Sondheim and Ives' HERE WE ARE at The Shed — Page 4

everythingtaboo said: "I'm really just excited to see who they'll cast when a majority of the roles are asking for 40s and 50s and older."

Same. So much talent to choose from. 

Where was character info found?

Anyone have a link for that?

Has anyone heard any update on this regarding casting? 

Nothing yet. I joined at a higher level in order to hear about/get tix early and haven’t heard anything. 

Jesse St. James said: "I was reading some recent interviews that Patti LuPone did where she mentioned being offered something that she's interested in doing and that she want's to work off-broadway specifically mentioning The Shed. I wonder if the show she's referring to is Here We Are.

I’ve been offered something and there’s something I’m interested in doing, but I said to the producer, “Don’t do this on Broadway. I want to work on East Fourth Street. I don’t want to work on Broadway anymore.”

ifI go back on the stage, I want it to be much more interesting—like The Shed or New York Theatre Workshop"

The role Claudia is Patti! Imagine ...Patti, Bernadette and Nathan?

Laughing at Patti saying she doesn't "want" to work on Broadway anymore... babe you gave up your union card. Even if you did want to, you can'.t

Interesting. I don't see why he'd skip it.

So...Patti would have to prostrate herself in order to get to do something actually ON Broadway now, because of her handing in her card?

Does she have to start at the bottom now, like earn her way back into having a card? The whole situation is so weird...

Any word on casting or when tickets will go on sale? 

Voter said: "Since Joe Mantello is working on Grey House until opening night (May 30), we will probably have an update on Here We Are late May or early June.

Rehearsals would begin late June or July, right?"

Good to know. anyone heard any casting rumors since Nathan Lane is apparently not doing it? Bernadette is obviously not able to. Maybe Patti LuPone since she expressed interest in doing something off-broadway.

Thinking back to Sondheim playing the score for CamMac over the phone asking his opinion - it strikes me as odd. It makes me think he was possibly insecure and wanted affirmation before putting so much on the line creating a final show. And it would also make sense that he asked Bernadette and Nathan to be in the room so that he had people he trusted to judge his work.

It's possible they were there not because they were right for either roles they were playing, but they were there as a litmus test, sounding board, and security blanket while he made a final decision to continue or drop the show as he had a few times. (Wasn't Bernadette the Mother in that workshop of Bounce/Road Show in 2006? She'd never have been cast in that role at that point in time in a million years and probably would have served a similar purpose there.)

It's also possible both realized they aren't up to doing the roles 8 times a week. Nathan doesn't do musicals anymore (and outright implied recently he's done with Broadway, and presumably The Shed). Bernadette took a congenial gig that can be molded to her current strengths.

There are a lot of unknowns. Whatever the outcome of this show, it is certain to be a moving night hearing new Sondheim music for a final time.

There most likely will be a name in this though…just the importance of the show alone

I cannot wait. 

Yes, I love a revival but there is nothing like an original new musical....with NEW SONGS