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JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews#25
Posted: 5/7/26 at 3:17pm
Such little buzz about this show. Has anyone else here seen it? I'd love to read some comments before deciding if I need to see it or not.
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews#26
Posted: 5/7/26 at 3:31pm
TotallyEffed said: "Suchlittle buzz about this show. Has anyone else here seen it? I'd love to read some comments before deciding if I need to see it or not."
Aside from Ruben Santiago-Hudson, who's predictably excellent, there's nothing really special about this production. It's...fine. The acting is fine, for the most part. (Some of the supporting roles are not cast especially well.) The direction is okay. I wasn't bored. But this is a play that can feel magical -- as it did in the 2009 revival directed by Bart Sher -- and that's just utterly lacking here.
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews#27
Posted: 5/7/26 at 3:45pm
I think before people continue to bash the show you should do some more research. Buzz has been every where. And their social media platform is enormous.
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews#28
Posted: 5/7/26 at 3:52pm
troynow said: "I think before people continue to bash the show you should do some more research. Buzz has been every where. And their social media platform is enormous."
No one is bashing the show: they're just saying there is little buzz about it. I'd say the Tony nominations solidified that opinion. As I said earlier in this thread: it's a fine revival, just not great. I have no clue how well this is selling, but generalizing here, I've heard little to nothing about this production since it opened.
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews#29
Posted: 5/7/26 at 3:57pm
I still think this is a fantastic production of one of August Wilson’s best plays.
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews#30
Posted: 5/7/26 at 6:14pm
How is the stage door for this show? As a fan of Taraji P Henson, it would be great to get a selfie and signature.....if she does that. Also, how has Cedric been signing/taking pics?
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews#31
Posted: 5/7/26 at 6:18pm
kevinr said: "How is the stage door for this show? As a fan of Taraji P Henson, it would be great to get a selfie and signature.....if she does that. Also, how has Cedric been signing/taking pics?"
From what I've seen on social media, it looks like Taraji doesn't usually stay around to sign, but she'll come out and wave to fans before she leaves. Cedric seems to sign after most performances. Not sure about pictures.
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews#32
Posted: 5/7/26 at 7:08pm
I have tickets for the end of next week and will report back - IMO I'd welcome a production of any of August Wilson's plays from The Century Cycle each season.
Briefly looking at ticket availability, I fear this one is getting lost in the large volume of plays this spring. (That and the prices are *VERY* high, but what isn't? I hope the Spring Sale on Telecharge helps spread WOM.)
The Sher production remains quite etched into my memory, and if I recall correctly, it struggled at the box office until awards season + President Obama and Michelle went to the show and got *massive* press. From then on per one of my friends who worked at LCT, it was an impossible ticket for its final weeks (deservedly.)
Looking forward this cast and Allen's approach (Also, I'd see Ruben Santiago-Hudson do just about anything onstage.)
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews#33
Posted: 5/7/26 at 11:58pm
^ I believe the Sher (remarkable, revelatory) was LCT so selling of tickets was less of an issue. God, I’d see that agin in a New York minute. Maybe my top play revival of all time.
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JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE 2026 Previews#34
Posted: 5/13/26 at 1:08pm
Play Esq. said: "Saw this yesterday. I consider it my favorite of all Wilson’s plays and saw the Sher production at least 5 times.
It's my favorite play of his as well. What makes it so powerful is that the characters are carrying deep pain, displacement, and uncertainty, yet the boarding house becomes a place of survival, community, and restoration. Even when the characters are hard on one another, it comes across as a kind of protective “tough love” rooted in shared struggle rather than cruelty. The humor is also part of what makes the play feel so human to me. Debbie Allens' direction and the performances of Joshua Boone, Taraji Henson and Ruben Santiago-Hudson are particularly brilliant here.
Wilson doesn’t present the struggle in a one-dimensional way; he allows laughter, teasing, storytelling, music, and everyday interactions to coexist with grief and longing. It’s heartwarming because beneath all the hardship, the play insists on dignity, connection, and hope. I'm so glad the buzz is so positive, and the show is so successful. I was not surprised at the lack of nominations given how voters rejected Hollywood this year, but this is still a fantastic production worth seeing.
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