1984 coming to Broadway!

[somechrysanthemumtea]

1984 coming to Broadway!#1

Posted: 2/2/17 at 6:49pm

http://www.vulture.com/2017/02/londons-1984-is-coming-to-broadway-just-in-time-for-2017.html

At the Hudson, perfs start June 22nd.

[IdinaBellFoster]

1984 coming to Broadway!#2

Posted: 2/2/17 at 7:37pm

VERY timely. 

"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

[dramamama611]

1984 coming to Broadway!#3

Posted: 2/2/17 at 8:37pm

Pretty sure this was the same production that was at the ART last year.  It was pretty intense.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[ggersten]

1984 coming to Broadway!#4

Posted: 2/2/17 at 8:56pm

The London show sold tickets for 19.84 pounds.  Will the US show do the same?

[AEA AGMA SM]

1984 coming to Broadway!#5

Posted: 2/2/17 at 9:08pm

Sonia Friedman seems to be pretty committed to keeping her shows accessible, so it would not surprise me if they do keep some of the tickets priced at $19.84 (maybe the rush or lotto price?).

[ryankon]

1984 coming to Broadway!#6

Posted: 2/2/17 at 11:49pm

While the idea of bringing this at this moment in time is great, having seen this production it's hugely disappointing.  Brutal, yes.  But oddly hollow and unsatisfying.  

[¿Macavity?]

1984 coming to Broadway!#7

Posted: 2/3/17 at 1:09am

Ooooo! This should be interesting.

[JBroadway]

1984 coming to Broadway!#8

Posted: 2/3/17 at 7:07am

I saw this in London as well. Hard to say whether I think it was objectively good, but it was damn effective. Unsettling and brutal. It might have been a mistake to sit in the front row for this one. It's really an assault on the senses. Happy to see they're re-casting, as I didn't love the west end cast. 

[Valentina3]

1984 coming to Broadway!#9

Posted: 2/3/17 at 10:13am

Will this just be like a live broadcast of White House / Congress?

Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.

[TigerBait88]

1984 coming to Broadway!#10

Posted: 2/4/17 at 5:42pm

So I assume this is a play not a musical? Saw a couple major outlets reporting the production as a musical so just wanted to get clarification. 

[JBroadway]

1984 coming to Broadway!#11

Posted: 2/4/17 at 7:03pm

TigerBait88 said: "So I assume this is a play not a musical? Saw a couple major outlets reporting the production as a musical so just wanted to get clarification. "

 

That's correct. It's a play. 

[Dancingthrulife2]

1984 coming to Broadway!#12

Posted: 2/5/17 at 2:15am

Saw it in London, and didn't really like parts where the action is played out on the screens.

[BroadwayConcierge]

1984 coming to Broadway!#13

Posted: 4/3/17 at 10:18am

Casting announced.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Tom-SturridgeOlivia-Wilde-Reed-Birney-Will-Lead-1984-on-Broadway-20170403

[AC126748]

1984 coming to Broadway!#14

Posted: 4/3/17 at 10:33am

Well, I just got significantly more interested in this production.

"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

[haterobics]

1984 coming to Broadway!#15

Posted: 4/3/17 at 10:37am

The show intrigued me. Sturridge got me to buy a ticket.

[neonlightsxo]

1984 coming to Broadway!#16

Posted: 4/3/17 at 10:38am

Wow, killer cast.

[little_sally]

1984 coming to Broadway!#17

Posted: 4/3/17 at 10:42am

I adored Tom Sturridge in Orphans so this is now a must-see for me.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

1984 coming to Broadway!#18

Posted: 4/3/17 at 3:22pm

If 1984 had opened a bit earlier, Wilde/Sudeikis and Smulders/Killam would be two real-life married couples in professional NYC theatre productions all at the same time!

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[AC126748]

1984 coming to Broadway!#19

Posted: 4/3/17 at 3:24pm

Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "If 1984 had opened a bit earlier, Wilde/Sudeikis and Smulders/Killam would be two real-life married couples in professional NYC theatre productions all at the same time!

 

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There are lots of married/partnered couples in concurrently running shows.

"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

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

1984 coming to Broadway!#20

Posted: 4/3/17 at 3:27pm

I figured, but I guess I was thinking more along the lines of "Hollywood" couples. All four of the people I mentioned have played major roles in movies/television.

https://newplayexchange.org/users/99643/amanda-delalla

[RevolutionaryCostume]

1984 coming to Broadway!#21

Posted: 4/6/17 at 12:31am

Sonia Friedman and Robert Icke sat in front of me at Sunday In The Park With George tonight. They must be casing the joint.