FAT PIG: Which Theater?
FAT PIG: Which Theater?
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#1FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 12/30/10 at 1:03amDo we know which theater FAT PIG is going into? I figured the Booth, as it is a smallish play. But it does have a big name attached, so I'm not sure.
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#2FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 12/30/10 at 1:13amI've heard HIGH is going into the Booth. Which leaves the Broadhurst, Cort, Belasco or Circle in the Square for FAT PIG. Cort or Belasco seem most likely.
NotSinceCarrie2
Swing Joined: 12/22/10
#2FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 12/30/10 at 1:16amI have no proof, but back when I read the announcement, the name "Studio 54" just popped in my head as Fat Pig's theatre.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#3FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 12/30/10 at 1:19am
Def not Studio 54.
Broadhurst seems like a good sized house for it.
#4FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 12/30/10 at 8:20amMy money is on the Belasco. Also, Circle in the Square still has Lombardi in it, and they haven't announced a closing (and I don't think it will in enough time for another show to go in there). The show costs next to nothing to run. I think they will chug along until nominations come out.
#5FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 12/30/10 at 12:40pmI would imagine the Broadhurst is where it's going. It's a good location for a play with a star attached. Though, the Belasco may want to house a hit and may try and push for the producers to bring it there.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#6FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 12/31/10 at 2:11amWith the second balcony, the Belasco almost seems too big to me.
#7FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 12/31/10 at 9:35amThe Broadhurst actually has almost 200 more seats than the Belasco, regardless of the balcony.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#8FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 12/31/10 at 11:02amI though it had already been announced. It's going into the Belasco.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#9FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 12/31/10 at 1:09pmHm. It's interesting what design can do. It just feels bigger, but maybe that's just me. I haven't been in the Broadhurst in awhile.
#10FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 4:31pmMother**cker with the Hat is going into the Broadhurst anyway, I thought.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#11FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 4:33pmNo, Motherfu*ker in the Hat has the Schoenfeld.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
lisa902652
Stand-by Joined: 4/10/05
#12FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 5:35pmfat pig is confirmed at the belasco opening mid april
#13FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 5:48pmI wonder what lucky, unknown actress is going to get cast as Helen (the um, "title character"). The Equity casting call certainly didn't mince words as to what they were looking for. It said something to the effect of "We are not looking for someone who is 'curvy' or 'a little overweight.' We are looking for someone who is FAT." Which is indeed the kind of actress the play calls for, but which of course eliminates 98% of all women working consistantly in televison and film.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#14FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 6:22pmTough part to play considering she has to be a great actress, likeable, and hella overweight.
#15FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 7:23pmSo you're saying that there aren't overweight people out there who can act? That doesn't seem right...
#16FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 7:27pmInteresting. Ashlie Atkinson, who originated the role Off Broadway and was brilliant, is hardly what I'd categorize as completely fat. They are obviously trying to go in a different direction from how Helen has been played before.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#18FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 7:59pmWhat's Nicki Blonksy doing now that Huge is canceled? Maybe she should do it. It's not like she's getting any more offers.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#19FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 9:39pmNikki Blonsky is actually generally the type needed for the part: a "plus-sized" woman but with a nice face and bubbly personality. Now that you mention it, I bet that the role ends up going to an ex-Tracy Turnblad...
#20FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 9:43pmWhat's Brooke Elliott (Drop Dead Diva) up to? She's got a theatre background. I don't know if I'd call her FAT fat, but she is a big girl.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#21FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 9:45pmNikki Blonsky is going into the next cycle of Love, Loss, and What I wore.
#22FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/1/11 at 10:04pmsingtopher, Brooke Elliott would actually be a great choice. And she's actually got some decent TV and film cred, which of course we know is pretty much required by producers for playing a leading role in a play on Broadway nowadays.
boydowncenter2
Swing Joined: 1/1/11
#23FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/2/11 at 1:47pmwould love to see them go with an unknown for "helen". doubt if they will though.
RazzleDazzle3
Swing Joined: 5/6/09
#24FAT PIG: Which Theater?
Posted: 1/2/11 at 6:47pmI believe a girl named Heather will be making her Broadway debut as Helen.
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