PATRICK WILSON "BAREFOOT" PHOTO!!! (Oh, and Amanda Peet, too...)

[ruprecht]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:41pm

Enjoy!
look!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:42pm

Someone give the parademics a pre-emptive call for whenever beacon gets a hold of this.

They look cute!

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:42pm

very cute

[lildogs]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:54pm

I love Amanda's hair--she got the good wig!

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 5:09pm

I'm about ten times more excited for this now.

[rose&lark]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 5:24pm

Tres cute Awww.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 5:25pm

My favorite is that Patrick is listed there as a "Hollywood talent."

You can't claim him... he's OURS!!!!

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 5:27pm

Wow! It's Rob and Laura Petrie! :)

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 5:40pm

finally, get to see one of my role models on stage! Whoot!

[elphatine]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 7:04pm

GAHHHHHH. <33333333333333

I adore that man. I really do. He's, like, Paul Newman's living replica, so therefore he is a) gorgeous, and b) just wonderful at everything.

[WickedOne2]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 7:25pm

love love love Patrick

[QMAN03]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 10:20pm

So excited for this. It could win best revival.

[beacon1]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 10:56pm

Is that not the most adorable photo in the entire world!!!

I can scarcely wait to see this.

Mister Wilson--here I come!!!!!!

[beacon1]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 11:21pm

bump...

because people really need to see that photo and to get excited about this revival.

*dances around kitchen with her tickets*

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 11:26pm

This is my absolute most favorite comedy play ever. And that picture just made me totally thrilled to see it.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:58am

I love the retro look, very faithful for the times its written during

[EganFan2]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 6:51am

He kinda looks like Dick Van Dyke in that photo. I think it's the hair.

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 10:19am

Speaking of Amanda Peet, has anyone else ever noticed the dancer in DRS who could be her twin?

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 10:35am

Mother's Younger Brother --- LOL! I would pay to see them "musicalize" Rob & Laura Petrie. Too true.

Now, THAT's entertainment.

QMAN03 --- It could win Best Revival??? Based on a two-shot of the leads? Okay.

Personally, I think Patrick is the poster boy for "whitebread pretty." The modern-day Paul Newman (who happened to be Jewish, but still managed to epitomize "whitebread pretty" in his day).

But Patrick still has to win me over as an interesting actor. He's good, he's talented... but I haven't seen him really SPARK yet as an exciting actor... except for his turn in Angels in America... where he played the poster boy for whitebread pretty.

[theatahguy]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 10:48am

does anyone know if Mr. Simon is planning to make any "improvements" to the script or updates or major changes?

[robbiej]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 10:59am

I'm sorry...but lildogs wins with this one:

'she got the good wig!'

Brava, lil! Brava!

[ShuQ]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 11:17am

Wow. That looks SO great. Can't wait to see it!

[Steeler Jim]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 11:44am

Is anyone else getting tired of revivals getting so much exposure?

I mean, Barefoot in the Park? Been there, done (and seen) that.

Doesn't ANYONE have any new ideas anymore? It's the same problem in films, too - King Kong, anyone??

Sorry - had to vent. There are tons of new shows out there that deserve to be seen, but the money people are too chickens*** to take a chance. They'd rather churn out old crap that makes money. Pitiful.

[theatahguy]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:20pm

No, I for one am not sick of revivals getting exposure. Yes, absolutely there are new works that deserve to be seen and I'm all for that. But I believe that revivals have a place on Broadway as well. There were those of us that missed the shows the first time around (I missed being alive for the original Barefoot by 16 years), and have not seen a live production elsewhere. If it's a good quality revival, I say BRING IT!!

In regards to "churn(ing)out old crap that makes money"--are revivals of plays specifically guaranteeed money makers (with the exception of The Odd Couple of course)? I have a feeling that the producers of Steel Magnolias, The Glass Menagerie & On Golden Pond, just to name a few recent examples, would say that no, revivals of plays are not guarantees.

Also, call me crazy, but it seems that the hating of revivals only applies to shows that are not "serious drama." I dont recall these types of posts, lamenting "why oh why is Virginia Woolf (or Long Day's Journey into Night or Julius Caesar or The Glass Menagerie or Streetcar, etc) being revived? Been there, done that." Why do revivals of dramas get a pass, but revivals of comedies or "fluff" (Steel Magnolias, On Golden Pond) get the cold shoulder?

If you're not interested in a revival of Barefoot, dont see it, but there's at least one person out there who does!

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:41pm

I think you're seeing more revivals today because there is more to revive. Don't forget that the American musical hasn't really been around that long in the grand scheme of time. A hundred years-ish. We now have twice as many shows to revive today as they did 50 years ago.

Same thing with film.

But if you look back into the past, you'll see revivals have been going on a long time.

Now... that said... I think we are in great need of new works and ideas today. I think because we have a larger "library" to fall back on, we're doing just that, and FAR too often. Nothing wrong with revivals (at least the GOOD ones), unless they are sapping up the time, energy and attention of creating something new. Then I get uncomfortable about it too.