Shia LaBeouf, Citing Creative Differences, Pulls out of Broadway Debut

(AP) Shia LaBeouf pulls out of Broadway debut
By MARK KENNEDY
AP Drama Writer
NEW YORK
Shia LaBeouf is pulling the plug on his Broadway debut.

The star of the “Transformers” franchise had been slated to appear opposite Alec Baldwin in “Orphans” but producers said Wednesday that LaBeouf would not be continuing “due to creative differences.”

The play by Lyle Kessler, which premiered in 1983, tells the story of two orphaned brothers living in a decrepit Philadelphia row house who decide to kidnap a wealthy man. LaBeouf played one brother and Baldwin the target.

LaBeouf, whose films include “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” was most recently seen in John Hillcoat’s crime drama “Lawless.”