Ryan O’Neal, Ali MacGraw in ‘Love Letters’ coming to Wallis Annenberg

It’s been 45 years since Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw starred together in “Love Story,� the 1970 romantic weepie that helped to turn both actors into megastars.

The passage of time will no doubt provide crucial subtext when O’Neal and MacGraw -- now in their 70s -- reunite on stage for a touring production of “Love Letters,� which is coming next season to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.

“Love Letters,� A.R. Gurney’s frequently revived, two-character play, is set to run Oct. 13 to 25 at the Wallis. The touring production will be a version of the recent revival Broadway revival that was directed by Gregory Mosher. (O’Neal and MacGraw didn’t star in the New York production.)

The Wallis’ 2015-16 season will be larger in scale than past seasons, with about 30 more performances over the 2014-15 line-up, according to a company spokesman. The new season will also include a 50th anniversary celebration of choreographer Twyla Tharp and the local premiere of the play “The Revisionist,� by actor Jesse Eisenberg.

In addition, the season will feature the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s recent production of “Guys and Dolls,� directed by Mary Zimmerman, running Dec. 1 to 20.

The Tharp anniversary celebration (Oct. 1 to 3) is a touring production commissioned by the Wallis and four other organizations, including the Joyce Theatre in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington.

“The Revisionist� (March 29 to April 17, 2016)), which ran off-Broadway in 2013, tells the story of an American writer paying a visit to a Jewish cousin in Poland. No cast has been announced for the production, which Eisenberg wrote.

The season’s theater line-up includes a play about Simon Wiesenthal (Oct. 24 to Nov. 8) by Jenny Sullivan, and Anthony Giardina’s “The City of Conversation� (May 12 to 29, 2016), which was seen last year at Lincoln Center in New York.

Patti LuPone will return to the Wallis for a new concert, “Matters of the Heart� (April 1 and 2, 2016), and Christine Ebersole will headline a cabaret performance, “Big Noise from Winnetka� (Jan. 25 and 26).

Other notable season offerings including the L.A. Dance Project (Jan. 29 to 30, 2016), featuring “Hearts and Arrows� by Benjamin Millepied; a dance piece by Debbie Allen, “Freeze Frame� (Feb. 5 and 6, 2016); and the Israel Philharmonic (Nov. 10 and 11), conducted by Zubin Mehta.

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