DIVIDING THE ESTATE to play the Booth
DIVIDING THE ESTATE to play the Booth
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1DIVIDING THE ESTATE to play the Booth
Posted: 6/24/08 at 7:39am
Previews Oct. 23 in advance of a Nov. 20 opening. LCT produces in arrangement with Primary Stages.
Directed by Michael Wilson, cast features Elizabeth Ashley, Arthur French, Hallie Foote, Penny Fuller, Gerald McRaney, Devon Abner, James DeMarse, Pat Bowie, Virginia Kull, Maggie Lacey, Nicole Lowrance, Jenny Dare Paulin and Keiana Richard.
#2re: DIVIDING THE ESTATE to play the Booth
Posted: 6/24/08 at 8:01amNew/Old?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#2re: DIVIDING THE ESTATE to play the Booth
Posted: 6/24/08 at 8:18am
Yup, that's the question.
Horton Foote wrote it in the 80s but it never had a staging in NY until last year. He turned down any nomination that considered it a "revival," because it had been substantially rewritten.
#3re: DIVIDING THE ESTATE to play the Booth
Posted: 6/24/08 at 8:29amI had a feeling i had heard the name before somewhere, was it due to open on Broadway sometime back in the 80's maybe?
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#4re: DIVIDING THE ESTATE to play the Booth
Posted: 6/24/08 at 8:36am
It premiered at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton NJ, and then we did it at Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland with a different cast and staging in 91-92, I believe. Elizabeth Franz played a leadng role and was heartbreaking.
At the time, it was hoped to move to NYC, but no substantial plans materialized.
Updated On: 6/24/08 at 08:36 AM
#5re: DIVIDING THE ESTATE to play the Booth
Posted: 6/24/08 at 10:50amuntil last year's production at 59at59, which I missed. I think I am looking forward to this the most this season. I'm glad they got The Booth.
#6re: DIVIDING THE ESTATE to play the Booth
Posted: 6/24/08 at 11:21am
I'm very much looking forward to this play, although Horton Foote trying to pass it off as new is ridiculous, and he really handled himself like an idiot during awards season. To call this new would also qualify the revival of Pal Joey as new, because they both have "rewrites." The revival of The Ritz was "revised," but that was a revival.
Horton, get over it. You shouldn't be in this business for awards anyway...
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#7re: DIVIDING THE ESTATE to play the Booth
Posted: 6/24/08 at 11:41amWhen Sam Shepard rewrote parts of BURIED CHILD it was indeed considered "new". Didn't this win the Obie Award?
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