LCT to produce The Skin of Our Teeth on Bway March 2022

This just seems crazy from a LTC standpoint. I know they have produced truly limited engagements of musicals before Woman on the Verge and Falsettos, but those productions are not produced at the Beaumont. Nearly all musical LTC mounts at the Beaumont, are positioned for open ended runs. As such I would think LTC would hold off on scheduling anything at the Beaumont until summer at earliest in case Flying Over Sunset is a hit. I know the odds of Flying Over Sunset being a smash hit right now are slim, but this seems to hint that LTC does not have much faith in the show.

RippedMan said: "Yeah, 3 months is a VERY limited run. Just very interesting. I'm excited to see a big, splashy new musical so now I guess I've got to get my tickets quick."

Telecharge is only selling tickets for Flying Over Sunset through February 6. That might be the answer as to when it will end its limited engagement.

One of my favorite plays when it is done right. I wouldn't read too much into the limited run question. If it is a success it can move. It doesn't really need the Beaumont whereas Skin will be able to make great use of the very special space.

Telecharge is only selling tickets for Flying Over Sunset through February 6. That might be the answer as to when it will end its limited engagement."

I thought the cast and production value alone would have people buying tickets left and right. I guess this has not been selling well? I haven't looked after buying a ticket for January.

I guess it makes sense that Flying Over Sunset would be limited, but if it's as good as I dream it will be... I'll be disappointed not to see it through to Tony season.

I think the limited run for Flying Over Sunset has less to do with "lack of faith" in the project and more that LCT is trying to be realistic.

Ticket sales are down most everywhere. No one wants to talk about it but its happening. There are plenty of places Off-Broadway and in the regional world who have had to cancel performances because of low ticket sales. This isnt a grand revival of a well known property like King and I or My Fair Lady. Its new, centers on LSD use, and doesnt feature names known outside the theater world. It's ability to become a smash success is greatly hampered in this covid environment. We also have no idea if the leads have other contracts coming up. If even one does, thats more casting and rehearsals ($$) for something not guaranteed to be a hit. So probably better for LCT to focus on the "must see it now" aspect of a limited run where they can also rely more heavily on their member base.

This is the production Im most excited for this season. Id love it to run thru the tonys. But I do understand this decision

FLYING OVER SUNSET could feasibly extend through Feb 27 or March 6, if SKIN is beginning previews on March 31. But that is an esoteric musical and while I hope it's a hit, they probably realize it would be a tough sell come springtime.

Above all, it allows LCT members to have two Broadway shows in one season after the devastation of last year. From an optics perspective, it also allows LCT to say they put a play with a Black female director on the main stage in their first season back (and let's assume a mostly-POC cast).

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH is the type of play that an institution like LCT should be doing: a big, ambitious production that probably wouldn't have been done commercially.

Updated On: 9/28/21 at 10:44 AM

Love this play so much. Never saw a professionally mounted production, but the Theater School at De Paul put it on when I was there in the late 80's. Loooved it.