Scott Rudin is returning to Broadway — Page 3

Thank goodness most of yall aren’t producers because you have zero clue. The man knew how to produce and the way he advertised, like it or not, and the talent he brought to the street impacted everything. Though that was the era of people seeing more shows than just one or two per season, I don’t know that he could put on his usual slate of 4-5 shows and see success, but no one can say he didn’t know what he was doing. It would be delusional to say otherwise.

Broadway Flash said: "Maybe he will bring back the Laurie Metcalf Joe mantello who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf"

I would love that as it's the only show that I had tickets to in Spring 2020 that I wasn't able to see post-Covid. Does Rudin or his company still have the rights to the show? I don't know how that works, but I am curious.

Interesting piece -

Says he’s planning to produce 3 Broadway shows next season (Little Bear Ridge Road (with Metcalf and Montello), Mountak (a new David Hare also with Metcalf and Montello) and Cottonfield (a new Bruce Norris) and then a Salesman revival with Nathan Lane.

I’m curious if all of those still happen or if backlash rises from this piece.

Updated On: 3/28/25 at 07:37 AM

The photos in that article. Nothing says “I have empathy now” quite like a sweater.

Like it or not he’s coming back in some capacity. I believe people can change, but I’m less convinced a couple years of therapy are effective enough to change habits of 25+ years. We’ll see, I guess.

Go away gross man

Laurie Metcalf is going to do two shows with him this season????

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Laurie Metcalf is going to do two shows with him this season????"

I don't really find this that surprising?

I don’t really think Broadway has felt his loss, tbh. Between Seaview, ATG, Wagner & Johnson, Jamie Lloyd, and others, there’s no shortage of interesting plays being done on Broadway. Some of them are even making money.

I assume Barry Diller will bankroll all these? No investors should expect to see a dime off a Laurie Metcalf production, talented as she is.

His return to theatre felt inevitable. It’s his life.

His method of producing and promoting shows will have to change. He will need to lean into digital in a way that he rolled his eyes at before. Static print & programmatic display ads won’t help. Audience behavior has changed a lot since 2019.

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Sauja said: "Separate from any of the big issues at play...Nathan Lane as Willy Loman? Consider me...curious."

The Lane/Metcalf Salesman has been rumored for a long while. It seems to be a pet project for Rudin.


It’s worth remembering that when all the stuff with Rudin hit the fan, the stars who worked with him were almost all uniformly silent.

Does Disney have to rehire Rob Roth now?

Call_me_jorge said: "I’m just surprised another producer doesn’t/hasn’t filled the void Rudin left. Tom Kirdahy has come close."

Greg Nobile/Seaview is the closest analog in terms of what they’re producing and how, and likely wouldn’t exist without Rudin serving as a model.

I do not miss some of the arcane Rudin rules for the theater. Like the time I had to throw out my coffee thermous even though I showed them it didn't have any liquid in there.