A Man of No Importance coming to Broadway? - Page 2

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/18/23 at 6:24pm

Circle being a Broadway house was never debated. 

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 1/18/23 at 6:41pm

broadwayindie said: "Just speculating but the Cornelia Street extension may cause this not to start till April because of Mary Beth Peil."

Mary Beth Peil has a tiny role in Man of No Importance- her unavailability would not factor into any decision here. 

I think this is a tough sell for a bigger Bway house, even with Jim Parsons. I'm guessing his schedule will dictate the outcome here. 

[Robbie516]

Posted: 1/18/23 at 7:18pm

What play is going to the CITS? I hope it’s Eureka Day with Helen Hunt

[smidge2]

Posted: 1/18/23 at 10:20pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Circle being a Broadway house was never debated."

I apologize. I misread it completely. 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 4:55pm

milkywhitestan said: "I have no doubt that this show eventually makes it way to Broadway. Probably next season."

I'm personally hoping next season because this current one already has so many musical revivals.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 5:06pm

First preview March 28 at Circle in the Square.

Updated On: 1/19/23 at 05:06 PM

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 5:16pm

The revivals this year are just STACKED! What a great season we're having.

[Robbie516]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 7:03pm

Do you think this will sell better than Parade? Jim Parsons is a huge name…

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 7:07pm

Robbie516 said: "Do you think this will sell better than Parade? Jim Parsons is a huge name…"

No. 

[HenryTDobson]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 8:04pm

Surprised by this transfer but exciting nevertheless. I'm curious to see if Jim Parsons is a big enough name to get people in the seats. Is his performance Tony worthy?

[JoeW4]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 8:21pm

It's a bit tough to predict his box office power here.

On one hand, his last 2 Broadway shows recouped - which is actually a pretty stellar track record, these days. But An Act of God was at the height of his Big Bang Theory fame, and in Boys in the Band, he had some other stars alongside him - it was more of an "event" piece, rather than a "come see Jim Parsons" piece. So it's tough to know how many tickets he'll sell by himself, now that now that Big Bang Theory is irrelevant.

We've seen before that a tv/movie star in a musical often sells better than a tv/movie star in a play. But then again, this intimate, lesser-known musical might as well be a play, for all its marketability and broad-appeal (I love the musical, personally).

On the plus side, with John Doyle's staging, it'll be capitalized at approximately...what? A thousand dollars?

As for whether it's a Tony-worthy performance - I thought he was awful, but I saw it in early previews, and I heard he improved somewhat. So take that how you will.

 

[ThunderQuad]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 8:29pm

I'm thinking Winningham and Shively are nomination locks for Featured Actress/Actor, respectively

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 8:35pm

JoeW4 said: "On the plus side, with John Doyle's staging, it'll be capitalized at approximately...what? A thousand dollars?"

Why is this so accurate?

[qafgenius122]

Posted: 1/20/23 at 12:18am

I loved loved LOVED this show at CSC this past Fall. One of my fav things I saw in all of 2022. Going in knowing like one song, and nothing else pretty much. I fell hard for this show and this story and thought Parsons, and the whole cast were superb. Very exciting for this news, well once it actually becomes news lol

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 1/20/23 at 4:25pm

It was a magnificent show down at CSC and the CITS would be a perfect fit with virtually no changes to the physical production except to build a brick back wall and gallery where one existed at CSC. 

The onstage orchestra included 4 musicians in the gallery plus at least 4 cast members who played strings, guitar and some timpani (and beautifully). So the CSC score was orchestrated for at least 8 musicians.

Sorry to say that Jim Parsons, while perfectly acceptable in the lead role, was far outmatched by his costars' spectacular performances. Most unlikely that he'll reap a Tony nom for this.

[JasonC3]

Posted: 1/20/23 at 6:17pm

Did several very recent comments related to reviews/show popularity get deleted?

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 1/20/23 at 6:19pm

JasonC3 said: "Did several very recent comments related to reviews/show popularity get deleted?"

Other thread:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1155285&page=2

[JasonC3]

Posted: 1/20/23 at 7:14pm

Ah thanks. Duh me.

[nativenewyorker2]

Posted: 1/22/23 at 3:14pm

The Broadway gods really decided to transfer this instead of CSC assassins. Damn

[Robbie516]

Posted: 1/24/23 at 12:09pm

Did anyone see when the test run was up how long this will run for?

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/24/23 at 12:27pm

nativenewyorker2 said: "The Broadway gods really decided to transfer this instead of CSC assassins. Damn"

Considering some of the bigger names in that cast are off on other projects right now, I doubt they wanted to move the production without most or all of the actors they had at CSC.

- Ethan Slater is doing the WICKED movie
- Brandon Uranowitz is in LEOPOLDSTADT
- Will Swenson is leading A BEAUTIFUL NOISE
- Steven Pasquale joined a new ABC series, "Avalon" with Neve Campbell.

 

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 1/24/23 at 12:37pm

I'm surprised this hasn't been announced yet. Usually it's only a day or two after the test event pops up. 

[bdn223]

Posted: 1/24/23 at 1:21pm

jkcohen626 said: "I'm surprised this hasn't been announced yet. Usually it's only a day or two after the test event pops up."

Today was the Oscar nominations, so its safe to assume producers wanted to steer clear if they actually wanted to the announcement to be covered by any news or entertainment news outlets. I was surprised it didn't come yesterday, but maybe once again producers were thinking they didn't want to be swept under the rug with Oscar coverage, as well as Room semi-beat them to the punch. I would guess we are likely to get the announcement this week, probably on Thursday or Friday though. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 1/24/23 at 1:23pm

MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE is coming to Broadway exclusively because of Tom Kirdahy (Terrence McNally's husband & prominent producer) and Jim Parsons. If Sondheim or Weidman had a prominent producer-spouse and the popular star of a sitcom, ASSASSINS might have moved too... But these are the facts and realities of theatre.

[sewwwwwww]

Posted: 1/25/23 at 12:49pm

As of yesterday, this is no longer happening. Jim Parsons and the producers couldn’t settle on a number so the entire thing is off. He texted the cast personally to let them know.