Sarah Jessica Parker and Alan Cumming in Reading of New Play

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 1:31pm

Riedel's column:

"THE New York Post is the inspiration for a new play that Sarah Jessica Parker hopes to star in on Broadway — possibly opposite her husband, Matthew Broderick.

The two-character comedy, called "Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost, Too," is about a husband-and-wife gossip columnist team working for a New York City tabloid that's "very proudly owned by an Australian," said the play's author, Douglas Carter Beane.

"I have no idea who that could be," he added with a laugh.

Parker took part in a staged reading of the play Monday that was attended by a select group of Broadway insiders.

Although Tony Award-winning actor Alan Cumming played opposite her at the reading, it's no secret around Broadway that ever since "Sex and the City" went off the air, Parker has been hunting for a play for her and her husband.

She's been saying to producers and theater owners, 'Find us a play!,' " said a theater executive.

"Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost, Too" just might fit the bill.

People who attended the reading said the play is a sophisticated, urban comedy in which the couple fire off snappy lines the way Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn did in the classic newspaper movie, "Woman of the Year."

"It's really just an opportunity for two actors to be on stage together and bounce words off each other," said Beane, whose plays include "As Bees in Honey Drown" and the current Off Broadway hit, "The Little Dog Laughed."


http://www.nypost.com/commentary/62239.htm

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 1:40pm

Isn't one of Jean Kerr's plays about that?

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 3:39pm

So what exactly is the plot of the show? I like the title, seems like a rather interesting choice for a Broadway show - only two people, but with SJP and Broderick, I'm sure itd be a hit.I think producers would be stupid not to pump money into the show.

[broadwaygiant19122]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 3:50pm

I like the idea of SJP and Cumming personally..dynamic..Broderick bores me.

[NYC4Life]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 4:02pm

That would be alot of fun. Something about Sarah Jessica Parker just makes me happy. She has a warm spirit and I always enjoy watching her.

[broadwaygiant19122]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 4:06pm

ditto NYC.

[kooky]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 5:17pm

Wow, sounds exciting!

[pab]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 6:16pm

There has all of a sudden been a number of stories involving Douglas Carter Beane. I've taken note mostly because he and I were in the same class at AADA and we acted in a play together.

Having not heard much about him, in such a big way, since "To Wong Foo", he has appeared in at least three stories the past few days. The one in the post (and in Playbill.com) that Margo pointed out and these two:

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/97532.html

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/97533.html

I know that he is the founder and artistic director of the theatre company Drama Dept. and has written a number of plays performed by that company including "As Bees in Honey Drown". Has anyone seen any of his recent work, especially "The Little Dog Laughed"?

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 6:30pm

This is two of my very favorite people. I'm excited

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 6:41pm

Here's the Little Dog Laughed thread with my review among others:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=879059#1741322

Updated On: 1/25/06 at 06:41 PM

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 7:04pm

I really think that Mr. Beane is the best satirist writing today. AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN was one of the funniest and sharpest works I've ever seen.

[Overthemoon6]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 7:30pm

I love Sarah Jessica Parker and Alan Cumming.

SJP is so pretty!

[LaVieHilary]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 7:35pm

overthemoon (hey megan!) yes i totally agree. the two together will light up the stage and I'm sure SJP would love to get back to her musical roots. besides that gap commercial featuring FDS. hehe

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 7:44pm

This is a play, not a musical.

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 9:52am

I'm excited about this! I'd like to see Broderick and Parker do a play together; that'd be cute.

[Corine2]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 10:39am

I love Alan Cumming.
Maybe, SJP could become the new Cumming the fragrance model.
Cumming Parker? HEE HEE?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 10:57am

Apparently Broderick will NOT be involved.

From today's Rush & Molloy:

"We ran into Sarah Jessica Parker yesterday in the Village.

"So we hear you and Matthew are playing us on Broadway?" we joked.

Sensing her puzzlement, we showed her a copy of the New York Post, where our former colleague Michael Riedel had reported that she hoped to star - possibly opposite her husband, Matthew Broderick - in a play about a husband-and-wife gossip-columnist team.

"We are?" she said. "It's always nice to find out what I'm doing next."

On Monday, Parker and Alan Cumming did do a first reading of Douglas Carter Beane's work-in-progress, "Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost, Too."

"She and Alan had great chemistry," Beane told us. "Nobody has mentioned Matthew except the Post. He's pretty busy."

Beane, whose Second Stage hit, "The Little Dog Laughed," could be moving to Broadway, also punctured the notion that the Post was the basis for the imaginary New York tabloid his characters write for.

"They make fun of the Post," he said. "They say that all the Post's headlines can be sung to 'Camptown Races.' "

And who, really, might be the models for his married gossips, who call themselves "Mr. and Mrs. Fitch" (after Cole Porter's society couple)?

"I do read 'Rush & Molloy,' " Beane said, though we're sure the Fitches' wit sprang from his ample imagination.

Saying goodbye to Parker, we reminded her that she once suggested we find ourselves another line of work.

"It's a very peculiar job you have," she said in a cross moment.

But, obviously, it has its allure."


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/r_m/

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 11:42am

thats adorable, I'd so want to see this.

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 1:43pm

IMDb has a story on Parker and Broderick doing it together. They must have picked it up from the Post, though.
IMDb story (scroll down)