Posted: 5/15/25 at 5:23pm
This is incredible!
The first time a Broadway show has ever been broadcast live.
Updated On: 5/15/25 at 05:23 PM
Posted: 5/15/25 at 5:31pm
Certainly not on my bingo card!
Posted: 5/15/25 at 5:33pm
Wonderful step forward in making theatre accessible to the masses.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 5:33pm
There goes the demand for $900 tickets, but yay for them!
Posted: 5/15/25 at 5:39pm
Someone in a Tree2 said: "There goes the demand for $900 tickets, but yay for them!"
They've recouped -- they have 3.5 weeks left in their run that are very well sold -- what's the downside??
Posted: 5/15/25 at 5:41pm
And now I guess Clooney is Emmy eligible?
Posted: 5/15/25 at 6:00pm
This is very exciting! Hopefully not a one off and a more common occurrence.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 6:10pm
It’ll be available on HBO MAX shortly after.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 6:14pm
Jordan Catalano said: "This is incredible!
The first time a Broadway show has ever been broadcast live."
SHE LOVES ME was live on BroadwayHD in 2016
Posted: 5/15/25 at 6:28pm
I dunno - i was just quoting the BWW article
Posted: 5/15/25 at 6:52pm
Interesting. With the heavy use of screens, folks up in the mezzanine may feel like they’re already watching it on TV.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 7:06pm
Suddenly I’m far less mad about their insane ticket prices.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 7:21pm
This is fantastic! Othello, your turn.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 7:26pm
Good for them. And I will get to see for myself if the many critiques of the show were justified.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 8:37pm
Ensemble1728379893 said: "This is fantastic! Othello, your turn."
Wouldn’t even watch again for free…
Posted: 5/15/25 at 8:59pm
quizking101 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "This is incredible!
The first time a Broadway show has ever been broadcast live."
SHE LOVES ME was live on BroadwayHD in 2016"
I think the difference is that this is the first time a show will broadcast live on network or cable TV.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 9:30pm
TheGingerBreadMan said: "quizking101 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "This is incredible!
The first time a Broadway show has ever been broadcast live."
SHE LOVES ME was live on BroadwayHD in 2016"
I think the difference is that this is the first time a show will broadcast live on network or cable TV."
Eeeeh, they’ll both have the same amount of viewers. Lol.
Curious if they’ll air it in black and white like the movie and how the camera set up will be. Will they use multiple cameras or just a single steady shot.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 10:55pm
Someone in a Tree2 said: "There goes the demand for $900 tickets, but yay for them!"
I don't know if I agree with this.
Ask Taylor Swift fans if tickets to The Eras Tour became cheaper/easier to get after her film version premiere in theaters a year before the tour ended..AND it became available to stream on demand.
Has Hamilton been hurting because people can watch it on Disney+??
I think you'll find that in most cases, high quality video of live events only makes people want to see them live MORE (if they enjoy what they saw on streaming).
Posted: 5/15/25 at 11:12pm
TheGingerBreadMan said: "quizking101 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "This is incredible!
The first time a Broadway show has ever been broadcast live."
SHE LOVES ME was live on BroadwayHD in 2016"
I think the difference is that this is the first time a show will broadcast live on network or cable TV."
I believe it is the very first non-musical Broadway production to be broadcast live on network television.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 11:27pm
In 1956, Peter Pan was telecast live on NBC from the Ambassador Theatre in front of an invited audience. One year earlier, the original production that closed at the Winter Garden Theatre reassembled at a studio where the show was first telecast live.
Good Night, and Good Luck might be the first play to be telecast live on cable from a regularly scheduled, paying audience.
Posted: 5/15/25 at 11:45pm
Play Esq. said: "Ensemble1728379893 said: "This is fantastic! Othello, your turn."
Wouldn’t even watch again for free…
Well then I guess it’s lucky for you that no one will be forced to watch it against their will.
Posted: 5/16/25 at 3:35pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Eeeeh, they’ll both have the same amount of viewers. Lol.
Curious if they’ll air it in black and white like the movie and how the camera set up will be. Will they use multiple cameras or just a single steady shot."
No idea if they will emulate the movie and shoot in black and white (possible but unlikely, IMHO). But there's no way that a live network television broadcast, with all the attendant hoopla leading up to the broadcast, is going to do a 100-minute production of a Broadway show starring George Clooney and a cast of 20 using a single locked down camera. Heck, even standup comedy shows with one performer are multi-camera.
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