Holly Hunter to star in an off-Broadway play

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FILE - This Dec. 1, 2010 file photo shows actress Holly Hunter at a special screening of "Biutiful" hosted by The Cinema Society at The Lighthouse Theater in New York. The Flea Theatre said Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, the actress will star in “The Vandal” from Jan. 18-Feb. 17. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

NEW YORK (AP) — Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter is hoping to rip up the stage when she stars off-Broadway in a new play by Hamish Linklater.

The Flea Theatre said Friday the actress from such films as "Broadcast News" and "Raising Arizona" will be in "The Vandal" from Jan. 18-Feb. 17.

The play will also star Zach Grenier and Noah Robbins. Jim Simpson will direct. The Flea says the new work is a play "about death and vandalism in Kingston, N.Y."

Hunter, who also starred in the TV series "Saving Grace," was last off-Broadway in "Impossible Marriage" in 1998 and played the "Mystery Guest Star" in "The Play What I Wrote" on Broadway in 2003.