All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#0All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:36amWhat are the names of all the plays this season that could qualify for tonys and which ones should Amneris see that everyone else liked?
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:47am
NEW PLAYS
Democracy
Gem of the Ocean
Brooklyn Boy
Doubt
The Pillowman
REVIVALS
Sight Unseen
After the Fall
Reckless
Twelve Angry Men
'Night Mother
The Rivals
The Glass Menagerie
Julius Caesar
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
A Streetcar Named Desire
On Golden Pond
Steel Magnolias
Passion Play
Glengarry Glen Ross
#3re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 12:05pmIs The Pillowman being considered a new play, even though it was in London last spring??
#4re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 12:15pmgo see twelve angry men before it closes it is an amazing production of a great play.
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
pooryorick
Understudy Joined: 1/25/05
#5re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 12:34pmYes, The Pillowman is considered a new play. McDonagh's other plays were also performed in London before they came to Broadway ... and Brooklyn Boy actually debuted at South Coast Repertory earlier this season.
#6re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 1:00pmANY PLAY that has never played on Broadway before is considered a new play, unless the Tony committee deems it a revival because it is such a part of the public domain (ie, "Reckless", "12 Angry Men", and "Sight Unseen" have never been on Broadway before, but are considered revivals because they are well-known). Also, any Shakespeare, even if it has never played on Broadway before, is considered a revival.
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#7re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 4:56pm
After the Night and the Music opens May 19, after the Tony Awards deadline, so it will be the first entry of the 2005-2006 season.
williamsburg
Swing Joined: 1/27/05
#8re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 7:50pmThing that confuses me is 12 Angry Men was never a play, right? It was only a movie ... so how can it really be a revival?
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Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 8:56pmIt was a play. Not sure what the date is, but we read the script in sophomore english. it's actually really good.
#10re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:08pmThe Tony Awards Administration Committee considered 12 angry men to be a "classic" so even though it never was on broadway before, it goes in the revival category.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#11re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:53pm
If a show premieres in London it doesn't matter--look at Lloyd Webber
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#12re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:57pm
Reckless was a revival?
I didn't know that
#13re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:04pm
love your icon Amneris.
#14re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:13pmAlthough it has never played on Broadway, it was considered a classic.
#15re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:17pmit's crazy because (i love plays SO MUCH!) how often do plays make money, considering (though i hate to say it) b-way is pretty tourist trade. and they are more in favour of hairspray than Twleve Angry Men (loved it!). I have NO idea what point i'm trying to make... carry on...
#16re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:22pm
Sadly, most plays flop.
12 Angry Men is a smash, though.
Reckless and Sight Unseen were both modest hits at the Biltmore, and Democracy is still going strong.
#17re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:26pm
Reckless was really wonderful, so was 12 Angry men. I thought Sight UNseen didn't do too well.
i mean, i only bring it up because i see how many plays are opening up and how August Wilson's will have ran for around 100 preformances and cost so much to produce... it makes me wonder
#18re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/28/05 at 6:34am"Sight Unseen" was a modest hit. It extended its run twice.
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#19re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/28/05 at 8:17am
Sight Unseen and Reckless were produced by the non-profit Manhattan Theatre Club (with Off-Broadway's Second Stage co-producing Reckless). Both Reckless and Sight Unseen extended as long as they possibly could, based on their LORT contracts and the artists' availability, and the schedule at the Biltmore itself, where MTC is staging three shows a year. Both Reckless and Sight Unseen were profitable for MTC, though the question of profit and loss is not as important to a non-profit theatre company.
As far as August Wilson, of his entire output, sadly, only Fences was a commercial success. (And Fences, while a very good play, is probably the least ambitious of Wilson's play cycle).
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#20re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/28/05 at 8:40amHurlyburly seems to be getting very strong notices.
#21re: All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?
Posted: 1/28/05 at 2:06pm"Hurlyburly" is playing off-Broadway, but you are right. It has sold out most of its run, and just extended through March 19. I would credit its success, though, to the all-star cast and not necessarily to the play itself. Seeing it tomorrow night and can't wait.
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