PASS OVER by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu will play the August Wilson Theatre

This sounds exactly like an all-POC Waiting for Godot. Should be interesting to say the least, I wonder who will lead the cast for this.

Really excited for this! I watched it on Amazon last year and am fascinated to see what changes are made to further center the experience of Black audience members.

“Though much about ‘Pass Over‘ remains a lament over the lives of Black people stolen too soon, I am happy to confirm that my team and I, along with our producers, are presenting a new version that centers the health, hope and joy of our audiences, especially Black people,” Nwandu said. “We are re-uniting to envision this play again, to tell a version of the story on Broadway where Moses & Kitch both survive their encounter with white oppression.”

Wow, big news!!

I saw this at LCT3, and I had mixed feelings about it. I thought it had a lot of great qualities but maybe needed 1 more draft. I was mostly in the minority though - most people liked it. I also criticized it for being a bit too derivative of Suzan-Lori Parks, which in retrospect isn't a very good criticism. I'd be curious to see it again to give it another chance.

Hope they bring Gabriel Ebert back for his role!

EDIT: I also just read the article, and the above quote, and I'm realizing that we will actually be getting this "1 more draft" that I wanted! All the more reason to go back and see it again!

Updated On: 5/4/21 at 02:27 PM

RippedMan said: "Be curious if tickets are affordable. Seems interesting to bring a very POC/Black driven play to Broadway, and then make the tickets only available to the 1% that can afford them....

May I ask what you think is affordable? Considering the costs of putting on a Broadway production and how expensive that can be, what do you think is fair?

RippedMan said: "Totally. Not saying ALL tickets need to be cheap. But to charge $200 for something that a few years ago was playing off-off-Broadway for $30.... for the same production and all.... seems off to me. In this current climate. I'm sure the back bit of the mezz will be $30."

The plays at Lincoln Center are much more than $30, unless you’re getting a student discount or LincTix.

This played at LCT3, where all tickets are $25-$30 regardless of the seat or age.



This argument gets at the crux of the whole issue surrounding Broadway these days. Broadway provides artists with opportunities for higher pay, and much broader visibility, but it comes at the expense of its accessibility. In an ideal world, our Off-Broadway non-profit theatres would be so well-funded, and so revered in the public eye, that there would be no need for a Broadway transfer to give a show further validation or exposure.

I saw a production at the Curious Theatre in Denver in Fall 2019, pre-COVID. I later saw the Chicago version filmed by Spike Lee - there were minor differences, but the version I saw in person, I feel, had a few different beats. I think the LCT3 version also was modified from the filmed Chicago version.

The show was intriguing and the images and speeches stayed with me and still stay with me. The Godot elements are nice to note, but knowledge of Godot is unnecessary. I am intrigued by the statement that the ending of the play will be changed.

Good! Make it event theater.

RippedMan said: "Totally. Not saying ALL tickets need to be cheap. But to charge $200 for something that a few years ago was playing off-off-Broadway for $30.... for the same production and all.... seems off to me. In this current climate. I'm sure the back bit of the mezz will be $30."



I agree that there will be affordable tickets (less than $50) but they'll most likely be rear mezz or extreme side orchestra (partial view).

I remember watching Groundhog Day and Mean Girls from mid-Mezz (row J) and it felt far. Luckily I won one of those Pink Wednesday lotteries at Mean Girls and got to see the show front extreme side orchestra and felt that partial view was much better.