And the Roundabout TBA is...
And the Roundabout TBA is...
#1And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 4:22pm
"Old Acquaintance" by John van Druten.
Yippe...
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#2re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 4:24pmAre you effing kidding me?
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#2re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 4:26pm
Unfortunately, no.
And I've also been told that they are not pursuing stars. It's going to be "Broadway people."
They're doing this because of the success of THE CONSTANT WIFE.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#3re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 4:27pmOh.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#4re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 4:28pm
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#5re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 4:50pmWell, maybe it'll be a hoot. Who's directing?
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#6re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 4:54pm
I don't know that, yet. Will find out tomorrow.
I have no doubt that this production could be tight, engrossing, and entertaining. Roundabout typically does these shows quite well. I was just hoping for something...a little more exciting.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#7re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 4:59pmYeah, me too.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#8re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 4:59pm
Wow, now that's a VERY random choice. I only know the movie which is a watchable, second-tier clunky little melodrama, only interesting largely due to the palpable tension between Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins who detested one another off screen. With a very good director and somebody like Cherry Jones (who knows this territory well having done "The Heiress") in one of the leads, this might be entertaining. Still, it strikes me as a very odd choice for a theatre like Roundabout (with its multimillion dollar budget) to do.
I think that there's probably a reason why this old chesnut has never been revived in the almost 70 years since its debut.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#9re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 6:26pmI'm surprised. This is a total 180 from what I'd heard they were considering. Still, if they can pull this old farce off half as well as their production of The Constant Wife (which I saw twice and adored), I'll be happy.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#10re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 6:30pm
At least it is not another revival of Man Of La Mancha. For that, we can be eternally greatful
Who knows, it may turn about to be quite good. Time will tell.
Poster Emeritus
#11re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 7:04pmAt least they're doing Sunday in the Park with George too.
#12re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 9:39pmLove the movie and not familiar with the play. An interesting choice...
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#13re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 9:42pm
Boy, now THAT is random.
I'll place a bet on Cherry Jones playing the Miriam Hopkins role, Kate Burton playing the Bette Davis role.
Updated On: 3/18/07 at 09:42 PM
#14re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 10:00pmWell, Kate has a TV show and Cherry is tied up with the DOUBT tour, so I wouldn't bank on that happening.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#15re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 10:02pm
Ah, that's too bad.
They're the only people who could get me to see something like this.
#16re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 10:11pmJulie White as Kit and Patricia Heaton as Millie.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#17re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 10:14pm
Heaton's got a TV gig, but White is free.
How weird would this be....White gets it, hits it out of the ballpark as usual, and is nominated for a Tony....up against herself for Little Dog?
#18re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 10:16pm
Could they even get this open in time for this year's Tonys? PRELUDE TO A KISS is set to run through 4/29, and the Tony cutoff is 5/9. This will definitely fall in the 2007-08 category.
ETA: Too bad about Heaton. Laila Robins?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Updated On: 3/18/07 at 10:16 PM
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#19re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/18/07 at 10:20pm
Ah, that's true!
I keep forgetting that the season runs from early fall to mid-summer.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#21re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/19/07 at 6:56amWhat about Kristen Johnston?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#22re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:51amI think its time for Todd Haimes to step down. This is ridiculous.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#24re: And the Roundabout TBA is...
Posted: 3/22/07 at 12:43am
This WILL be the 2008/2009 season...it begins previews June 1st.
It will be directed by Michael Wilson.
His only other Broadway direction credit is ENCHANTED APRIL, which was horridly bad.
He produced CHITTY.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
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