Jesse Green NYT's Critic's Pick review of "Prince Faggot"- Page 6

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 2:45pm

BJR said: "And this way, Seaview can establish the venue as a site for daring new work. I"m sure there are plans to extend, if not to something long or open-ended. And a Bway transfer isn't impossible, either."

Yes, though until they produce something that’s an actual world premiere they’re really just riding the coattails of others. But these first two plays aren’t a bad start, and being aligned with Playwrights Horizons is a good thing. I’d be shocked if they didn’t have the cast for at least 14 weeks. 

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 3:57pm

This apparently has the ability to extend into January

Updated On: 8/25/25 at 03:57 PM

[KrupYou]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 4:11pm

Very exciting to see tickets up for sale. This was impossible to get into at original venue. 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 1:47pm

Ugh...I hate that "F" word. But I hurled it to a misinformed one at GymBar the other night when she had the audacity to identify me as a "bottom". 

I had to correct that jealous b!tch and inform her that I am versatile. I get and have the best of both worlds.

 

Updated On: 8/6/25 at 01:47 PM

[African Queen2]

Posted: 8/24/25 at 1:20am

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "This apparently has the ability to transfer into January"

What does this mean?  They will transfer to Broadway in January? 

[Bwaygurl2]

Posted: 8/24/25 at 8:26am

CarlosAlberto said: "Ugh...I hate that "F" word. But I hurled it to a misinformed one at GymBar the other night when she had the audacity to identify me as a "bottom".

 

"I hate slurs, but I use them when it suits me." 

[Bwaygurl2]

Posted: 8/24/25 at 8:27am

African Queen2 said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "This apparently has the ability to transfer into January"

What does this mean? They will transfer to Broadway in January?"

I think he means"extend."

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/24/25 at 9:43am

Considering McCrea is UK Equity, I’m wondering how long he has permission to work stateside. I know we already have multiple performers from them (the MINCEMEAT cast, Marisha in CABARET).

[BJR]

Posted: 8/24/25 at 12:26pm

Well, there was no way commercial producers moved this for a 9 week run. They'll probably announce an extension in September, timing it for publicity. Im curious to see if they move to Bway or Seaview wants to keep it Off Bway and use this to establish their space as the Off Bway place for edgy new work.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/24/25 at 8:13pm

BJR said: "Well, there was no way commercial producers moved this for a 9 week run. They'll probably announce an extension in September, timing it for publicity. Im curious to see if they move to Bway or Seaview wants to keep it Off Bway and use this to establish their space as the Off Bway place for edgy new work."

I'd be surprised if Broadway was a goal, unless it REALLY takes off at Studio Seaview. Not every show needs to move to Broadway, and selling out 2,300 seats a week at the former Kiser is much much much different than being able to sell out 8,000 seats a week on Broadway (at a decent average price).

[ANewBrainn]

Posted: 8/24/25 at 9:51pm

quizking101 said: "Considering McCrea is UK Equity, I’m wondering how long he has permission to work stateside. I know we already have multiple performers from them (the MINCEMEAT cast, Marisha in CABARET)."

Isn't Marisha also in US Equity?  She's American and has been on broadway before...

[getatme]

Posted: 8/24/25 at 10:22pm

Yes, Marisha Wallace is a member of AEA. She is also a dual US/UK citizen so she doesn't have to get a visa to work here.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/24/25 at 10:32pm

The Equity "exchange program" has not existed for some time now.

Visa-wise, unless something unusual happens, McCrea should have no trouble staying here through the alleged January extension (though having a shorter contract or other gigs lined up is a different matter).

[inception]

Posted: 8/25/25 at 9:35am

So they're saying a gay Prince George would just become Jordan Roth?

 

MrsSallyAdams said: "I enjoyed the play. Though the mix of pornography and TED talk took adjusting to. The speech where the Prince justified his sex life to the King was one of the script’s best moments.

I liked the series Young Royals and the film Red White and Royal Blue. But feltboth stories existed in a bubble. I was interested in the public reaction to a gay Royal. The show’s suggestion that class crossing and interracial relationships are more controversialtoday than same-sex ones was surprising. I don’t know whether I agree.

The show’s ultimate conclusion that

 

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Leaders who come out will do nothing to aid marginalizedpeople was depressing. But believable. Power corrupts and all that. The fictional Prince here was too focused on his own trauma to become an activist like his ex.

 

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[BJR]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 2:00pm

Any word on if the transfer is a done deal and if so, when it’s going to be announced? 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 2:16pm

It won't transfer to Broadway.   It'll just extend at Seaview - no announcement of extension yet.  They'll do it later so people buy seats to current dates now.

[BJR]

Posted: 9/13/25 at 7:07pm

Vanity Fair interview with Jeremy O Harris mentions this has hopes of transferring to Bway in the Spring. (Interview done before Williamstown or Seaview transfer.) 
 

VF: As Prince Faggot Takes Flight, Jeremy O. Harris Confronts His “Healthy Level of Delusion”

[MezzA101]

Posted: 9/15/25 at 7:19am

The Play Is Fiction, but Their Monologues Are (Partly) Their Own

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/theater/prince-faggot-off-broadway-royals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mE8.VDp7.n7Pr7orYigP6&smid=nytcore-android-share

[Dreamboy3]

Posted: 9/28/25 at 9:49am

Just (finally) caught this last night. I agree it’s messy but also provocative and engaging. 
 

I'm baffled by those who are troubled that the concept of the play being about the sexuality of a child. I  mean, the premise of the play is that we assign heterosexuality to all kids so why is it problematic to assign homosexuality to a child who reads that way in a photo. It is also about the privilege afforded to some and not others - using monarchy as a stand-in for privilege. This fictional future Prince George has the option of renouncing the monarchy - which of course actually happened for a heterosexual king - and chooses not to. (I assume that is why an earlier poster referenced Jordan Roth.)

I can’t imagine this succeeding on Broadway.  

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 9/28/25 at 10:32am

Dreamboy3 said: "Just (finally) caught this last night. I agreeit’s messy but also provocative and engaging.


I'm baffled by those who are troubled that the concept of the play being about the sexuality of a child. Imean, the premiseof the play is that we assign heterosexuality to all kids so why is it problematic to assign homosexuality to a child who reads that way in a photo. It is also about the privilege afforded to some and not others - using monarchy as a stand-in for privilege. This fictional future Prince George has the option of renouncing the monarchy - which of course actually happened for a heterosexual king - and chooses not to. (I assume that is why an earlier poster referenced Jordan Roth.)

I can’t imagine this succeeding on Broadway."

Like Slave Play I find them provocative in title and lost in story. But if it gets people engaging in dialogues maybe that is enough. 

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 9/28/25 at 11:09am

thought this was a mess. some fine performances, some (but not consistently) well written dialogue, and certainly thought provoking ideas. but the structure is broken-- the actors talk directly to you about the play, then start the play, then stop the play to talk to you about the play or their personal traumas as an actor, then restart the play again. it doesnt work. or at least it didnt for me.

towards the end the play abandons the narrative completely to delve into (some touching and well told) personal stories about the actors' lives that got alot of "hmmms" and snapping from the audience. then we were back to the prince naked and writhing around while the kings and queens from british history watch. k?

i will say that david greenspan walks away with a few scenes quite hilariously.

i think theres a central truth at its core about sexualizing children (we sexualize children heterosexually all the time without realizing it), but this sexualizes a SPECIFIC child/person, in a very sexual and raunchy way. it felt icky: it imagines the sexuality of a toddler and then exposes us to that same toddler as an adult in all sorts of wildly explicit (and buck naked) sexual scenes. to be clear, a play about princess charlotte's kinky sex life would sit just as strangely with me. 

to each their own. didnt do much for me beyond the shock value.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 9/28/25 at 12:09pm

Today’s performance has been cancelled due to an “illness in the company.”

Strangely, this is the second time this has happened to me between Playwrights and Seaview. And all of the cheaper $60-ish ticket prices have been raised to $99 for the rest of the run. 😑

[DAME]

Posted: 9/28/25 at 1:06pm

I was bored with it.  And hated the (tagged on) ending.  Would have left during the rain scene if I wasn’t trapped against the wall.  And those pre show lights blinding the audience on either side.. half the audience was covering their eyes with their programs that couldn’t be read. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/28/25 at 10:34pm

Just very briefly, I saw this tonight and thought it was interesting. I think there IS a very good play in there somewhere but I just wasn’t moved either way by this. Some really interesting ideas throughout, though. I don’t know what I was expecting as the “shock factor” here but it never emerged. It’s 2025. If you want to see two (or more) guys f*cking, it ain’t hard to find. It’s not exactly “shocking” anymore. And maybe it’s a disservice to those scenes that the advertising is making them out to be as such. I’ll think on that for a bit. 

But again, there’s a very interesting idea for a story in this play but to me, it felt very unfocused on what that story actually is. I guess others see something more in it and that’s great. I might try to catch it again before the run ends to see if my feelings change on it. 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 9/28/25 at 11:34pm

It’d be nice if the Royal Family as an institution stopped existing. Then maybe Prince George, and all future Prince Georges, could live in peace and privacy.

Does the play cover that side of things…?