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Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#50Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/15/13 at 12:56pm
Lauren Ambrose in SAINT JOAN
Liev Schreiber x3 and Laura Linney x3 in PLAZA SUITE
Lindsay Duncan and Frances de la Tour (alternating as Lettice and Lottie) in LETTICE AND LOVAGE
Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne in BECKET
Annette Bening, Sally Murphy and David Greenspan in THE GINGERBREAD LADY
Chloe Sevigny and Alexander Skarsgard in A DOLL'S HOUSE
Judith Light in THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE
Juliet Stevenson, Hugh Bonneville and Imelda Staunton in A DELICATE BALANCE
#51Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/15/13 at 12:59pmI was thinking Annette Bening would be close to perfect in SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION. Perhaps with Jesse Williams, whom I could look at for hours.
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#52Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/15/13 at 3:47pm
Camino Real
Sweet Bird of Youth
The Great God Brown
Desire Under the Elems (not truncated)
Mourning Becomes Electra
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SFFrontRow
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/05
#53Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/15/13 at 4:15pm
Torch Song Trilogy would be AWESOME. I saw it twice during its initial B'way run. The understudy played the first time I saw it and Harvey the second time. I thought it played just fine with his understudy (who did NOT have the raspy cab driver voice).
Angels in America (both parts in rep or in consecutive seasons) - I was lucky to see the original B'way productions AND the recent Signature Theater production in rep a few winters ago.
Burn This - have never seen it but would LOVE to.
Dirty Blonde - one of my favorite "little" shows. Or even Claudie Shear in her one woman show "Blown Sideways Through Life". That girl is talented.
For a snarky response, how about Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, mainly because it has been all of 6 months since the last one (LOL) and it was produced a year before that on B'way as well.
#54Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/15/13 at 4:39pm
The Six Degrees with Annette Bening suggestion is inspired.
I would personally love to see more Lanford Wilson, in particular Burn This, The Hot L Baltimore, Fifth of July... And thought it would certainly have to be way off-Broadway, I'd love to see some enterprising company bring back the one act The Madness of Lady Bright.
And after that astonishing production of The Castle that PTP/NYC just did, I desperately want to see more of Howard Barker's work which seems not to have made it stateside much.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#55Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/15/13 at 4:58pmTHE SKRIKER
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#57Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/15/13 at 5:12pm
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Eugene O'Neill
ANNA CHRISTIE by Eugene O'Neill
THE EMPEROR JONES by Eugene O'Neill (to stir up some controversy!)
AFTER THE FALL by Arthur Miller
A SKULL IN CONNEMARA by Martin McDonagh
THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN by Martin McDonagh
MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS by Athol Fugard
HARVEST by Manjula Padmanabhan
BUG by Tracy Letts
SYLVIA by A. R. Gurney
THE SHADOW BOX by Michael Cristofer
DARK OF THE MOON by Howard Richardson and William Berney
OF MICE AND MEN by William Steinbeck
CONVICTS by Horton Foote
LILY DALE by Horton Foote
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE by Paula Vogel
AwesomeDanny
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/09
#58Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/15/13 at 8:51pm
I would love to see Phylicia and Condola Rashad do 'Night Mother together. Or just something with both of them would be absolutely amazing.
Elizabeth Rex needs to finally be performed on Broadway with Diane D'Aquila's unbelievable performance.
Of course, it would be much easier to list great plays that need to be done on Broadway for the first time--Stephen Karam and Amy Herzog are both very deserving of Broadway productions.
#59Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/15/13 at 9:18pm
Sara Ruhl's THE CLEAN HOUSE
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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#60Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/16/13 at 10:42amI have to echo the others who've said 'night Mother. What a little gem. I'd love to see a production starring Jessica Lange and Laura Linney.
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#61Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/16/13 at 10:53amCondola Rashad is a little young for 'night Mother. I like the idea of Laura Linney, but I'd pair her with Kelly Bishop.
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henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#62Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/16/13 at 11:05am
"I would love to see Phylicia and Condola Rashad do 'Night Mother together."
It's a fascinating idea but I almost think having a real mother and daughter play that role would at least be flirting with major traumatic stress for both of them. It would arguably be cruel and unusual.
gchris11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
#63Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/16/13 at 11:21amThe Search For Intelligent Signs Of Like In The Universe.
#64Modern Plays In Need Of A Revival
Posted: 8/16/13 at 12:12pm
Proposals
Dancing at Lughnasa
Marat/Sade
A Delicate Balance
Sweet Bird of Youth
Deathtrap
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Crimes of the Heart
M. Butterfly
The Heidi Chronicles
The Grapes of Wrath
Lettice and Lovage
Shadowlands
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
Skylight
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Frozen
The Pilowman
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