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Yawn yourself---- the slaughter of Israeli children count just as much as the slaughter of Palestinian children--- and all Israel is asking for is survival--- the terror campaign aimed at Israel is genocide of the Jewish people ----and no matter how much you want to yawn--- that is what is happening- and has been happening since Israel became a state--- and if you don't know that- and want to ignore history--- keep yawning and spouting anti-semitic rhetoric.

gibsons2 said: "BWAY Baby2 said: "Yawn yourself---- the slaughter of Israeli children count just as much as the slaughter of Palestinian children--- and all Israel is asking for is survival--- the terror campaign aimed at Israel is genocide of the Jewish people ----and no matter how much you want to yawn--- that is what is happening- and has been happening since Israel became a state--- and if you don't know that- and want to ignore history--- keep yawning and spouting anti-semitic rhetoric."

Yawn at your idiotic accusations of antisemitism when Israel is the one committing genocide. The entire world sees it. Criticism of genocidal behavior is not antisemitism. Stop lying and accusing people of this when we just want the kids not be slaughtered by Israel. You're not a victim."

Once again - it's not a genocide. The numbers prove that. The fact they inform them in advance of where they're bombing proves that. The fact that in 2.5 years only less than 10% of the population, including militants, are dead proves that.

israel's government is far from perfect. But facts matter. And it's not a genocide.

Somehow the Dumpster-firing of this thread has made me lose all enthusiasm for actually seeing the play.



There is still a play, right?

BWAY Baby2 said: "Who is not being civil? We are discussing very important issues and ways of looking at a very controversial situation. If you are not interested in the discussion-- that is fine-- just ignore it."

If people in this thread are not talking about how these issues relate to Rosenblatt’s play then they are saying the play doesn’t matter. They’re saying that they don’t care if an author struggles with the complexity of Jewish identity in connection to Israel and antisemitism. They don’t need a play to dramatize these issues because they already have them figured out. They would probably prefer there not to be a play at all.

Updated On: 3/20/26 at 10:33 AM

This thread got reckless and now I wished I had chosen to see Giant instead of The Wild Party this evening.

schubox said: "What’s the run time been on this in previews?"

If I remember correctly, it ran 2:20 from curtain up with intermission at the start of previews. Don’t know if they’ve cut anything since it’s a West End transfer.

carolinaguy said: "Somehow the Dumpster-firing of this thread has made me lose all enthusiasm for actually seeing the play.



There is still a play, right?"

Don’t let this thread discourage you. It’s an excellent play. Lithgow is fantastic.

The fact this thread has been allowed to go so far off the rails like this just proves the Mods pick and choose when they do their jobs.

Caught this on Thursday night and agree Lithgow is the main draw. It’s a great production of a decent play.

It’s a character study and the subject is very interesting. I just think it ran a good 20/25 minutes too long and was spinning its wheels by the end. You know Dahl is not going to change Ebenezer Scrooge style in one afternoon, and so you’re left watching him have the same heated exchanges with the other characters again and again.

Again, a really decent play. It anticipates that its audience is going to have very strong views on the issues addressed, and does a good job challenging the audience to hop into the grey area and join the conversation.

This will be a night of theatre I’ll be talking about for years to come, and will gladly applaud Lithgow when he picks up that Tony.

Anshel2 said: "I don’t catch the last line of the play after his fiancée says something about a fall wedding. Anyone?"

Here's the West End text, I don't remember it being different on Broadway but it might have been a bit:

Liccy: ... We should get married in the autumn.

Roald: Yes.

Liccy: Winter latest.

Roald: Yes.

Lights down.

End of play.

Wow, John Lithgow totally floored me. Crazy performance. The note they give with the playbill saying what's quoted verbatim in the play, I just couldn't believe it oh my god.

Play Esq. said: "tater tot said: "Hey guys, i'll be coming to New York in August, this is currently scheduled to close June 28, any chancethis extends?"

Yes. Especially after he wins his Tony. But if you thought prices were high now though…"

Dumb question: Does Best Actor in a Play winner affect the box office all that much? If John Lithgow wins, but the play doesn’t, would that matter? (I don’t even know how much winning Best Play matters.)