Laurie Metcalf is death on Broadway. I hope she has better luck with this show.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
She's been in 3 Broadway plays: 2 flops, 1 hit. Not box office gold, but not poison either. She'll be in a non-profit subscription house anyway, so the issue ain't really pertinent here.
Shame that LONG DAY'S JOURNEY won't be transferring over. Saw it a few weeks ago, really a fantastic production.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
newintown-I've never seen Long Day's Journey staged-and I'm an O'Neill lover. I have also been keeping up with the articles on her remarkable performance-she has transformed the character. I hardly find it unnecessary to revive this production, which has garnered positively glowing reviews.
I saw this off-Broadway and she was excellent. The play may not be brilliant, but she really gives a tour de force performance. After all the transfers this season I was thankful there weren't any announced yet for the coming season, but this is one performance I don't mind seeing again.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
I've seen Long Day five times, and though I always find something to enjoy about it, I'm glad Metcalf is committed to a new play. Many famous actors these days only want to come in with a revival of a proven hit; finding one who'll take the time and effort to develop a new work is rare and commendable (to me).
I only wish Jim Parsons, Jessica Chastain, Edie Falco, etc. felt the same...
I'm sure there were those who felt the same when Long Day, Harvey, and The Heiress premiered. Fortunately, there were more people then championing new work.
I meant your referral to 'those' whoever they were, that felt the aforementioned pieces were weak compared to the acting. (Not dissing the acting-Metcalf is brilliant.)
No, you misread me; I meant that there were probably people like you who would have preferred to see a revival of Father Knows Best or Abie's Irish Rose back when The Heiress and Long Day premiered.
I didn't say how many there were; just that there will always be people who prefer revivals to new work.
But then, I clearly think this play is better than you do.
I prefer a good play, whether it's a revival or new work.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Edie Falco is doing a new play by Liz Flahive at MTC this coming season alone, newintown, so she hardly fits your description of artists not wanting to support new work. She's origniated plenty of roles on stage over the course of her career, and as the poster above said, she just did Chloe Moss's THIS WIDE NIGHT for Naked Angels two years ago.
For as much as Falco works on film and television, her dedication to continuing to do theater on a consistent basis is remarkable. I'd say the same thing about Jessica Chastain, who is doing a play at the height of (quite literally) the busiest career in Hollywood at the moment.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.