Bedwetter Broadway Transfer?

I ADORED this show off-broadway but even as an advocate for the show it feels very small for Broadway. Even Kimberley Akimbo or Fun Home seem grander and more sweeping than the tiny, very precise The Bedwetter. Tho... if The Band's Visit can make the jump I wouldn't count The Bedwetter out.

There is absolutely a place for this show on Broadway. Tinier shows have transferred before and will continue to do so in the future.

I certainly hope not. This show has nothing new. The messages it sends out are something I’ve heard / seen millions of times.

The major reviews for the Arena Stage production that I've seen (Washington Post and TheaterMania) certainly skew positive. It sounds like a positive development to trim the show to 100 minutes, no intermission. The Atlantic production definitely felt overlong and not ready for Broadway. Unfortunately with few exceptions, there doesn't seem to be any market left for commercial Off-Broadway, so Broadway becomes the end goal for everything. We'll see how this turns out.

SeanD2 said: "Really? What are the other musicals that attempt to reduce the stigma of bedwetting? As someone who struggled with that throughout childhood and adolescence this show was one of the first times I heard it being talked about in a way that gave comfort and identification. This is as revolutionary and necessary for kids who suffer from bed wetting as shows that provide identification for LGBTQIA+ youth."

I mean... I see what you're saying - kids need to feel seen and represented - I don't disagree with that. But comparing being a bedwetter to being LGBTQIA+ is insane.



Editing to add some thoughts here, because that's a really a truly unhinged thing to say and I can't believe that I actually just read that. When have bedwetters ever had to fight for their basic right to exist in society? When they have they spent entire lifetimes having to hide who they are for fear of their personal safety? What countries have laws banning bedwetting? When have people been chased, beaten, and killed for being bedwetters? When have there been politicians who spend their careers working to erase bedwetters?

Being a bedwetter is something that you grow out of. Yeah, it's embarrassing as a kid, but here's the thing - bedwetters are not, have not been, and will never be persecuted on any type of large scale. LGBTQIA+ kids (and adults) have been, currently are, and sickeningly, will continue to be.

What a really, actually insane comment.

Updated On: 2/26/25 at 02:14 PM

SeanD2, I totally get/understand your comment about kids and agree.

I loved this show at the Atlantic. I remember thinking as I left the theater that it needed a bit of work and that I hoped it stayed in a more intimate off-Broadway house.

Updated On: 2/26/25 at 04:18 PM