Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:05am

Ok so here is a whopper of a rumor but I swear it comes from a very in the know source

Its Only A Play will go on a brief 2-3 week hiatus and reopen at the end of January at The Jacobs

Martin Short will be replacing Nathan Lane
Stockard Channing will be leaving as well but has yet to be recast

The Audience meanwhile will be taking the Schoenfeld instead and will only be doing 7 performances a week.

Updated On: 11/3/14 at 12:05 AM

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 2:03am

But The Audience is already scheduled to open at the Schoenfeld....

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 2:07am

^ And they can do that because It's Only a Play is a limited run to close right after New Years.

Updated On: 11/6/14 at 02:07 AM

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 2:15am

Fisherman Bob is right this my brothers thread

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 8:56am

That's what I was told, too. The producers of It's Only a Play want to extend, but because The Audience has The Scoenfeld, It's Only a Play will transfer to the Jacobs. However, I didn't hear anything about Martin Short taking over for Nathan Lane. The name I heard is a little more Broadway-based.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 9:06am

Lane is supposed to do Iceman @ Bam early in the year so he probably could not do any transfer. Short would be a good replacement but will not sell tickets like Lane

Look for heavy discounts especially since the first 3 months have to figure into the equation.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 10:05am

Thanks, Eeyore.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 10:43am

@Fosse if the name you heard was Harvey Fierstein, he fell through.

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Posted: 11/3/14 at 10:44am

Smaxie, I thought it said Eyesore.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 10:55am

Celine Dion would be a great choice for Lane's replacement.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 11:51am

Marty would make a great replacement for Lane, if it happens. And it's not implausible. His TV show's order was reduced and I've heard it's likely to be cancelled, so he should be free soon.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 11:54am

If they replaced Matthew Broderick, I'd be interested.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:34pm

ok sorry should have clarified the comment about the Schoenfeld

they were trying to persuade The Audience to take The Jacobs so that Its Only A Play could remain at the Schoenfeld , these discussions took place over the last 2 weeks and ultimately it came down to Helen Mirren pretty much demanding the Schoenfeld

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:35pm

Celine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:35pm

Will IT'S ONLY A PLAY GET Extended Run at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre? Martin Short to Replace Nathan Lane?

Updated On: 11/3/14 at 12:35 PM

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:35pm

Dion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:41pm

Why did Mirren want the Schoenfeld? Is it more desirable??? I wish Lane would hold off on the 10,000th revival of Iceman and stick with this.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:41pm

That's some fact-checking in that article: "As first rumored on BroadwayWorld.com's message board, and then picked up elsewhere as news..."

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 1:27pm

"I wish Lane would hold off on the 10,000th revival of Iceman and stick with this."

The last time Iceman was even seen in New York was in 1999, so it's not like it comes back with amazing frequency. Not to mention this production was hugely acclaimed in Chicago and is a much more interesting part for Nathan. Iceman is definitely the better choice for him.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 1:29pm

Personally, I'd rather see Lane challenge himself in a brilliant American classic than make winky jokes about Kelly Ripa and the Matilda kids. YMMV.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 1:51pm

It feels like ten minutes ago we had a revival of some nature of the godawful Iceman (I think it's the worst play O'Neill ever wrote-and I like all his other plays).

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 2:01pm

Iceman isn't really produced all that often, due mostly to its large cast (usually about twenty--huge for a non-musical) and nearly five hour running time. There was a revival in the seventies with James Earl Jones as Hickey, and then another brief engagement in the 1980s with Jason Robards (who was long-associated with the role). And then the 1999 revival, which originated in London and transferred mostly because Kevin Spacey was white-hot at the time.

It's pretty rare, in fact, to see ANY major productions of this play, which is probably why the Goodman production felt like something of an event when it premiered two years ago, and why BAM picked it up for a New York engagement.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 2:04pm

That's fine. I am just staying away. A five hour play that is the dullest thing I've read or seen (I saw the last one when I was doing a class on it) is the last thing I want.

Congrats to Lane. I wish they could get someone besides Short, too. (I don't know who.)

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 2:06pm

Jason Alexander could make a good replacement. Tony Shaloub, too--though I imagine they'd want someone who's more of a bankable name.

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Only A Play to transfer to The Jacobs, Martin Short to Join The Cast, Audience going to the Schoenfeld

Posted: 11/3/14 at 2:10pm

Is the Shoenfeld that preferable to the Jacobs??

I've always thought of them as pretty much the same. Next door to each other, Shubert-owned. primarily play houses. They seem to be basically the same size (within 30 seats). Hell, they're even named after the pair who ran the the Shubert Organization together.