Quatermaine's Terms

[bellaattrice]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 12:06pm

Did anyone see the production of "Quatermaine's Terms" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer? I heard that there is a possibility that it will be moving to Broadway and I was wondering what people thought of it; if it has a chance or not. I'm a fan of Maria Aitken and "39 Steps" and I would love to see another one of her shows on Broadway.

[sparrman]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 3:09pm

Didn't see it, but it's "Quartermaine's", not "Quatermaine's". More Google hits if you spell it correctly.

[bellaattrice]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 3:47pm

Oh, ok, thanks. Simple spelling mistake.

[sparrman]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 4:19pm

This prompted me to search a bit...I'd love to hear the BBC radio adaptation with Michael Palin as Quartermaine, which Aitken also directed!

[bellaattrice]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 5:35pm

Oh wow, no way! I'd love to hear that too! I am hopeful that "Quartermaine's" will get a Broadway run. (Got the "r" in there that time, hahaha) I was researching the show as well and it looks like the original off-Broadway production got really good reviews, but never made it to Broadway. I wonder why.

[sparrman]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 9:56pm

Just a stray thought: Try to describe the show to someone, and convince them that they'll like it. It's hard. It's a hard sell. Really, almost nothing happens onstage in the play, everything happens offstage. But that's what's so great about it; we don't see action, but we see "souls in motion", to coin a phrase.

Huge stars in the play might be able to fill a Broadway house, but I just think it's maybe a little too "small" (on the surface) to work on Broadway.