Dwayne Johnson has been trying to star on Broadway in this classic play alongside Kevin Hart: ‘Not letting that dream go’
Dwayne Johnson has been trying to star on Broadway in this classic play alongside Kevin Hart: ‘Not letting that dream go’
Wesley StenzelSat, July 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM UTC
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Dwayne Johnson said that he has been attempting to star in a classic Broadway show with Kevin Hart for “two and a half to three years.”
Johnson said that Hart’s schedule is complicating their potential theatrical endeavor: “He’s so booked.”
Johnson may take the stage on Broadway even if Hart can’t join him: “We’ll see.”
Dwayne Johnson wants to hit Broadway with one of his favorite collaborators.
The Moana actor told PEOPLE in a new interview that he has been actively trying to take the stage in New York City alongside Kevin Hart.
“For the past two and a half to three years, we have been working on my Broadway debut,” he said. “I’m revealing it now because it’s tequila talking.”
Johnson told the outlet that he and Hart “were going to do The Odd Couple” in a new production from Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller, but their schedules still haven’t aligned.
“We should’ve been great. Kevin is my best friend. I love him to death, and the truth is he’s so booked for the next three to five years,” Johnson said. “That’s his schedule, that’s a reality. I totally get it. And I love it and I respect him for that.”
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’Credit: Frank Masi/Sony
Johnson and Hart first starred together in the 2016 action-comedy Central Intelligence. They reteamed a year later for 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and its 2019 sequel Jumanji: The Next Level. The duo will reunite on screen for the trilogy-capping Jumanji: Open World, which is set to hit theaters on Dec. 25 — and Johnson still wants to work with Hart on the Great White Way when all is said and done.
“We do Jumanji, which we’ll promote that at the end of the year, but I’m not letting that dream go,” he told PEOPLE.
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Johnson then indicated that he may star in a Broadway play in the near future even if Hart can’t join him, as he’s currently looking into a theatrical opportunity with Seller and Thomas Kail, the director of Hamilton and the live-action Moana.
“So we’ll see, but maybe it’s The Odd Couple with Jeffrey. I don’t know, maybe it’s a musical and I could run around singing in keys that don’t exist,” he said. “I might do a little dance. I might snatch my waist a little bit. We’ll see.”
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in ‘The Odd Couple’Credit: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty
Written by legendary playwright Neil Simon, The Odd Couple first opened on Broadway in 1965 with a production directed by Mike Nichols that starred Walter Matthau as the sloppy divorcée Oscar Madison and Art Carney as his high-strung roommate Felix Ungar. The production won four Tonys, including Best Author for Simon and Best Actor for Matthau.
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The Odd Couple gained further fame with the 1968 film starring Jack Lemmon and Matthau, which earned two Oscar nominations. The play also became the basis for a classic sitcom starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman that ran from 1970 to 1975.
The Odd Couple has endured in numerous subsequent iterations over the years, including the short-lived ‘80s sitcom The New Odd Couple starring Ron Glass and Demond Wilson, the retooled Broadway show The Female Odd Couple starring Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno, the 1998 movie The Odd Couple II starring Lemmon and Matthau, and the 3-season 2010s Odd Couple sitcom starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon.
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