MARY STUART to arrive on Broadway in 2009

[Yankeefan007]

MARY STUART to arrive on Broadway in 2009#1

Posted: 7/14/08 at 6:05pm

The acclaimed Donmar (and later West End) staging starring Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter. Phyllida Lloyd directs Friedrich Schiller's 1800 play (adapted by Peter Oswald) about the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119455.html

[RentBoy86]

re: MARY STUART to arrive on Broadway in 2009#2

Posted: 7/14/08 at 6:23pm

I've never heard of this, but I would totally see it. It seems interesting.

[Yero]

re: MARY STUART to arrive on Broadway in 2009#2

Posted: 7/14/08 at 6:52pm

Damn, I thought Mary Stuart Masterson was making her long-awaited return to Broadway.

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[frogs_fan85]

re: MARY STUART to arrive on Broadway in 2009#3

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:54pm

Sounds interesting.

[Chuck012]

re: MARY STUART to arrive on Broadway in 2009#4

Posted: 7/15/08 at 5:08pm

I saw the 1957 Phoenix Theatre production with Eva LeGallienne and Irene Worth. It was thrilling theatre down on 2nd Avenue and was confirmed to me by the 1958 tour that Ms. LeGallienne headed. I saw the tour while I was stationed in Washington, DC with the Air Force. If anyone enjoys grand, epic theatre you should not miss this rare opportunity.

[MCfan2]

re: MARY STUART to arrive on Broadway in 2009#5

Posted: 7/16/08 at 1:32pm

Oh, how I would love to see this. I need to tell my boss that I need a big enough raise to let me make more trips to Broadway. (Then I need to stand back while he does a spit-take. Ah well . . . )

[Borstalboy]

re: MARY STUART to arrive on Broadway in 2009#6

Posted: 7/16/08 at 1:34pm

Can't wait to see this!!

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[WOSQ]

re: MARY STUART to arrive on Broadway in 2009#7

Posted: 7/16/08 at 2:23pm

This is about the first "must-see" I have heard announced for the new season.

I saw it at the Donmar and it is a strong play strongly done. This is the sort of play you could rehearse for a year and still have revelations about.

Do not miss.

Who thought that the director of Mamma Mia had this show so brilliantly up her sleeve as well?

Also there are a lot of scenes and monologues that can be done from this script. The thing is to know the play very well because the psychology is layered and conflicted. Work with a director. Mary Stuart is not for the superficial actor.

Donmar published the script which is a new translation. Maybe if the Drama Book Shop is petitioned enough, they will import a few copies.

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[Princeton2]

re: MARY STUART to arrive on Broadway in 2009#8

Posted: 7/16/08 at 2:28pm

Has anybody heard any talk as to when this will start previewing. Im planning a trip to NYC in the late winter/early spring and would love to try and catch this...I may plan the trip around it!!