OSLO Confirmed for Spring 2017 Broadway Bow - Vivian Beaumont Theater

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 2:19pm

http://www.broadway.com/buzz/185523/oslo-starring-tony-winners-jennifer-ehle-jefferson-mays-to-transfer-to-broadway/

Updated On: 7/27/16 at 02:19 PM

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 2:20pm

I've heard it's great, but haven't their subscribers seen it already?

[AC126748]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 2:24pm

Lincoln Center has members, not subscribers.

And I'd venture to say there are plenty non-members who want to see the show, but can't, because the Off-Broadway run is totally sold out.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 2:40pm

I have to say I'm disappointed; I was rather hoping for another massive revival production in that house. Will have to wait a few more years, I guess!

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 2:48pm

I guess we're not getting My Fair Lady then.

Well, good for everyone involved in Oslo. That's a decent break from the end of August to around the end of March. Am I forgetting a project that Jefferson Mays signed on to?

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 2:50pm

So much for that My Fair Lady revival going in here.

[AC126748]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 2:51pm

^ An immediate transfer likely isn't possible for any number of reasons. It's also advantageous to open in the busy spring season and be fresh on the minds of (and currently playing for) Tony nominators and voters.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 2:52pm

Jefferson Mays is in The Front Page.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 2:54pm

AC126748 said: "Lincoln Center has members, not subscribers."

 

My bad.

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 3:00pm

My guess is that they are not thinking of it in terms of a long run and that something else could open  at the Beaumont in the late Fall. It is a lovely production and I can see it being very effective on the thrust at the Beaumont and being supported by many theatre goers on the UWS.        

[Kad]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 3:25pm

Well, I was totally wrong.

A baffling move, though. It belongs on Broadway, certainly, but there must have been some other houses available.

[defyingthenorm]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 3:34pm

Doesn't LCT usually try to put a play or two in between their Musicals in the Beaumont?

[defyingthenorm]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 3:34pm

Doesn't LCT usually try to put a play or two in between their Musicals in the Beaumont?

[JoeyEvans1206]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 4:30pm

This is terrific news. OSLO is a fantastic new play - engaging, captivating, challenging, humorous. Solid performances and  thoughtful storytelling throughout. It is a 3 hour play that flies by.

It definitely has Best Play potential. Does anyone know if there are any commercial producers (as was the case of Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike's transfer from the Mitzi) behind this project or if Lincoln Center is making the transfer themselves?

[JIMG3]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 4:41pm

The Beaumont is a Broadway house. Not geographically of course, but nonetheless. A transfer from the Mitzi is rarely done, which would suggest large potential for this run. It's not what I would have wanted to see come in, but I have a feeling it will do quite well. 

[clb10162]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 4:44pm

Not only best play, but Michael Aronov and Anthony Aziz will almost certainly be competing in the Featured Actor category.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 4:58pm

JIMG3, nobody is denying that the Beaumont is a Broadway house. Not sure where you got that.

[JIMG3]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 5:04pm

An earlier post mentioned that it belongs in a "Broadway house". I was responding to that. 

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 5:40pm

clb10162 said: "Not only best play, but Michael Aronov and Anthony Aziz will almost certainly be competing in the Featured Actor category.

 

"

Agree 100 per cent.

[Harrisonmlewis]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 7:15pm

From what I can tell there doesn't really seem to be a clear front runner in this category so far, besides this maybe.

[willep]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 7:20pm

JIMG3 said: "An earlier post mentioned that it belongs in a "Broadway house". I was responding to that. "

 

Yes, but did you finish reading that sentence in Kad's post before writing your post or did you stop after the words "Broadway house"? He clearly knows that the Beaumont is a Broadway house...just not the house for Oslo...

[JIMG3]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 7:30pm

Admittedly, I misread the original post. My apologies to Kad. Now, if you're finished playing message board nazi, we can allow this thread to continue on with its original topic. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 7:44pm

From the pictures it looks like it's just set in a single-set room. Is that all the design is?

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 10:54pm

The back wall changes with lighting and projections that shift the locations of the scenes and parallel the events that are taking place. I think the projections will be even more effective in the Beaumont.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 11:01pm

Wonder if they'll expand the direction at all for the bigger house? But probably not.