Riedel: Craig and Jackman to Co-Star in A STEADY RAIN on Broadway- Page 2

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 5/30/09 at 12:19pm

#1 No nudity (not even shirts).
#2 No uniforms
#3 Script sucks. Melodramatic, trite and boring.

[PitPro2004]

Posted: 5/30/09 at 12:26pm

Well...darn.

[*brina-doll*]

Posted: 8/25/09 at 5:30pm

Bumping for this EW snippet, though Mr. Craig's 'stache is pretty interesting, both look amazing:

http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/08/25/hugh-jackman-daniel-craig-steady-rain/

[jo]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 4:24am

Laughing at the readers comments on the EW feature

Is nobody expecting them to show off their acting prowess instead

[Plum]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 4:52am

PORNSTACHE!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 6:18pm

It amazes me some of the things that get produced on Broadway. I mean, "Impressionism?" Lame. And this looks awful. Is it already sold-out for its entire run?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 7:02pm

No, I just picked a ticket up the other day....but it's pretty slim pickens.

[jo]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 8:11pm

Reviews of the Chicago Dramatists production were full of praise for the play --

http://www.chicagodramatists.org/events/eventdetail.html?serial=1187323627367653

> Variety - Steven Oxman
*A snowball that builds to an avalanche
*Rattling emotional crescendos
*Genuine dramatic power

Chicago Tribune - Chris Jones
*Gritty, rich, thick, poetic, and entirely gripping
*Your throat gets constricted as you watch
*The best show I've ever seen at Chicago Dramatists
*Truly remarkable

Time Out Chicago - Brian Nemtasuk
*Excellent, evocative

Reader - Lawrence Bommer
*Excruciating excitement
*This show is in-your-face, but also in your heart and gut.

Daily Herald - Barbara Vitellio
*Must-see theatre
*Stormy, husky, brawling performances
*A Chicago classic

NewCity
*Rarely is a play so purely intelligent and entertaining
*Vivid and special, you want to box up the script and take it home with you.
*Addicting

Chicago Free Press
*Hits its dramatic targets with point-blank precision
*Wildly detailed and engaging
*Emotionally potent

Chicago Sun-Times - Hedy Weiss
*Bitterness and anger take a psychopathic turn
*Searingly acted
*The actors blaze with some of the most dazzling acting you will see anywhere
*Fiery, superbly rendered
*Action-packed storytelling <<<




Updated On: 8/26/09 at 08:11 PM

[jo]

Posted: 8/31/09 at 9:25am

Anybody know if they have completed rehearsals for A STEADY RAIN? Hugh Jackman is due to fly or has already flown to Japan for some promotional activities for his summer movie WOLVERINE ( opening in Japan only on September 3).

Previews due to start on September 10.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/31/09 at 2:23pm

I'm sure they are already in rehearsals since the first preview is in less than two weeks. I'm sure his commitments to his publicity stint were planned for.

[jo]

Posted: 8/31/09 at 7:45pm

Playbill cover

No names, just faces!


http://web.playbill.com/events/event_detail/17921-

Updated On: 8/31/09 at 07:45 PM

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 8/31/09 at 7:55pm

Kind of a creepy picture. Like "Equus" or something.

I was reading "New York" Magazine, and it said they have been in NYC since July rehearsing and studying up on their roles.

[Fan2]

Posted: 8/31/09 at 8:06pm

Hugh lives in NYC so he's been here - not exactly sure when Daniel arrived. Hugh gave some kind of interview in July - I've forgotten for what - and he said that rehearsals for the play started "in three weeks" which led to the beginning of August when I counted. That's when Hugh and Daniel were spotted in Chicago. I just read a piece in the NY Daily News that said they were there working on the Chicago accents (they both will have dialect coaches), went on ride-alongs with real cops, and even watch an autopsy.

Playwright Keith Huff was quoted in the same article saying that "Daniel is reserved but can be surprisingly funny" and "he's a cut-up." Huff describes Hugh as "open, warm, loving and compassionate. That's his spirit. That's his nature." Huff also says that Hugh took Huff and his family to Soho House, and he was throwing Huff's daughter around in the pool.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/31/09 at 8:11pm

"Like 'Equus' or something."

Except "Equus" had really good artwork, whereas the face merge on the "A Steady Rain" playbill looks awkward (especially Hugh Jackman's head).