Slave Play coming to Broadway in September? — Page 8

I saw this last week. It took me a while to digest this one. While I certainly liked the play, I did not love it. It is way too long, and I really did not like the ending. At all. It's hard to discuss this play without spoiling things, so I will just leave it at that.

The evening I saw it, we started at about 8:13. I think they were still getting people in. Also, during the show someones gps went off. It was in the third act, I think. All of a sudden we heard a mechanical voice giving driving directions. That was a first for me.

broadway86 said: "Saw the play a few days ago, loved it.

As far as texting, frankly, who cares if Jeremy doesn’t mind it? He’s not the one who paid for a ticket, made his way from Connecticut to Manhattan, and is now sitting in the audience and experiencing the piece for the very first (and probably only) time.

Agreed. And y'all ain't the ones trying to make superstar friends. Him not minding is irrelevant and with incentive.

JBroadway said: "I saw Hannah Gadsby's 6pm show a couple weeks ago, and it didn't let out until almost 8:15. It started 15 minutes late (much like this performance of Slave Play we're discussing) and ran for almost 2 hours (much longer than the runtime listed online)."

Wow, good to know… that is ridiculously longer than the posted run time for what I imagine is a tightly scripted show?! I don't see her as a crowdwork gal?

GreasedLightning said: "I’m surprised no one is talking about the #Blackout event tomorrow night yet."

What is the event? I googled it and all I saw was a part of his tweet saying the ticket website crashed and more tickets will be available.



Mike Barrett, I should have added to my post that I noticed, through the mirrors, that there were a lot of empty seats in the orchestra at 8:05. By 8:13, they were filled and the show started.

uncageg said: "What is the event?"

slaveplaybroadway.com/blackout

haterobics said: "uncageg said: "What is the event?"

slaveplaybroadway.com/blackout"

Nothing speaks to diversity like excluding all other racial groups!

MemorableUserName said: "Has Mr. Harris given his thoughts on the woman who was evidently masturbating to Tom Hiddleston's performance in Betrayal? Surely he would argue she was just "living" and engaging with the play?

https://pagesix.com/2019/09/16/did-a-woman-orgasm-during-tom-hiddlestons-broadway-show/"

Indeed he did! https://twitter.com/jeremyoharris/status/1173702268312576001?s=21

To be clear, I was only responding to the user who asked “what’s your point?” about the discount code. It didn’t seem people were reading what the event was actually about. It’s not just a regular discount code, it’s a discount code for a night of an all black-identifying audience.

(Edited for clarity)

Updated On: 9/17/19 at 12:16 PM

Ok, and how would that even be enforced?

I'm not white. The Pearl Theater Company high school program changed my life when it was running so I understand the need to bring others into the fray. I am just asking a serious logistical question. The last diverse audience I saw was at King Kong and I am often surprised by the lack of diversity in audiences. But to say this is "a discount code for black people only"... money is green.