Shaina Taub's SUFFS at the Public to feature Phillipa Soo, Nikki M. James, Jenn Colella, Grace McLean, Taub, and more — Page 8

All performances through April 10th have been canceled according to the Public's Instagram account. 

So sad. Was meant to see it Sunday and I’m out of state. Without another extension not sure what to think. 

EDSOSLO858 said: "suicidalmickeymouse said: "So sad. Was meant to see it Sunday and I’m out of state. Without another extension not sure what to think."

You’ll see it on Broadway next season, where it belongs."

On Broadway where an equivalent seat will cost much more and out price some. 

With seats currently at $125 at The Public, one can imagine that some seats would be available for less than that should the show transfer, but they may not afford as great a view.

Maya Phillips' NYT review is less than adulatory

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/theater/suffs-review-public-theater.html

Updated On: 4/6/22 at 10:42 PM

The 3 publications that "real people" read are all mixed-leaning-negative: NYT, Washington Post, NY Mag. They are, at best, polite. (Helen Shaw likes it the most of the three.)

The killer of Maya Phillips' review is that she doesn't like the score. I don't know where they go from here. The reviews are not going to help anyone who fears it might be "homework"y, nor any male investors/producers/gatekeepers. It's always tricky when the NYT doesn't send a first-string theatre critic to review a show aiming for Broadway, since there's no guarantee they would review an eventual transfer –– if there is one.

I doubt they'd replace Leigh Silverman, but hopefully she and the team can consider the reviews and then regroup. Finding the balance between satire, earnestness, and history-lesson is paramount.

Updated On: 4/6/22 at 11:30 PM

I loved this show, so I'm disappointed to see that many critics didn't love it (and VERY curious to know what Jesse Green would have written). That being said, I'm not sure that these reviews destroy chances at a Broadway transfer. 

The Public has less than 500 seats, you can’t really compare Public demand with Broadway demand. Many a show has done well off bway and then failed on bway  

Might be beneficial to get this into a regional theatre’s season for Fall 2023 and then aim for Bway after that. But that involves more enhancement money. Could also achieve the same thing by producing a Workshop for invited audiences in a year or so.

All that with the assumption that Taub feels it needs “fixing.”

There’s also a world in which this is the next SOFT POWER or GIANT: a musical that theatre folk like at the Public but never comes to Broadway.

I was hoping for better!

Would've been nice if they offered those of us with canceled performances a wait list for future cancellations, or first dibs at a possible extension. They did something similar with performances canceled of Oscar Isaac's Hamlet. So annoying.

The world is also much more hypersensitive now than it was when HAMILTON opened, and artists are trying to address everything in their work for fear of ridicule of "well you left this out" and being accused of whitewashing history. The critics seem to feel that Shaina painted with too broad a brush here.

Sutton Ross said: "Yup. Hello, Hamilton."

 

LOLZZ!

Sadly at this point, that’s just to be expected from The Public. 

Sutton Ross said: "iluvtheatertrash said: "Would've been nice if they offered those of us with canceled performances a wait list for future cancellations, or first dibs at a possible extension. They did something similar with performances canceled of Oscar Isaac's Hamlet. So annoying."

They don't owe anyone that. Your rage at the Public seems pretty intense. Their customer service when I had to change tickets for The Visitor NINE times was flawless, quick, and professional."

"Rage" is quite a dramatic word. I'm annoyed. I'm allowed to be annoyed. And this has happened to me there before. 

And no, they don't "owe" anyone that, but there are tons of theatres that would make some effort. The Public has repeatedly shown time and again that they won't make an effort for their customers. Glad you had a good experience though. That makes one of us.