One Man Othello coming to Broadway

[goldenboy]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:03pm

Yes it's official A one man Othello which takes place on a southern slave plantation circa 1818. Harvey Fierstein will be playing all the roles including Othello, Desdemona, Iago, and Emilia. Jeff Richards and Ken Davenport produce.

Opens in Oct 2014.

[darquegk]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:06pm

If this leaves a house open, I do a pretty impressive one-man Rocky Horror Show.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:00pm

My one man Brooklyn will leave you in stitches. There's a heart behind these hands and it's not afraid to use a machine gun guitar. It can go in rep with darquegk's Rocky Horror.

[BWFan101]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:03pm

Finally! I waited my entire life for this show!!! Any word on rush tickets?

[darquegk]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:15pm

My one-man Rocky Horror has an all star cast, all shoddily impersonated by me.

Alison Brie as Janet
Jim Carrey as Brad
Denis O'Hare as Jessica Lange as Frank
Rod Serling as the Narrator
Alan Cumming as Riff Raff
Greta Garbo as Magenta
Judy Garland as Columbia
Brian D'Arcy James as Eddie
Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove as Dr. Scott
Elvis Presley as Rocky

with a special appearance by Sir Elton John as the Lips

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 2:03am

I do a mean one-person Noises Off.

[NYC4Life]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 9:04am

"Actually, I don't think a one-man Othello on a Southern plantation is a bad idea."

It is defiantly a bad idea. Have you ever read the play? An African American slave on a southern plantation and an Arab Moor military leader in Venice just doesn't make sense to bring together on stage. At some point it would come across as just offensive.

[goldenboy]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 11:00am

But Harvey Fierstein would somehow make it all work.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 2:59pm

My one-man Two Gentlemen of Verona already received raves.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 10:07pm

Didn't they change the name to ONE GENTLEMAN OF VERONA?

[chewy5000]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 11:55pm

Two Men One Guvnor?

[Kad]

Posted: 4/20/13 at 12:09am

"It is defiantly a bad idea. Have you ever read the play? An African American slave on a southern plantation and an Arab Moor military leader in Venice just doesn't make sense to bring together on stage. At some point it would come across as just offensive."

Aside from the obvious fact a production will come across as being "Where da white women at?", it doesn't make sense. Othello isn't a low status character. He's very high-status. He's the peer of the other men and frequently their better.

[goldenboy]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 9:20am

Maybe Othello can be the head slave and since its 1812 why not make Desdemona black? Besides.. it's all in his mind at some mental institution
so anything goes. Plus somehow Harvey Fierstein will make it work.

Updated On: 4/21/13 at 09:20 AM