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Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?

Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?

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NameGreg
#1Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:26pm

I was insanely excited to see Lane and Laurie Metcalf in this show, and I’ve heard nothing about it in forever. Is there still plans to get a production with them going before long?


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quizking101
#2Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:38pm

I haven’t heard anything about it but I figured the pandemic has torpedoed this for a while and it may be too late by the time they are willing to do it.

Im still hoping we’ll get that revival of “Virginia Woolf” back first.


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JBroadway
#3Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/17/21 at 9:23pm

It was a Scott Rudin project, and not one that had even started to take tangible shape. So no, for now it’s safe to assume that it’s not happening. 

Like I said in some other threads about Our Town - it’s POSSIBLE that Rudin will pass the project along to one of his partners, or that another producer will buy it off him. But that scenario would require some unknown entity to make an active choice to take on that burden, to basically build the production from scratch. Sure, it could happen, but that kind of speculation is totally theoretical. If it happens, great, but it’s not the sort of thing that’s worth keeping on our collective radar, until we get any news to the contrary. 

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Jeffrey Karasarides
#4Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/17/21 at 9:24pm

I was about to mention that I'm guessing it's probably in the same boat as the previously announced Dustin Hoffman-led revival of Our Town.

Updated On: 11/18/21 at 09:24 PM

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#5Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/17/21 at 9:26pm

I’m nothing if not consistent! 

EDIT: Jeffrey, I saw the first version of your post before you edited - and I’m flattered lol! 

Updated On: 11/17/21 at 09:26 PM

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Jordan Catalano
#6Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/17/21 at 9:35pm

I’d LOVE for the Wendell Pierce version that was in London a couple years ago to transfer here. Sharon D. Clarke could win even more awards if she does it again, too! 

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#7Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/17/21 at 9:43pm

quizking101 said: 
"Im still hoping we’ll get that revival of “Virginia Woolf” back first."

PLEASE.

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HogansHero
#8Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/17/21 at 9:59pm

it's quite conceivable, considering everything, that the option expired without being renewed. 

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ErmengardeStopSniveling
#9Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/17/21 at 11:35pm

If Nathan, Joe, and Laurie REALLY want to do it, they can find some other producer to pick up where Rudin left off.

But as Hogan said, if Rudin's option did indeed expire, then the Miller estate has a choice of the Marianne Elliott/Sharon Clarke/Wendell Pierce production (which may be more prescient but more risky), this production, or a separate Salesman altogether.

Or, you know. Just wait and let Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Mike Nichols linger in our minds a little longer. It's not like Broadway NEEDS another Salesman. It's still barely 10 years since that revival.

JasonC3
#10Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/18/21 at 12:10am

My Mantra is ... the more Metcalf, the better.

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HogansHero
#11Is Nathan Lane’s Death of a Salesman still happening?
Posted: 11/18/21 at 12:31am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Or, you know. Just wait and let Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Mike Nichols linger in our minds a little longer. It's not like Broadway NEEDS another Salesman. It's still barely 10 years since that revival."

I was thinking the same thing


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