Revival of PICNIC in the works...

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Revival of PICNIC in the works...

Posted: 8/6/10 at 3:10pm

I don't remember ever seeing a press release regarding a revival of PICNIC, however Telsey posted a casting notice for said production, so I guess it's happening in 2011...?

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Revival of PICNIC in the works...

Posted: 8/6/10 at 3:12pm

I think Hayden Pantierre or whatever her name is is attached to this.

Revival of PICNIC in the works...

Posted: 8/6/10 at 3:12pm

This was announced some time ago.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/134048-Cromer-Will-Direct-Picnic-on-Broadway-in-2010-

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Revival of PICNIC in the works...

Posted: 8/6/10 at 3:12pm

Wouldn't a revival of Hot September be interesting in rep with it?

Revival of PICNIC in the works...

Posted: 8/6/10 at 8:44pm

If I heard correctly, this will be going into the Helen Hayes in late November with a opening in mid-December.

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Posted: 8/7/10 at 9:15am

Methinks this isn't going to happen.

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Revival of PICNIC in the works...

Posted: 8/7/10 at 5:12pm

Hmm, a casting notice has been placed on equity's website, so the production appears to be in the works.

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Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:41pm

As stated in the original post...

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Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:42pm

Am I high, or was Ashley Judd attached to this at some point?

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Posted: 8/7/10 at 10:18pm

Ashley Judd starred in the 1994 revival of Picnic.

http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=4603

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Posted: 8/8/10 at 2:03am

Love this play. The text is beautiful, and the characters are so deep. Love for a revival of this show.

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Posted: 8/8/10 at 11:20am

Agreed. It's a lovely play that its popular movie version doesn't nearly do justice to. And I'm dying to see what Cromer does with it.

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Posted: 8/8/10 at 11:30am

Terry Teachout already called David Cromer's production of Picnic "one of the best performances of anything -- and I mean anything, not just plays -- that I've seen in my life".

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122480180608964651.html?KEYWORDS=picnic+david+cromer

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Posted: 8/8/10 at 12:04pm

did anyone see the revival? i loved Kyle Chandler in Friday Night Lights, Early Edition and most of the stuff he does... and I know he was in the revival.. how was he?

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Posted: 8/8/10 at 12:09pm

The NYT theater critic wasn't too amused.

For this revival, can we have Rondi Reed as Rosemary, please? Thank you.

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Updated On: 8/8/10 at 12:09 PM

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Posted: 8/8/10 at 12:29pm

I sincerely doubt the Broadway revival of Picnic will bear much resemblance to the one Cromer directed at Writer's Theatre in Glencoe, IL, since that space seats like 50 people.

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Posted: 8/8/10 at 12:47pm

I think Hayden Pantierre or whatever her name is is attached to this.

As Madge? That could be brilliant or disastrous.

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Posted: 8/8/10 at 5:22pm

I don't think Miss Panettiere would make that much of an impression as Madge. But who knows...I'm more curious about who they are going to cast as Flo.

Updated On: 8/8/10 at 05:22 PM

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Posted: 8/20/10 at 3:57pm

Ebert's review of the movie is kind of funny.

"Director Joshua Logan, among the worst filmmakers of his time, spends so much footage on the picnic, you'd think this was a documentary: There are crying babies, laughing babies, frowning babies, three-legged races, pie-eating competitions, balloon drops, concerts and boy-girl contests."
Ebert on Picnic

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Posted: 8/20/10 at 4:00pm

I just saw the film recently (it's part of The Kim Novak Collection DVD Box Set) and I have to say that watching it again I fell in love with it all over again, the story, the score and the performances. All first rate.

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Posted: 8/20/10 at 4:41pm

Well, I guess David Cromer could make the play live as something other than a batch of overheated cliches. We'll see.

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Posted: 8/20/10 at 4:55pm

I saw the pretty good 1994 Roundabout production. The leads were gorgeous and sort of dull, but the rest of the cast found all sorts of new things to play.

Who knew that Mrs. Potts, embodied by the late Anne Pitoniak, would steal the show?

It is a better play than most give it credit to be.

Also, the Shaw Festival had a major success with Picnic in about 2001. I didn't see it, but I understand it was the hit of the season.

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Posted: 8/20/10 at 4:59pm

The late great Anne Pitoniak. I'll never forget her in 'NIGHT MOTHER. But of course, no one who saw her in that role ever could forget her.

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Posted: 2/25/11 at 8:25pm

What ever happened to this? I did a search and couldn't come up with anything. Did it just sort of fizzle out? I recently read this play for class and would love to see what Cromer could do with it!

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Posted: 2/26/11 at 6:40pm

This was one of a half dozen projects that were announced last year with Cromer directing. They have all died.

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