Scott Rudin Will Transfer The Humans

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 1:52pm

Per Hollywood Reporter

Playwright Stephen Karam will make his Broadway debut this season with The Humans, which will transfer in first-quarter 2016 with the cast of its acclaimed off-Broadway production intact.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/humans-will-migrate-broadway-834857



Updated On: 10/27/15 at 01:52 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 1:56pm

Although I didn't love the play as much as others, I think it's fantastic that Karam- one of many younger American playwrights who are widely produced and lauded but have been unable to penetrate the commercial Broadway bubble- will be arriving.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 1:59pm

Agree! The article hints that they're looking at the Helen Hayes, which would be a perfect choice.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 2:00pm

Kad, you get such pleasure from Karam penetrating bubbles.

[Winter Garden]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 2:09pm

I hope Dames at Sea picks up soon

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 2:10pm

It won't. Is that you again, Philly?

[Winter Garden]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 2:11pm

who?

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 2:13pm

I wished this happened with SONS OF THE PROPHET instead. Or in a perfect world, SPEECH & DEBATE.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 2:21pm

The more I think about this play, the more I really loved it. I was hoping to see the current production once more before it closes, but if it's going to Broadway I'll have more of a chance! 

[little_sally]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 2:22pm

It would be a good fit for the Booth.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 2:25pm

Winter Garden said: "I hope Dames at Sea picks up soon

 

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At this point, it probably won't. 

Gotta love BWW's killer article titles. They pose the transfer as a question when in the source article the producer confirmed the transfer. Nonetheless, exciting news for a well-deserved playwright! I will be excited to see this again when it transfers. 

I can see this having a similar run to last season's 'Disgraced.' Respectable numbers, but with the main goal to reach a wider audience. 

[Kad]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 2:27pm

This will have the good fortune to open in the spring, rather than in the fall, as well. And the slate for new plays is relatively thin.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 2:29pm

Kad, I was thinking that as well- obviously more could be announced, but there don't seem to be many new plays slated for this year. 

[JerseyBoy25]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 3:05pm

This will also be the 3rd show this season to be directed by Joe Mantello. He's got a busy spring ahead of him.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 3:07pm

Third? Blackbird, this, what else?

[JerseyBoy25]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 3:10pm

neonlightsxo said: "Third? Blackbird, this, what else? "

An Act of God from earlier in the season.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 3:12pm

Oh right. You said "busy spring."

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 3:32pm

Updated On: 10/27/15 at 03:32 PM

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 4:12pm

"Agree! The article hints that they're looking at the Helen Hayes, which would be a perfect choice."

 

Poor Dames at Sea. I don't think the Helen Hayes stage is big enough for the same kind of set they're using now. I wonder what changes they'll have to make. I think all the moving around in The Humans wasn't that necessary but it did reinforce that idea that they might be in a below-ground apartment but they had two levels and a lot of space.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 4:37pm

Didn't we say BLACKBIRD is being considered a revival? It was last seen in NY almost ten years ago. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 4:45pm

WiCkEDrOcKS, I was just naming it as something Joe Mantello is directing. I didn't say anything about it being a new play.

[AC126748]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 6:09pm

I honestly think BLACKBIRD's play-or-revival status is a legitimate question mark, more so than some other recent examples (CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, THIS IS OUR YOUTH, etc). It's not a new play, but I would imagine many will argue that it isn't well-known or produced enough to be considered an "established classic". 

[broadwayrocks2]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 9:04pm

Lyceum

 

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 9:08pm

broadwayrocks2 said: "Lyceum

 

 

 

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Too big. 

Fairly certain the Hayes stage is bigger than the Pels stage, VintageSnarker. No?

[asmith0307]

Posted: 10/27/15 at 9:11pm

Is it just me, or Rudin producing a ton this season? Currently he has A View from the Bridge, then The Crucible, Blackbird, Shuffle Along, and now The Humans.