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#1

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 1:07pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/CHILDREN-OF-A-LESSER-GOD-to-Open-on-Broadway-This-Spring-20170815-facebook

Producer Hal Luftig announced today that Mark Medoff's landmark play, Children of a Lesser God, will return to Broadway this spring for the first time since its Tony Award-winning premiere production. Starring Joshua Jackson and introducing Lauren Ridloff, both making their Broadway debuts, and directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon, Children of a Lesser God will begin performances at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street) on Thursday, March 22nd. Opening night is set for Wednesday, April 11, 2018.

#4

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 1:43pm

This is one of my favorite plays. I have a former student work on this earlier this summer, she thought it was phenomenal.



I'll purchase tix.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#6

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 2:22pm

I saw the production at BSC. It's superb: well acted, expertly directed, feels very relevant. Lauren Roloff is giving a star-is-born kind of performance. You can't take your eyes off her.

For the record, Roundabout is co-producing, and this will be part of their subscription season.

"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
#9

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 2:52pm

wonkit said: "Joshua Jackson should be a draw.

I'm not so sure. I think he's great but he's not an A-lister. The title might be a draw, though.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#10

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 2:54pm

I had pretty mixed feelings about the film, but I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays onstage, especially with the strong word-of-mouth for the production. I'm wondering, though, if this will end up being next season's "Six Degrees of Separation." i.e "play from a few decades ago, with an arguably more famous film adaptation, gets a somewhat unneeded revival starring mid-level celebrities." And we know how that went. Still, I'll keep an open mind!

As a sidenote - will Lauren Ridloff be the first POC with a disability to play a leading role on Broadway? I know that's a lot of qualifiers, but it's still an interesting thing to take note of if it is true.

#12

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 2:59pm

little_sally - you're right. He's not an A-lister, and it is risky to make your debut in a small-cast straight play, but he is known to TV fans from DAWSON'S CREEK (a century ago?) and THE AFFAIR.

#13

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 3:03pm

As a sidenote - will Lauren Ridloff be the first POC with a disability to play a leading role on Broadway? I know that's a lot of qualifiers, but it's still an interesting thing to take note of if it is true.

Treshelle Edmond, a deaf woman of color, appeared in the Spring Awakening revival.

"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
#14

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 3:15pm

AC126748 said: "Treshelle Edmond, a deaf woman of color, appeared in the Spring Awakening revival."



Yes, but in a LEADING role, I said. (not to dismiss Ms. Edmond's accomplishments)

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CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 3:17pm

Oh sorry, I completely missed that detail. In that respect, I don't know, but probably. The list of performers with disabilities who've made it to Broadway is quite smaller, and the list of performers of color with disabilities is smaller.

"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
#16

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 3:29pm

Joshua Jackson was a lead in Fringe. Fringe has a RABID fan base. I don't think that makes him a major name and I'm not sure if that even makes him a minor draw... but I couldn't let the thread go on any longer without mentioning Fringe.

Jesus saves. I spend.
#17

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 3:33pm

AC126748 said: "For the record, Roundabout is co-producing, and this will be part of their subscription season."

If Roundabout is co-producing, then the production probably shouldn't be as concerned with turning a profit.

#18

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 4:15pm

Would telling me where the title of this story comes from, result in a spoiler?

From a line in a Tennyson poem. The play involves deaf and hearing people, and uses signed and spoken language. It deals with difference and resulting (mis)perceptions of otherness, disability, and inferiority.

#19

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 4:17pm

Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "Would telling me where the title of this story comes from, result in a spoiler?"

I don't really think spoilers are a thing for material that is nearly 40 years old, but no... it's adapted from a line from Tennyson's "Idylls of the King," where King Arthur sees failures and betrayals all around him and questions his belief in God.

Edit: Theater'sBestFriend beat me to it.

Updated On: 8/15/17 at 04:17 PM

#21

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 4:41pm

RippedMan said: "If Knightly didn't make her show a hit, I can't imagine Joshua Jackson will.

That's exactly what I thought.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#22

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 4:41pm

Not to jump the gun here, but this feels like a similar situation to the recent revivals of SIX DEGREES and THE HEIDI CHRONICLES: plays of the 80s with familiar names attached but the producers are overestimating the drawing power of the names.

(M. BUTTERFLY could end up in this category also, unless it gets rapturous reviews -- Clive Owen in OLD TIMES ran 10 weeks and wasn't exactly a sold-out hit for the Roundabout.)

#25

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD to Play Studio 54 This Spring

Posted: 8/15/17 at 4:57pm

neonlightsxo said: "Well now that's one less slot for Roundabout to fill in their non-existent Broadway season"

Hits the nail on the head.

Seriously, what are they doing over there? Are they still two shows short?

Updated On: 8/17/17 at 04:57 PM

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