Actor Justin Long, best known as the cool, laid-back personification of Apple products in the company's TV commercials, has been cast in the production of Jon Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities" that opens at the Mark Taper Forum in November.
Long has appeared in movies ("He's Just Not That Into You," "Drag Me to Hell") as well as several episodes of Fox's "New Girl" last season.
He also took to the stage -- on Broadway last season -- playing a student of a sadistic writing teacher in Theresa Rebeck's play "Seminar." ("Seminar," starring Jeff Goldblum, also will play the Music Center this fall, but at the Ahmanson Theatre next month.)
Long will play Trip in the Baitz play, a family drama that was nominated for the Tony award for best play.
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