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Calm the hell down, guys. Y'all have no patience. It's months before rehearsals will start. Like I said, odds are they're looking for a Higgins so they can announce together.

Mostly amused she has three Marys in one season.

I imagine Ambrose may be signed, but they're waiting to ink a deal with Higgins before announcing them both together.

This board is so silly. What a great play and what amazing news!

I guess this does mean one of two things, though - either Roundabout isn't doing a musical, or Beautiful is closing soon.

I heard from a friend who knows an associate producer on the show (no idea who) that the producers and crew were dissatisfied with Oak, and that he had vowed to learn the accordion but simply didn't. Thus the late start. Apparently not very professional, but this is all hearsay.

Lesley Manville and Jeremy Irons set to play Long Day's Journey Into Night in the West End, then onto BAM and LA. Fantastic news for all! I can assume this will be in the Taper season announcement.

I don't disagree with any of that. But Paula Vogel's tweet had absolutely goddamn nothing to do with that. She implied Ben Brantley and Jesse Green's misogyny resulted in Sweat and Indecent's mixed notices, which is ludicrous.

Smaxie said: "OK then. Answer why David Harrower's Blackbird was seen on Broadway, but not How I Learned to Drive? 

 

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Sure, it's absurd that it's taken this long. But Brantley and Green aren't producers or artistic directors and that wasn't Vogel's main contention.

 

I'll add that neither man panned either show, and that all four reviews were measured, clear, and well-reasoned. It's facile to dismiss an argument without engaging with it, but it's stupid and absurd to ignore the arguments made altogether in favor of unconscious prejudices for whicu there is no evidence.

If you really want to measure bankability, I'd suggest restricting yourself to above-the-title credits and restricting yourself tp the time they were in the show.

Saw her in Stage Kiss at the Geffen, which was a truly awful play and production, but she was so startling and fresh. Very sad to see her go.

My mistake; I forgot M. Butterfly had a confirmed opening night set. List updated (and reformatted).

How soon is soon? I imagine unless they're recasting Gough, they'll wait until spring. She's got a People Places and Things run at St. Ann's this fall.

This whole problem would be solved if we had reasonable copyright laws in the US.

While "too soon" may be a factor for the type of people who post on this board, I think we vastly overestimate the percent of audience members who know when the last revival of anything was, let alone went to it. Also, people rewatch their favorite films and reread their favorite books every few years - why isn't five years a long enough gap for a great play?

I presume Staunton and maybe Lara Pulver would be the only cast members to transfer.