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The opening of Ethan Hawke's off-Broadway play "Blood From a Stone" has been pushed back six days to allow the stars of the show extra time to rehearse. The production was due to officially launch on January 6, but playwright Tommy Nohilly and director Scott Elliott have been forced to rework the script after recent previews of the comedy drama, about a troubled working class family in Connecticut, ran for over three hours.

"Blood From a Stone" will now open on January 12 at the Acorn Theatre, according to the New York Times. It won't be the "Training Day" star's first foray onto the New York stage - he's previously earned a Tony Award nomination for his starring role in a 2006 production of Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia", and he received further praise for his performance in Shakespeare play "The Winter's Tale" last year.

The opening of Ethan Hawke's off-Broadway play Blood From A Stone has been pushed back six days to allow the stars of the show extra time to rehearse.

The production was due to officially launch on 6 January, but playwright Tommy Nohilly and director Scott Elliott have been forced to rework the script after recent previews of the comedy drama, about a troubled working class family in Connecticut, ran for over three hours.

Blood From a Stone will now open on 12 January at the Acorn Theatre, according to the New York Times.

It won't be the Training Day star's first foray onto the New York stage - he's previously earned a Tony Award nomination for his starring role in a 2006 production of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia, and he received further praise for his performance in Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale last year.

The opening of Blood From a Stone, a new off-Broadway play starring Ethan Hawke, has been delayed a week. The Jan. 6 debut was pushed to Jan. 12 "to give the actors more time to absorb script revisions," notes the New York Times.

The play had been running over three hours in previews last week. Playwright Tommy Nohilly and director Scott Elliott trimmed 15 minutes off the production and the extra preview time will allow the show to gel, according to Elliott.

Blood From a Stone also stars Gordon Clapp and Natasha Lyonne.