Denzel Washington Led THE ICEMAN COMETH Coming to Broadway This Spring
Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:11pm
I assume he's playing Hickey...?
I'll probably skip this. The recent production at BAM was wonderful and Lane was extraordinary. I'd like to let that one linger in my memory for a while.
Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:30pm
Whatever.
It just seems like a wholly unnecessary production. I assume Scott will make a buck, but it just strikes me as phenomenally uninspired.
I'm surprised he would engage Wolfe who basically phoned in their last project. I guess he thinks he'll be better when he is only wearing one hat.
Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:31pm
After sitting through the last one at BAM - I'm learning I'm not an O'Neil fan, I'll def skip this. BORING.
Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:32pm
Considering Nathan Lane's production has been trying transfer for years now, I can't help but hope Rudin will spearhead a transfer of Angels in America so that at least one of his 2 career capping performances can be seen by his peers.
Also wasn't it nearly financially unfeasible to do a production of Ice Man due to the run time limiting the show to 7 performances a week? This was also why Long Day's Journey was produced by Roundabout...and why we are never likey to see another Broadway production of the modern classic that is on par with Streetcar named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey into Night, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Fences......
August: Osage County again?!
Updated On: 8/20/17 at 10:32 PM
Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:39pm
HogansHero said: "Whatever.
It just seems like a wholly unnecessary production. I assume Scott will make a buck, but it just strikes me as phenomenally uninspired.
I'm surprised he would engage Wolfe who basically phoned in their last project. I guess he thinks he'll be better when he is only wearing one hat.
I would hardly call Wolfe's work on SHUFFLE ALONG "phoning it in"..... Even if you didn't like it, he put a great deal of time, work and passion into that project.
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Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:41pm
Scott Rudin produced the brilliant Nathan Lane-Brian Dennehy production of Iceman with BAM, so it would have been his decision to bring it to Broadway. And I remember a Riedel article at the time of that production (http://nypost.com/2012/12/28/sun-to-shine-on-denzel/) that Washington and Rudin wanted to do Iceman together. I guess the time has come.
I do appreciate that Washington continually returns to the stage, even when he has plenty of lucrative film roles to do.
Updated On: 8/20/17 at 10:41 PM
Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:41pm
Totally out of left field and not anything I'm remotely interested in. Sorry, Denzel.
Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:42pm
Meh.
I would have much rather seen the Lane/Dennehy production transfer.
Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:43pm
I think this is a brilliant move and I believe Denzel will be fantastic. He always picks outstanding parts and productions to perform in, and this will be no different I'm sure. I'm still shook by the production of A Raisin in the Sun from a few years ago!
Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:45pm
Also, what is it with Scott Rudin announcing his new shows at weirdly late hours on Sunday nights? He did this with Carousel back in April, too.
Posted: 8/20/17 at 10:50pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "Also, what is it with Scott Rudin announcing his new shows at weirdly late hours on Sunday nights? He did this with Carousel back in April, too.
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First in the news on everyone's desk Monday mornings, I'd assume. So unless something big is announced between now and 10 am tomorrow morning, this'll be the Monday morning headlines. Just my guess, though!
Posted: 8/20/17 at 11:04pm
HogansHero said: "Whatever.
It just seems like a wholly unnecessary production. I assume Scott will make a buck, but it just strikes me as phenomenally uninspired.
I'm surprised he would engage Wolfe who basically phoned in their last project. I guess he thinks he'll be better when he is only wearing one hat.
Shuffle Along was flawed but the direction wasn't "phoned in." I remember seeing Wolfe and Savion Glover across the street from the Music Box discussing the show either far into previews or after the show had already opened. If anything, I am mildly surprised they're still happy to work together with the way Shuffle Along was shuttered so abruptly.
I'm not interested in this. (I'm never that interested in plays.) But I hope Rudin will make enough between this and Dolly (and possibly Carousel?) to put money into a worthwhile (hopefully new and original) show.
Posted: 8/20/17 at 11:13pm
never mind; not worth it
Updated On: 8/20/17 at 11:13 PM
Posted: 8/20/17 at 11:19pm
I saw the Lane version and thought was fine but not as thrilling as I had hoped it might be. I am in no hurry to see ICEMAN again, and for me it may very much depend on who else is cast. Denzel was not the strong performance in his JULIUS CAESAR so I would want a solid ensemble around him in this before I'd get interested.
Posted: 8/20/17 at 11:20pm
GreasedLightning said: "First in the news on everyone's desk Monday mornings, I'd assume. So unless something big is announced between now and 10 am tomorrow morning, this'll be the Monday morning headlines. Just my guess, though!"
Oh, yeah.
Posted: 8/20/17 at 11:25pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "GreasedLightning said: "First in the news on everyone's desk Monday mornings, I'd assume. So unless something big is announced between now and 10 am tomorrow morning, this'll be the Monday morning headlines. Just my guess, though!"
Oh, yeah.
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LOL <3
Updated On: 8/20/17 at 11:25 PM
Posted: 8/20/17 at 11:44pm
I saw and enjoyed the Lane version, and though I'm not dying to see the play again, I'll happily jump at the chance to see Washington in one of the greatest roles in the American theatrical canon. Never seen him onstage before, and I eagerly await his performance as Hickey. Sign me up!
Posted: 8/21/17 at 12:19am
VintageSnarker said: "Shuffle Along was flawed but the direction wasn't "phoned in."
He also wrote the book, and that was mostly what I was referring to.
Posted: 8/21/17 at 12:51am
I've tried getting through both film versions of Iceman and did not completely make it either time. It's very Clifford Odets-style hokey early realism dialogue and I feel like Hickey says the same damn thing over and over again for three hours, then has a long anticlimactic monologue about killing his wife, and then the play ends. Yawn.
BTW, Nathan Lane and everyone involved in the Goodman/BAM production must be pissed right now...
Posted: 8/21/17 at 12:55am
BwayConceirge, Scott makes this late Sunday announcement to avoid press and us.
Posted: 8/21/17 at 12:59am
The Distinctive Baritone said: "BTW, Nathan Lane and everyone involved in the Goodman/BAM production must be pissed right now..."
Do we actually know that they were still trying to transfer up to now? I know it was announced that they wanted to transfer in the fall of 2015, but when it didn't happen I just assumed everyone kind of moved on.
Posted: 8/21/17 at 6:42am
JayElle said: "BwayConceirge, Scott makes this late Sunday announcement to avoid press and us.
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Wrong. You dump a story on Friday afternoon or Saturday if you don't want anyone to notice. As GreasedLightning already pointed out, an embargoed press release that breaks late Sunday night is going to be the first thing in everyone's inbox when they get to the office, guaranteed to lead the news cycle. It's PR 101.
Updated On: 8/21/17 at 06:42 AM
Posted: 8/21/17 at 6:56am
1. If he wanted to avoid the press, he wouldn't make a press release.
2. WHY would he want to avoid "us"? We are the ticket buyers. That's just a ridiculous thing to say.
Posted: 8/21/17 at 12:33pm
bdn223 said: "Considering Nathan Lane's production has been trying transfer for years now, I can't help but hope Rudin will spearhead a transfer of Angels in America so that at least one of his 2 career capping performances can be seen by his peers.
Also wasn't it nearly financially unfeasible to do a production of Ice Man due to the run time limiting the show to 7 performances a week? This was also why Long Day's Journey was produced by Roundabout...and why we are never likey to see another Broadway production of the modern classic that is on par with Streetcar named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey into Night, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Fences......
August: Osage County again?!
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"his peers?"
