Posted: 8/12/18 at 5:52pm
Posted: 8/13/18 at 11:25am
Disagree with those who think this is a terrible idea.
Apart from the fact that it is in the hands of a great artist, Morton, and that it will provide plum roles for cast, I see the point.
This is a play often seen to be about masculinity and power. But it is also a play about winning and losing in patriarchy. This production would, I expect, explore how patriarchally identified women (a group not too long ago, i.e. at the time the play was written, were referred to as male-identified women, but not in the sense of transgender identification) play and are damaged by the same systemic games.
Posted: 8/13/18 at 3:09pm
I'll just echo my earlier post, that I have seen an all-female cast in this play. Mamet insisted that the names and genders be retained as male and it makes for all sorts of interesting subtext. I saw excellent regional actresses make a tremendous impact with this story, without seeming shrill or b*tchy but merely aggressive, ambitious, and self centered. While I, too, could wish for a new play that would examine the changing role of women in business and the effect on them as individuals, I would like to see this production. Amy Morton is an excellent actress and should have success directing a female cast. And Laurie Metcalf in anything? Of course.
Posted: 8/13/18 at 6:44pm
“12 Angry Women”... It’s possible. Think we’re there yet?
Posted: 8/13/18 at 8:01pm
I actually saw a production of 12 Angry Women at a high school that had a lot more girls than boys in the drama club. It worked.
As for an all female Glengarry Glen Ross, I think I am probably the target audience. I have zero interest in it. Don't care who's cast.
Posted: 8/13/18 at 8:08pm
I've seen "Twelve Angry Jurors" (I think that's how it was billed) with a mixed gender cast.
Posted: 8/14/18 at 12:37am
Posted: 3/27/19 at 12:17pm
Is this dead? We haven't heard anything since last August. I had thought this might take the Barrymore this summer, but I guess not.
Posted: 3/27/19 at 12:22pm
BroadwayGuy12 said: "Is this dead? We haven't heard anything since last August. I had thought this might take the Barrymore this summer, but I guess not."
Last we heard I believe was for a May preview date and casting to be announced soon, but nothing since. Im assuming they couldn't get the stars they hoped for, but I of course could be wrong.
Also, who's in your profile pic? Lol theyre super hot
Posted: 4/7/19 at 7:39pm
Posted: 4/7/19 at 7:55pm
givesmevoice said: "Bumping because Patti LuPone just casually dropped at the end of this interview that she’s starting rehearsal for this in August.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/patti-lupone-on-winning-her-first-olivier-award-in-1985-news-footage/1141046086"
Oh wow, would love to see her in this. I guess that means a Company transfer isn’t happening or at least not for a while though.
Posted: 4/7/19 at 8:09pm
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Company is happening Spring of 2020 to coincide with the shows 50th anniversary.
Posted: 4/7/19 at 8:19pm
Full quote from that video: "In August I'm supposed to go into rehearsal for the female version of Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by Amy Morton. We'll see if that happens." To me, that translates as we shouldn't believe anything until dates and a theatre are announced. Probably needs an actual star for Roma?
I could see her doing both this and Company in the same season, though that could minimize ticket sales for both. She hasn't been in a show that recouped since Sweeney in 2006.
Posted: 4/7/19 at 8:40pm
didnt her concerts with Mandy recoup?
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