THE PRODUCERS - LANE TO STAR IN CATCH ME IF YOU CAN MUSICAL

THE PRODUCERS star NATHAN LANE is to star in a Broadway musical version of STEVEN SPIELBERG's hit movie CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. The Tony Award-winning actor will play police inspector Carl Hanratty - played by Tom Hanks in the 2002 movie. Hanks' character spent the film chasing real-life con artist Frank Abagnale Jr, who was portrayed on screen by Leonardo DiCaprio. Lane reveals, "I'm doing a workshop for a new musical by the team who brought you Hairspray - Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. It's based on the book and film Catch Me If You Can. I play the Tom Hanks part. "It's a wonderful piece of material. We've been developing it for a few years. Hopefully it will come to fruition."