All in all this season , WHAT are the PLAYS ?

[Amneris]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:36am

What 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]

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

[RadioTV2]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 12:00pm

Updated On: 1/27/05 at 12:00 PM

[Roddick19]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 12:05pm

Is The Pillowman being considered a new play, even though it was in London last spring??

[umgeoboy]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 12:15pm

go see twelve angry men before it closes it is an amazing production of a great play.

[pooryorick]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 12:34pm

Yes, 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.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 1:00pm

ANY 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]

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]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 7:50pm

Thing 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?

Posted: 1/27/05 at 8:56pm

It was a play. Not sure what the date is, but we read the script in sophomore english. it's actually really good.

[RadioTV2]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:08pm

The 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.

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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[RumTumTugger22]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:57pm

Reckless was a revival?
I didn't know that

[focusingonmoviesmatt]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:04pm

love your icon Amneris.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:13pm

Although it has never played on Broadway, it was considered a classic.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:17pm

it'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...

[melissa errico fan]

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.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

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

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 1/28/05 at 6:34am

"Sight Unseen" was a modest hit. It extended its run twice.

[magruder]

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).

Posted: 1/28/05 at 8:40am

Hurlyburly seems to be getting very strong notices.

[melissa errico fan]

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.