British transfers?

We know Dear England, Patriots, Sondheim’s Old Friends, and Tammy Faye are transferring. But what about Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Sunset Boulevard, Guys and Dolls, Crazy for You, Operation Mincemeat, The Witches, Next to Normal, Streetcar Named Desire, Everyones Talking About Jaime, Mamma Mia, The Motive and the Cue, Aspects of Love, Spring Awakening, The Phantom of the Opera?

Sunset is confirmed. Hearing it has commitment from St James theater

Broadway Flash said: "We know Dear England, Patriots, Sondheim’s Old Friends, and Tammy Faye are transferring. But what about Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Sunset Boulevard, Guys and Dolls, Crazy for You, Operation Mincemeat, The Witches, Next to Normal, Streetcar Named Desire, Everyones Talking About Jaime, Mamma Mia, The Motive and the Cue, Aspects of Love, Spring Awakening, The Phantom of the Opera?"

Hands down, my favorite show of last year was "Standing at the Sky's Edge" but that show would die a quick death here. It's HUGE in it's scope and requires an incredibly large cast. "Operation Mincemeat" is also a distinctly British show that I don't think would catch on here. It's the exact opposite of "Sky's Edge" in that it's a very small show with a very small cast but the issues, I think, are the same. Shows about a place ("Sky's Edge" ) or event ("Mincemeat" ) that mean something really only to Brits is a hard sell here, no matter the quality of the show. I hope that makes sense lol.

As for the others, I think the failure of "Crazy For You"'s to catch means that it's chances of a transfer (despite all the raves) is dead. "Sunset" is absolutely coming over and I'd love American audiences to be able to see "Motive and the Cue" because it has some brilliant performances. "Guys & Dolls" is the one that I think is still up in the air, out of all of those.


As for the rest, it's still way too early to know anything about "The Witches" or "N2N" (which doesn't even start previews until next summer) but I'd say there's zero chance of the others.


And now, my "controversial" opinion. There's way too many imports coming over right now. Yes, the quality of some of these is brilliant but do we really want an exact replica of shows here that are playing on the West End? There's so many American plays and musicals that deserve a shot at being produced on Broadway that I fear won't have a shot if we keep getting import after import after import.

Updated On: 11/26/23 at 11:18 AM

Did I literally not say it was a controversial opinion of mine? Of course it's a "privileged" take, I never said "My non privileged take is..."

Plus, "privileged" or not, people are allowed to have opinions. Everyone here who spends money to see a show has a "privileged" take since many many others can't afford to see the shows. I think a lot of people here forget this is a message board to have discussions on topics presented. This was a topic/question presented to people who post here and I, being someone who posts here, responded to it.

Updated On: 11/26/23 at 11:33 AM

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ANYWAYS - I do hope "Motive and the Cue" comes over but only if Johnny Flynn and Mark Gatiss can come with it. They were both so brilliant.

OuttaTowner said: "I’d say the of those that you list, were likeliest to (eventually) get Sunset, the Motive & the Cue, and - pending an appropriate space - Guys & Dolls.

Now that the actor’s strike is settled, it’s unlikely that Mescal would be available for Streetcar."

iirc the rumor (on these boards at least) was that Taron Edgerton was going to be the Stanley in the Streetcar transfer, not Paul Mescal.

I can agree with Binau on that! After seeing shows on both sides of the Atlantic this year, I can safely say that this was by far the best year of theatre. Cannot wait to see what 2024 will have in store! As for the topic of this discussion, I absolutely want American audiences to see some of the theatre I saw in the UK this summer, but this season in New York is already crowded as is for musicals. I think maybe transferring Sunset Blvd would be okay, but then let everything else transfer for the 24-25 season.

If “Sunset” does indeed come To Broadway, it would absolutely be with Nicole.

Project Mincemeat has to transfer. Besides it being amazingly entertaining, it has a cast that will be all the rage on Broadway. Everyone will want to see these marvelous actors. It will be a hit. Not even a necessarily limited run hit.

I am still flabbergasted at the amount of love the British critics gave The Witches. The show is a mess, mainly due to an inexperienced (in musicals anyway) director. Now, I do believe there might be a very good musical underneath the mess, but until it's found, Jesse Green would kill this show, even though its London based critic already (bewilderingly) gave it a kiss of approval. This kills me to say, as I am a huge Dave Malloy fan.

I don’t go to London often which is why I’d like some of these to transfer. That said, I did go this year, and I was lukewarm about Guys and Dolls, but loved Aspects of Love. It was an exquisite production, and I’m happy to see Laura Pit Pulford will be staring in Standing at the Sky’s Edge. If anything transfers, I hope it’s this new musical because the music sounds fantastic, and if it’s as good as the reviews say, it should absolutely come to Broadway. Why would the National bring over some play about soccer, but not a new musical to Broadway? Also, there was an article a few months ago saying Mamma Mia is coming back in 2025.

Broadway Flash said: "Does anybody know why the National Theatre Follies never came over or the Almeida’s Spring Awakening? Or could they still come in?"

When those productions played in London it had only been a half-dozen years or so since their most recent Broadway revivals.

Deaf West Spring Awakening (2015)/ Almeida (2022)

Kennedy Center Follies Transfer (2011)/National Theatre (2017)

Given that neither killed at the box office plus the increase in capitalization from the UK to US, particularly for two shows with large casts, I don't think it is surprising they did not transfer.

Updated On: 11/26/23 at 05:00 PM

C4b2a3b said: "BETTY22 said: "Sunset is confirmed. Hearing it has commitment from St James theater"

Ii'm sure this is has been discussed elsewhere, but is Spamalot an open ended run?

Wonder if Scherzinger would also be transferring too. I loved Doll's House. Would be so interested to see this production of Sunset."

IIRC Spamalot's marketing has kind of just been "we'll play until April unless people really like us" or something

How do you know that neither killed at the box office? They don't post grosses in London