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[bway0]

Posted: 6/12/21 at 11:08am

dramamama611 said: "Can you copy/paste or summarize? I dont do insta."

2 photos: Photo 1 is a dumpster with a blue binder with his headshot in it. Photo 2 is a moving truck. 
 

nothing to indicate the fate of west side story from what I can see
 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 6/12/21 at 11:28am

Maybe showing my ignorance here, but that doesn't look like a Broadway rehearsal script to me? Don't they usually just have the name of the show, and the name of the actor, with no headshot? This binder only has Powell's name and headshot. Looks more like an audition book to me.

But even if it is a rehearsal script: West Side Story opened already, so theoretically he wouldn't need his rehearsal script anymore anyway, right? Maybe they'd have some brush-ups because of the shut down, but he could certainly feel confident enough to not need his rehearsal script. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/12/21 at 12:02pm

Or he's leaving Broadway, has a contract with Calvin Klein and is moving places unknown. 

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/12/21 at 12:06pm

bway0 said: "dramamama611 said: "Can you copy/paste or summarize? I dont do insta."

2 photos:Photo 1 is a dumpster with a blue binder with his headshot in it. Photo 2 is a moving truck.


nothing to indicate the fate of west side story from what I can see
"

 

In the cryptic world of Instagram those pictures could mean everything: WSS has gone into the dumpster and now Isaac is ready to move on. 

 

Just a suggestion.

 

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/12/21 at 12:11pm

JBroadway said: "Maybe showing my ignorance here, but that doesn't look like a Broadway rehearsal script to me? Don't they usually just have the name of the show, and the name of the actor, with no headshot? This binder only hasPowell's name and headshot. Looks more like an audition book to me.

But even if it is a rehearsal script: West Side Story opened already, so theoretically he wouldn't need his rehearsal script anymore anyway, right? Maybe they'd have some brush-ups because of the shut down, but he could certainly feel confident enough to not need his rehearsal script."

There are some shows that periodically have table reads during the run of the show (most notably LuPone's GYPSY) and the script would be needed. Also, Carol Channing kept her DOLLY script in her dressing room and put notes in it about what went well at certain performances.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 1:13pm

And most actors I know save all their scripts....he could certainly mean they arent coming back, and not actually throw out his script.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 1:39pm

Unlike Mockingbird, WSS had made no money when it closed, people were out nightly with injuries, one person had to leave the company because of said injury, and it was already controversial even before it opened.

I doubt they want to compete with Spielberg's actual masterpiece and I know that most people don't want to go back to "West Side Story in Trump's America". We have all moved on. And the people who don't want to move on from that don't see Broadway shows anyways. 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 1:43pm

Sutton Ross said: "Spielberg's actual masterpiece"

 

Have you gotten to see it? I'm excited to see it, but Spielberg's work in the past decade has consistently underwhelmed me. 

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 1:54pm

Sutton Ross said: "Unlike Mockingbird, WSShad made no money when it closed, people were out nightly with injuries, one person had to leave the company because of said injury, and it was already controversial even before it opened.

I doubt they want to compete with Spielberg's actual masterpiece and I know that most people don't want to go back to "West Side Story in Trump's America". We have all moved on. And the people who don't want to move on from that don't see Broadway shows anyways."

 

How can anyone consider a film to be an "actual masterpiece" when they haven't seen it?

Updated On: 6/13/21 at 01:54 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 2:01pm

It's a masterpiece. That's all you need to know. 

This is a thread about Broadway shows we are still waiting on though, so that was my main point of my post. :)

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 2:12pm

I'm not sure if this is true, but I had heard West Side Story was closing and Mormon was holding off until next year so they can workshop the rewrites that Lopez/Parker/Stone were going to make. 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 2:14pm

@Sutton - no snark, I'm genuinely curious if you've actually managed to see an advanced screening of some sort.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 2:29pm

Jordan Levinson said: "I'm not sure if this is true, but I had heardWest Side Storywas closing andMormonwas holding off until next year so they can workshop the rewrites that Lopez/Parker/Stone were going to make."

Considering that the West End “Mormon” is reopening in October, that makes no sense to hold off just in New York.  If they’re making changes to the show they’d make them to all productions.

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 2:30pm

JBroadway, I will pm you. 

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 6:07pm

Once again remind you that HELLO, DOLLY! continued it's run at the St James Theater while the movie came and went a few blocks away.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 6:33pm

Because everything is the same as it was in 1968?

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 6:40pm

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 6:41pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Jordan Levinson said: "I'm not sure if this is true, but I had heardWest Side Storywas closing andMormonwas holding off until next year so they can workshop the rewrites that Lopez/Parker/Stone were going to make."

Considering that the West End “Mormon” is reopening in October, thatmakes no sense to hold off just in New York. If they’re making changes to the show they’d make them to all productions.

The West End production is reopening in mid-November, and to my knowledge it will be the last of the "big" musicals to reopen overseas. Also, the West End reopened way before B'way eventually will, and several months will have passed between the first May 17 reopenings and Mormon. Assuming the same thing may happen to the B'way production due to rewrites/new material, this takes us into next year.

 

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 7:29pm

dramamama611 said: "Beca use everything is the same as it was in 1968?"

Yes. That's when the world made sense! Bring back the dial phone!

[MCW1227]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 7:39pm

gibsons2 said: "JayElle said: "

JSquared2 said: "Plaza Suite in early 2022 after American Utopia finishes at the Hudson."

Utopia is changing theaters per box office rep who answered. I believe it was posted."

So, does that mean Plaza Suite will still take place at theHudson theaterthis fall? I bought tickets sometime last spring for June 2021 and there was no communication from the theater since then."

The Hudson has zero communication on this show.  I bought my tickets in Sept 2019 for a performance in March 2020.  That was exchanged for this past May that has since passed. I’ve emailed and called with no response.  My guess is with SJP just started AJLT for HBO and MB just signing to do a Hathaway movie, this production will not take place this year.  Maybe they’re still trying to figure it all out but there should be some type of communication sent out to people holding tickets for performances that have been cancelled.  It’s terrible business and customer service practice. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 7:45pm

Yes, the Hudson is well known for being absolute garbage. Sorry about your experience. 

[MCW1227]

Posted: 6/13/21 at 7:55pm

Thank you.  An update from John Benjamin Hickey last night on WWHL is that this production will most likely occur in early 2022.  

Updated On: 6/14/21 at 07:55 PM

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 6/14/21 at 2:12pm

I've seen other news outlets also say that there's no new on The Minutes, but we have a date (March 15, 2022) if not a theater, so it does seem like the production is going forward.

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/200122/tracy-letts-the-minutes-shifts-broadway-return-to-spring-2022/

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/16/21 at 8:12am

Book of Mormon resuming performances November 5.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 6/16/21 at 9:31am

The Hudson has zero communication on this show. I bought my tickets in Sept 2019 for a performance in March 2020. That was exchanged for this past May that has since passed. I’ve emailed and called with no response. My guess is with SJP just started AJLT for HBO and MB just signing to do a Hathaway movie, this production will not take place this year. Maybe they’re still trying to figure it all out but there should be some type of communication sent out to people holding tickets for performances that have been cancelled. It’s terrible business and customer service practice."

I've called Hudson about three weeks ago and got my Plaza Suite ticket refunded with no issue. I had the ticket insurance though. The lady on the phone informed me that they have absolutely no info on the future dates of the show and whether it's going to occur at all. Given SJP's busy schedule (Hocus Pocus movie), will she even have time for this production?