Is The Our Town Revival Not Happening?

[NameGreg]

Posted: 8/4/21 at 12:59pm

Havent heard a word about this in a long time, but I dont see anything explicitly saying its off. Obviously Rudin being the producer doesnt help, nor does Hoffman being a bit controversial himself.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 8/4/21 at 1:36pm

Seems unlikely. Rudin is done for the foreseeable future, and it's pretty unusual for people to hand over producing responsibilities to other producers. The only reason it happened with Mockingbird/Music Man/WSS, etc. is because these productions were already well under way: they had investors, they had audiences expecting them to return. Or, in the case of Music Man: it was a highly anticipated show with a lot of visibility and expectations from the general public, and again, from investors. 

With something like Our Town, whoever would produce it (assuming it wouldn't be Rudin) would basically be starting from the ground up. Maybe Dustin Hoffman is dead-set on doing it, and will seek out other producers to see it through, but somehow I don't get the sense that this is the case. And hey, maybe Rudin will release the rights, and some other producer will decide they want to produce a revival of Our Town. But that requires some active decision-making from some unknown party - it could definitely happen, but it's just as likely as any other classic play getting a revival in the near future. So it's anybody's guess. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/4/21 at 1:39pm

Man, I hope it’s still happening. It’s my favorite play and it’s been almost 20 years since it was on Broadway.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/4/21 at 1:40pm

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[Authentic Arabic]

Posted: 8/4/21 at 2:22pm

 

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[darquegk]

Posted: 8/4/21 at 2:58pm

Unfortunately, Grover’s Corners is, uh, highly unvaccinated. Act three is now very, very long.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/4/21 at 3:17pm

“But we sure did own the libs, didn’t we Mother Gibbs?”
“Yes, Emily. Here comes one of them now with some flowers.”

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 8/4/21 at 3:47pm

Different show, but I'm still upset Virginia Woolf isn't coming back. I hope Metcalf gets another shot at it sometime, hopefully with Mantello directing a different production. 

[aliceripleyofficial]

Posted: 8/6/21 at 7:35pm

Hope not!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/6/21 at 8:42pm

I love OUR TOW. I directed three productions of the play and played George Gibbs way back when I could pass for a teenager. I love Wilder's simplicity both in style and in language. I'd welcome any new production of the play.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/8/21 at 1:58pm

Some producer should hire David Cromer to bring his version of Our Town back to NYC. It's neuroscientific magic.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 8/8/21 at 4:03pm

nasty_khakis said: "Different show, but I'm still upset Virginia Woolf isn't coming back. I hope Metcalf gets another shot at it sometime, hopefully with Mantello directing a different production."

a recent article implied Eli Bush (Rudins right hand man) was looking to bring it back