To Be or Not to Be was a Broadway play, a remake of the 1942 film To Be or Not to Be. It was written by Nick Whitby and produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City. Previews started on September 16, 2008 and the show opened on October 14 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre for a limited engagement. The play subsequently closed on November 16 of that year. The director was Casey Nicholaw, with principal cast including Peter Benson, David Rasche, Peter Maloney and Jan Maxwell.[1][2]