SLAVE PLAY on Broadway?

[anniebakerfan]

Posted: 12/21/18 at 4:58pm

Anyone else hear a rumor that Rudin and NYTW are transferring Robert O'Hara's production of SLAVE PLAY to the Hayes this spring? Do you think they'll replace some of the cast with movie stars or keep the original cast? As fun as it to imagine what stars might fit into the show, I really hope they keep the entire original cast!

[JBroadway]

Posted: 12/21/18 at 5:17pm

Why? I'm all for risk-taking, and I actually do think the Broadway bubble could use a dose of weirdness like this play could offer. But I feel like this constant conversation of "well, it sold out Off-Broadway, so I guess we should move it to Broadway" is so tiresome. Why can't Off-Broadway be enough to feel validated? 

[anniebakerfan]

Posted: 12/21/18 at 5:39pm

I agree with you that Broadway isn't--and shouldn't be treated as--the end-all-be-all. I just hope more people get to see the play! I'd be equally as excited about, say, a Barrow Street transfer...but I feel like, physically, this production requires more space than that. Also, I feel like it’s been a minute since the critics got this excited about an off-broadway play!

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 12/22/18 at 12:10pm

I don't understand why a play that does extremely well Off Broadway shouldn't move to Broadway where it can reach a wider audience and be eligible for major awards. Sometimes producers and investors are a bit more interested in artistic success than financial.

[vampire musical]

Posted: 12/22/18 at 1:54pm

Why would Rudin transfer it? There are already producers attached who enhanced the production at NYTW and I'm assuming they have the right to transfer it.

[whatdoesntkillme]

Posted: 12/22/18 at 3:23pm

What enhancement did they need? I loved the play, but the production itself was pretty cheap...

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 12/22/18 at 4:49pm

Why shouldnt it transfer if theres an available theater and producers willing to back it? I havent seen it yet (have tickets for the 28th), but by most accounts its a great piece of theatre. And isnt that what we all want on Broadway? Not to mention the much larger chance of notoriety it brings to the play, the playwright, the cast, and the off-Broadway institution that fostered it. Its a trickle down effect on top of the honor of a continued life for a well-regarded production.

[dshnookie]

Posted: 12/23/18 at 3:36am

Apologies to derail the topic with my pervy question, but how much of Paul Alexander Nolan do we actually SEE? Yes, Im ashamed of myself.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 12/23/18 at 9:50am

So Rudin could possibly have FOUR new plays (this, Mockingbird, Gary, Hillary) and 2 revivals (Waverly, Lear) on Broadway this season??

[Kad]

Posted: 12/23/18 at 9:56am

The nonprofit off-Broadway is good for having things produced, but not particularly great at having them seen by many people. Theyre limited runs at small theatres. The most these plays can hope for is that they will be produced regionally for further exposure.

[jbird5]

Posted: 12/23/18 at 12:19pm

dshnookie said: "Apologies to derail the topic with my pervy question, but how much of Paul Alexander Nolan do we actually SEE? Yes, Im ashamed of myself. "

I’ll just say, I was in the front row at previews and saw everything.  Unless they changed the blocking you will too 

[BJR]

Posted: 12/23/18 at 12:31pm

Not necessarily. And any non profit is happy to take enhancement money to supplement a show, whether or not they would absolutely need it.

And curious to hear the arrangement and why they wouldnt have first refusal to transfer it.

[dshnookie]

Posted: 12/23/18 at 7:59pm

jbird5 said: "dshnookie said: "Apologies to derail the topic with my pervy question, but how much of Paul Alexander Nolan do we actually SEE? Yes, Im ashamed of myself. "

I’ll just say, I was in the front row at previewsand saw everything. Unless they changed the blocking you will too"

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