‘The West Wing’ Reunion: Original Cast to Star in Staged Production – TVLine

We hope Aaron Sorkin chanced on a stage mountainous sufficient for a slip and focus on, due to this of The West Fly is becoming stay theater.

Forward of November’s presidential election, Sorkin is reuniting the unique West Fly forged for a staged manufacturing of the Season 3 episode “Hartsfield’s Landing,” which is able to air on HBO Max this tumble.

Stars Martin Sheen, Snatch Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Bradley Whitford and Janel Moloney all will reprise their roles for the manufacturing, which is able to be shot over a pair of days in early October at Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theatre. The staged episode will boost awareness and make stronger for When We All Vote, a nonprofit co-chaired by First Lady Michelle Obama that targets to lengthen participation in every election in The United States.

Sorkin will executive-invent and write customary exclusive discipline topic for the special, while Thomas Schlamme — who helmed 14 episodes of The West Fly all over its bustle — will order.

“Tommy and I are extremely mad to be getting The West Fly forged again together for this staged finding out and to make stronger When We All Vote in their efforts to internet all of us thinking about this election,” Sorkin stated.

Added Sarah Aubrey, head of customary bid at HBO Max: “With A West Fly Special to Relief When We All Vote, we’re mad to revisit this legendary series and offer our passionate followers one thing that is mountainous, important and unforgettable, while also promoting foremost message for our time. Mixed with WarnerMedia’s donation to When We All Vote, this special now no longer handiest entertains, but additionally abet be definite the group can lift forth its mission to lengthen voter participation in every election.”

Within the origin aired in February 2002, the Sorkin-penned “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode finds Bartlet (Sheen) participating each and each Sam (Lowe) and Toby (Schiff) in intricate chess suits that duplicate the wily sport of brinksmanship that Bartlet is having fun with with the Chinese, who’re conducting war video games within the Taiwan Strait. Within the period in-between, Josh (Whitford) is worried concerning the 42 votes in Fresh Hampshire town’s election, that are counted straight and repeatedly predict the winner of that yell’s important, and C.J. (Janney) tries to upset Charlie (Hill) by hiding his duplicate of the President’s high-secret day after day schedule, prompting a spate of naughty methods.