ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#1
Posted: 6/21/23 at 12:00am
The comedian Alex Edelman starts delivering the punchlines tomorrow (June 22) at the Hudson Theatre, where his one-man show Just for Us begins a quick preview period. This summer engagement officially opens on June 26 and is currently set to conclude on August 19. Just for Us is written by Edelman and directed by the late Adam Brace, who passed in late April.
“In the wake of a string of anti-Semitic threats pointed in his direction online, standup comic Edelman decides to go straight to the source; specifically, Queens, where he covertly attends a meeting of White Nationalists and comes face-to-face with the people behind the keyboards. What happens next forms the backbone of the shockingly relevant, utterly hilarious, and only moderately perspirant stories that comprise Just for Us.”
Who’s going?
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#2
Posted: 6/21/23 at 11:23am
Not again. I didn't find it funny at all. And he moves too much.
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ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#3
Posted: 6/21/23 at 11:35am
I thought is was an OK (B/B+) show in London, but yes, his constant frantic pacing around the stage was a major distraction.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
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ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#6
Posted: 6/21/23 at 1:33pm
Going this weekend! Not really sure what to expect but I see everything
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#7
Posted: 6/21/23 at 2:12pm
BorisTomashevsky said: "DOA."
It's a limited run that probably has the lowest capitalization of any show post-pandemic. No development, no casting, no set, just the typical costs (rental, tech, advertising, etc.) and a single stool.
It also has great word of mouth among the UWS/UES Jewish crowd. The biggest issue it'll actually face is that a lot of those people have seen it already.
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#8
Posted: 6/21/23 at 4:32pm
It has a very small set done by David Korins, there's some photos on their insta story. Looks like they made a small proscenium for the back of the stage with a black backdrop and then back stage wall is exposed behind the small proscenium.
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#9
Posted: 6/21/23 at 4:41pm
bholtzinger544 said: "It has a very small set done by David Korins, there's some photos on their insta story. Looks like they made a small proscenium for the back of the stage with a black backdrop and then back stage wall is exposed behind the small proscenium."
I wonder which set was more difficult for Korins, this one or Here Lies Love? 
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#10
Posted: 6/21/23 at 7:53pm
JasonC3 said: "I thought is was an OK (B/B+) show in London, but yes, his constant frantic pacing around the stage was a major distraction."
the pacing is just him. its how he is always.
i saw this in london, and thought it was moving and disturbing, though not particularly hilarious. still its gotten great reviews and has sold well Off Bway, in DC, in Boston, in London....
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#11
Posted: 6/21/23 at 8:48pm
I mean if Birbiglia has problems selling, but from what I heard this has a like 2 million cap so even if it only plays to 50% every week it should do fine, if anything is just makes the eventual sale of the special to Netflix or whoever worth more
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#12
Posted: 6/22/23 at 9:56am
Comedy shows on Broadway can be major events, but only if the performer has a large enough profile and there is demand/scarcity - Think Robin Williams in 2002, or Oh, Hello in 2016/17 (extended by demand multiple times).
While I'm sure this is probably a precusor to a Netflix filming or something of the like, it just has a very "fill the theatre because Chastain isn't extending" energy.
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#13
Posted: 6/22/23 at 10:56pm
Did anyone go tonight?
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#14
Posted: 6/23/23 at 2:06pm
BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I mean if Birbiglia has problems selling, but from what I heard this has a like 2 million cap so even if it only plays to 50% every week it should do fine, if anything is just makes the eventual sale of the special to Netflix or whoever worth more"
I think Mike sold pretty darn well. It’s just a giant theater. No one expected him to sell out the Beaumont every night.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#15
Posted: 6/23/23 at 10:15pm
I saw the show tonight and found it very funny! I haven’t laughed that much in a while. Yeah it has a very specific audience, he basically says it’s aimed towards UWS Jews, so I don’t know how it would play to those who aren’t familiar with all his references. But I thought it was great!
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#16
Posted: 6/26/23 at 1:19pm
FYI reviews come out tonight, there is an embargo until 9PM.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#17
Posted: 6/26/23 at 1:28pm
Can't imagine they will be much different then they were off-broadway?
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#18
Posted: 6/26/23 at 1:33pm
BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Can't imagine they will be much different then they were off-broadway?"
I had the same exact thought, if anyone is curious Jesse Green will be reviewing.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US Previews#19
Posted: 6/26/23 at 1:44pm
Also Alex Timbers is now the show's "Creative Consultant" a.k.a the replacement director for Adam Brace who passed a few weeks ago.
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