SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#1SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/13/24 at 9:20am
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#3SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/13/24 at 10:23am
I hope that it is FINALLY filmed over there. I’m honestly surprised Netflix didn’t do it the first (or second) time.
OhHiii
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/16
#4SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/13/24 at 10:29am
n2nbaby said: "I hope that it is FINALLY filmed over there. I’m honestly surprised Netflix didn’t do it the first (or second) time."
Would be HBO as they have a relationship already with Jeremy O. Harris. They were trying to do it with the re-opening, but the Omicron variant outbreak scuttled those plans as was too risky an investment at the time with the prospect of cast going down with Covid.
CoffeeBreak
Broadway Star Joined: 3/30/17
#5SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/13/24 at 10:38am
Hope it has a rewrite. Overrated for us and our friends.
#6SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/13/24 at 11:24am
Caught this at the Taper in LA two years ago and didn't care for it; as a black male who has been in several interracial relationships in the past, I had a lot of issues with it.
That said, it'll be interesting to see how it's received in London.
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#7SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/13/24 at 11:31am
This play strikes me as a piece that will feel extremely dated in five years.
#8SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/13/24 at 11:41am
I’m not a huge fan either but it seems like a play that Brits would embrace.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#9SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/27/24 at 2:39am
slaveplaylondon.com/cast-and-creatives/
Summer run at the Noel Coward with Kit Harrington, and James Cusati-Moyer reprising his role
#10SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/27/24 at 3:13am
I absolutely loved this play. The only thing that I didn’t like was the therapist session. That was really annoying. Everything else I loved.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#11SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/27/24 at 7:51am
That scene was at least a third of the play. How can you love a play but hate a third of it?
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#12SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/27/24 at 8:09am
While I am happy to hear that this play is getting a West End run, I am curious how British Audiences will react to this play.
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ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#13SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/27/24 at 6:08pm
I wonder if having an extremely famous white guy in the play alongside mostly-unknown people will throw off the calibration at all?
Not that that really matters if the ticket sales are strong enough.
KevinKlawitter
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/20
#14SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/27/24 at 6:15pm
imeldasturn said: "slaveplaylondon.com/cast-and-creatives/
Summer run at the Noel Coward with Kit Harrington, and James Cusati-Moyer reprising his role"
Kit Harington wow! Props to him to taking on an unconventional role. I really respect how the guy has fully embraced the stage now that he's done with GoT.
#15SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/27/24 at 8:36pm
KevinKlawitter said: "imeldasturn said: "slaveplaylondon.com/cast-and-creatives/
Summer run at the Noel Coward with Kit Harrington, and James Cusati-Moyer reprising his role"
Kit Harington wow! Props to him to taking on an unconventional role. I really respect how the guy has fully embraced the stage now that he's done with GoT."
Wow! When Kit Harington was in Henry V in London two years ago, it was sold out.
I can see a good number of Brits buying tickets to this play just to see Kit perform in person.
lopside
Stand-by Joined: 11/16/21
#16SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/27/24 at 9:34pm
Wick3 said: "KevinKlawitter said: "imeldasturn said: "slaveplaylondon.com/cast-and-creatives/
Summer run at the Noel Coward with Kit Harrington, and James Cusati-Moyer reprising his role"
Kit Harington wow! Props to him to taking on an unconventional role. I really respect how the guy has fully embraced the stage now that he's done with GoT."
Wow! When Kit Harington was in Henry V in London two years ago, it was sold out.
I can see a good number of Brits buying tickets to this play just to see Kit perform in person."
That was in the 250-seater Donmar. There was no chance that didn't sell out. Something has to bomb terribly to not get good play at the Donmar. This too will sell very well, but sell-out remains to be seen. Emilia Clarke did not manage that.
PipingHotPiccolo
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/22
#17SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/27/24 at 10:04pm
Dylan Smith4 said: "While I am happy to hear that this play is getting a West End run, I am curious how British Audiences will react to thisplay."
who knows but i think this is the sorta play--edgy, skewering american racism--that a certain crowd in britain just LOVES.
#18SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/28/24 at 8:26am
PipingHotPiccolo said: "Dylan Smith4 said: "While I am happy to hear that this play is getting a West End run, I am curious how British Audiences will react to thisplay."
who knows but i think this is the sorta play--edgy, skewering american racism--that a certain crowd in britain just LOVES."
Agreed. The Brits seem to love plays that feature Americans behaving badly. It might be even more of a hit in London than it wasn’t New York, although it does feel like the particular moment for this play has passed a little bit. I liked it when I read it though.
#19SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/28/24 at 9:39am
lopside said: "Wick3 said: "KevinKlawitter said: "imeldasturn said: "slaveplaylondon.com/cast-and-creatives/
Summer run at the Noel Coward with Kit Harrington, and James Cusati-Moyer reprising his role"
Kit Harington wow! Props to him to taking on an unconventional role. I really respect how the guy has fully embraced the stage now that he's done with GoT."
Wow! When Kit Harington was in Henry V in London two years ago, it was sold out.
I can see a good number of Brits buying tickets to this play just to see Kit perform in person."
That was in the 250-seater Donmar. There was no chance that didn't sell out. Something has to bomb terribly to not get good play at the Donmar. This too will sell very well, but sell-out remains to be seen. Emilia Clarke did not manage that."
Yeah when he was doing True West with Johnny Flynn it wasn't selling very well, besides Game of Thrones finished half a decade ago. But I think it will do good business
ManOfLaMuncha
Stand-by Joined: 6/17/22
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#21SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/28/24 at 3:43pm
The funniest part of that weird, racist, white-people-are-triggered article?
"Slave Play, written by Jeremy O Harris, was a huge hit when it debuted in 2019"
Lolzzzzz.
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#22SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/28/24 at 4:04pm
Sutton Ross said: "The funniest part of that weird, racist, white-people-are-triggered article?
"Slave Play, written by Jeremy O Harris, was a huge hit when it debuted in 2019"
Lolzzzzz."
They’re also really leaning into the “most Tony-nominated play of all time” angle, which is hilarious, given that it won zero and opened in an abbreviated season. But hey! Gotta sell tickets to this nothingburger somehow.
#23SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/28/24 at 5:17pm
I saw the play on Bway as well as the Taper production, and I agree with the poster about 10 comments back-- I was really fascinated by the stories of the actual couples, and really, really hated the therapists' sessions from start to finish. Can't tell if it was the performances (insanely broad) or the writing, but the satire of psychotherapy was utterly beside the point for me. Looking deeply into the ways interracial couples make it work or don't-- that was a rich vein that I thought JOH plumbed with huge style and depth.
BETTY22
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
#24SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/28/24 at 5:22pm
Brilliant play. Will do well with London's smart crowd.....
#25SLAVE PLAY headed to London?
Posted: 2/28/24 at 10:05pm
I'd more excited about Fisayo Akinade who's been in a bunch of stuff.
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