy Letts speaks at the 67th Annual Tony Awards in New York. Producers said Thursday, July 25, that Letts will reunite with director Pam MacKinnon next year for the Broadway premiere of “Killer Joe,” his work about a meticulously smooth Dallas police detective with a side business as a hit man. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Newly crowned Tony Award actor Tracy Letts is planning a quick return to Broadway — as a playwright.

Producers said Thursday Letts will reunite with director Pam MacKinnon next year for the Broadway premiere of “Killer Joe,” his work about a meticulously smooth Dallas police detective with a side business as a hit man.

The project reunites Letts and MacKinnon, who worked together on the recent acclaimed revival of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” MacKinnon won the best directing Tony and Letts beat out Tom Hanks for best leading man in a drama Tony.

“Killer Joe” will be produced by Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, who helped produce the revival of Edward Albee’s play.

Letts adapted his play into a movie in 2012, directed by Academy Award winner William Friedkin.

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