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Liev Schreiber dons a collar to play a Catholic priest in revival of 'Doubt' on Broadway

Source: CREDIT: Joan Marcus, 2024

Liev Schreiber was in a reflective mood one recent Sunday when he got a call about possibly starring in the play “Doubt” on Broadway.

“I had just come out of Mass with my in-laws, which is odd for a Jewish boy from the Lower East Side,” the actor and new dad says with a laugh.

He was in Montauk, on the tip of Long Island, where Schreiber has been moved by watching townspeople gather weekly for Catholic services at the local church.

“Maybe it’s my age or maybe it’s having another kid,

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