Kristoffer Diaz's Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity enters New York

Time Out Chicago's pick for the best play of 2009 is making the move to Off Broadway, largely intact. Playwright Kristoffer Diaz's pro-wrestling parable The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, which rocked Victory Gardens last fall in a co-production with Teatro Vista, has been (apparently prematurely) announced to open at New York's Second Stage Theatre in April. (The official announcement is expected later today, but as the Tribune's Chris Jones caught, it's already listed on Second Stage's website.) Teatro Vista's Eddie Torres will again direct; the Trib reports that he'll bring his VG design team along, and while no casting has been announced yet, there's a strong chance that Desmin Borges, Usman Ally (pictured above) and the rest of the Chicago cast will transfer as well.