PASS OVER begins previews August; first show to re-open on Sept. 12

Oh good, people can stop being needlessly mad at Hadestown.

I don't know how it's happening, but if it's getting people back to work sooner and safely, I'm all in!

There is no massive bidding war in the offing because most shows (a) need the time, (b) have schedules/reschedules to line up that would be chaotic, and (c) don't want to try to find an audience in the dead of summer, just as they didn't before the pandemic. In other words, relax.

How it is happening is the easy part. You can have a show with full audiences (if you can sell or give away that many tickets, that is) with 100% vaccination. Some shows may be taking a wait and see attitude to that, but there is not much reason for this one to, as I suspect pretty close to 100% of the audience for it is vaccinated already. E.g., adults in 10036 are currently over 95% first shot vaccinated.

Jordan Catalano said: "Curious if that means they have a big star lined up who can only do a short run, or if something bigger has the theater on time for the holiday."

The cast was announced - the same cast that performed at Lincoln Center. 

Always looks better to add performances and extend instead of closing early due to low demand. Or perhaps the Wilson has another tenant lined up immediately after and this is a noble space filler.

This is a massive theater for a play with no stars from a relatively new writer. They will get traction (press and ticket sales) from being the only game in town, and we should assume this has a small budget with everyone involved earning scale. I wish them well; it's a good play that deserves to be seen, but it's an uphill battle without stars.

 

So who were the two massive stars that someone on here claimed were going to be in this? Lol.

ClydeBarrow said: "The Distinctive Baritone said: "I think one of the rumors was Bernie Mac? The other rumored guy was also much older - I hadn’t heard of him, but remember looking him up and seeing that like Bernie Mac, he was an old former sitcom star."

Was this other rumored person you looked up dead like Bernie Mac?"

Maybe the other person was Gavin MacLeod!

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "SouthernCakes said: "It’s produced by LCT so maybe it’s just a way of them supporting the show and the message without risking too much by giving it a smaller run."

This is a commercial production. LCT is the originating nonprofit theatre and will have a stake in it, but LCT is not calling the shots. I do not know if LCT has put money into the Broadway entity, but I would assume it has not."

That's correct. Matt Ross, a press agent who has also started producing some of the shows he reps is the lead producer. Notably, the other producers include the landlord, the playwright, the licensing agency, and a number of others including the freshly single Blair Underwood. It has all the hallmarks of a labor of love in which many of those involved are foregoing at least a sizable chunk of their compensation and in which no one is expecting a return. I think LCT's contribution is of the in kind variety.