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[SteveSanders]

Posted: 11/2/25 at 7:18am

If this is a misfire, sign me up for more of them.

[Elisheba Rachel]

Posted: 11/3/25 at 9:57am

Will they make HIPTIX available for this?

[nycward]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 1:10am

Back from tonight's performance and I found the evening to be quite satisfying. Unless you missed High School English you know the parameters of the original plot so it was exciting to see how they created a modern day adaptation. It was a slow burn but as the plot builds and the clock ticks on (in this case literally:) the crescendo is riveting. You can see why it needs to be played without an intermission. It was great to see Mark Strong returning to Broadway since A view From the Bridge and I believe that Lesley Manville is making her broadway debut. I did see her thrilling Olivier winning performance in Ibsen's Ghosts perhaps a decade ago at BAM. They also brought over Anne Reid who I'm not sure that she even played this role in the West End, again making a Broadway debut. I loved her in the series Last Tango in Halifax. I think the rest of the cast are American so it wasn't a complete transfer. Even though it will be gone by February I hope it will be remembered come Tony time. All of the sound issues that were talked about last week have been ironed out and I found it to be a seamless evening. I think it will be a tough ticket once the reviews are out so I'd suggest jumping on it now. There appears to be a Playbill discount this week if you go to the ticket site thru the Playbill listing. 

Updated On: 11/4/25 at 01:10 AM

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 6:11am

Elisheba Rachel said: "Will they make HIPTIX available for this?"

No. It's a rental. Not Roundabout produced.

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 10:47am

Saw OEDIPUS last night and I have to say it's one of the best things I've ever seen in my life. Absolutely *gripping*. A master class in tension. My heart was pounding out of my chest. Mark Strong is sensational, but Lesley Manville is giving the type of performance that will go down in legend. Her big monologue was...mind blowing.

Not to be missed under ANY circumstance. You will regret not seeing this.

[Owen22]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 3:53pm

nycward said: "They also brought over Anne Reid who I'm not sure that she even played this role in the West End, again making a Broadway debut. I loved her in the series Last Tango in Halifax. I think the rest of the cast are American so it wasn'ta complete transfer. Even though it will be gone by February I hope it will be remembered come Tony time. All of the sound issues that weretalked about last week have been ironed out and I found it to be a seamless evening. I think it will be a tough ticket once the reviews are out so I'd suggest jumping on it now. There appears to be a Playbill discount this week if you go to the ticket site thru the Playbill listing."

She certainly did not play that role in the West end! I may have liked the show a little better if she had even though it is really a nothing part. The only reason to see this is Lesley Manville. It's a not very believable take on a classic, trying to update the plot in an almost smug way. Maybe if you're unfamiliar with the Greek you won't notice how they're trying to eye-rollingly shoe-horn plot points. Also Mark Strong and Lesley Manville do not look that different in age for the ending to really work. 

[inception]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 10:23pm

Looks like this will do well. When The Baker's Wife finally anounced their schedule they didn't have the mid-week matinee I was expecting.  I decided to sacrifice seeing this so I could see that, and had no trouble re-selling my ticket for this at face value a few weeks out.

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 11/5/25 at 12:00pm

Owen22 said: "nycward said: "They also brought over Anne Reid who I'm not sure that she even played this role in the West End, again making a Broadway debut. I loved her in the series Last Tango in Halifax. I think the rest of the cast are American so it wasn'ta complete transfer. Even though it will be gone by February I hope it will be remembered come Tony time. All of the sound issues that weretalked about last week have been ironed out and I found it to be a seamless evening. I think it will be a tough ticket once the reviews are out so I'd suggest jumping on it now. There appears to be a Playbill discount this week if you go to the ticket site thru the Playbill listing."

She certainly did not play that role in the West end! I may have liked the show a little better if she had even though it is really a nothing part. The only reason to see this is Lesley Manville. It's a not very believable take on a classic, trying to update the plot in an almost smug way. Maybe if you're unfamiliar with the Greek you won't notice how they're trying to eye-rollingly shoe-hornplot points. Also Mark Strong and LesleyManville do not look that different in age for the endingto really work."

Agreed

 

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The actors are all excellent but the adaptation is built towards Jocasta’s big monologue (in a Jeffery Epstein horror mode) and not towards Oedipus’ final blind scene which is bizarrely cut. No blind scene means no catharsis. That might be Icke’s point but if it is then I think it could have been made in a more compelling and lucid way.